Subject: Re: Beginner Books, Advice Please

From: PPIERCE <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 07:24:12 -0700

Mike Rehmus wrote:
> 
> You might consider a few relevant video tapes on lathe
> and mill operation.
> 
> Then, go to your local community college or other location
> for machine technology training and see what they use for
> a text book.
> 
> The best is to take at least the introductory course.  You
> will learn more, faster than in any other method.  And, you
> get to play with some nice machinery.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mike Rehmus

Second the motion...

Mike wouldn't kid you on that...

Paul in AJ AZ

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From: Jim Kovar <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:24:28 -0700

larry prince wrote:
> 
> I have a lathe/mill/drill machine (Smithy CB1220XL), just a smattering
> of experience/knowledge and a desire to know more.
> 
>     Have you tried making any of the small  projects out of the Smithy catalogs?  Simple, yet fun.
                             Jim

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From: Steve Wellcome <[email-masked]>
Date: 30 Jul 1996 16:49:09 GMT

I really like "How To Run A Lathe" by South Bend.  It's available
>from  Lindsay Publications.

Perhaps my favorite is "The Amateur's Lathe" by L.H. Sparey.  It's
a British book, available from TEE Publishing in England as well as
some domestic sources (try the usual ones like Coles', Power Model
Supply, Saturated Steam, etc.  Addresses in FAQ.)
The frontispiece photo of the author at his lathe, in shop coat
and necktie, is itself nearly worth the price of admission.

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From: Charlie Greenman <[email-masked]>
Date: 2 Aug 1996 12:50:34 GMT

There's a 2-volume set, Machine Tool Operation, by
Henry Burghardt. The US Gov't published zillions of
copies of them around 1942 to help train instant machinests.
The set I've got is McGraw-Hill, hardbound, published
in early 1950's. Really excellent books.

Matter of fact, many of the McGraw-Hill technical books
>from  the early 1950's are excellent. Leo St.Claire's
The Design and Use of Cutting Tools is 400+ pages on
lathe bits!

But for introduction to about everything, Burghardt is
terrific.

(And I second (third?) Sparey's The Amateur's Lathe.) Have
a look at his microscope, made entirely by him in his ML7
lathe.