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Learn more about your hobby with books, videos and DVDs. We have videos and DVDs to help you learn the basics or to build your own milling machine. Our books cover basic lathe operation to advanced machine shop practice.

6019 16 Metalworking Workshop Projects for Home Machinists

Practical and useful ideas for the small shop
By Harold Hall
104 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN 978-1-49710-197-5
Copyright 2022

Create useful and essential items that can’t be purchased commercially, from an auxiliary workbench and tap holders to distance and height gauges, a lathe backstop, faceplate clamps, and so much more. 16 Metalworking Workshop Projects for Home Machinists contains a collection of unique projects based on the author’s most popular articles that have been published in Model Engineer’s Workshop magazine. Every project is intended to make workshop tasks easier once the item is completed and ready for use.

1150 Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists

A hands-on guide to engineering benchwork covering all the basics
For apprentices and amateur metalworkers
Learn the skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more
Contains helpful diagrams, tables, and black and white photos
Begin a career in metalwork engineering and know the proper practices to avoid common mistakes

For amateur metalworkers, this book is a practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more. Well illustrated with concise technical diagrams, tables, and black and white photos, you’ll learn all the tricks and gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork. By Les Oldridge 128 pages, softcover, 6" x 8" ISBN 978-1-4971-0057-2 Copyright 2019

4735 Basic Lathework for Home Machinists

An overview of the lathe and lathework
By Stan Bray
176 pages, softcover, 5.75" x 8.27"
ISBN 978-1-56523-696-7
Copyright 2013

Basic Lathework thoughtfully explains all aspects of the lathe and covers the selection of a machine and its construction, from modern types of machines to more traditional models. All aspects of tooling, machining operations – including general machining, taper turning, threading, and boring – are described in depth for a full understanding of the extensive capabilities of a lathe. Author Stan Bray pays particular attention to modern applications, such as the conversion of power supplies from single to three phase, and the use of digital equipment to improve efficiency. It is suitable for beginners with no knowledge of lathework, and to those who are more advanced and want to improve their skills. With expert advice on steadies, tool height, how to use cutting fluids, mandrels, and more, you’ll be able to use your lathe to its fullest potential.

2007 DVD: 7x10 Variable Speed Mini Lathe Operations
This DVD video, by Jose Rodriguez, provides a four hour introduction to the use of the mini lathe. The DVD has a menu that makes it easy to return to parts of the video that you want to see again. Jose says: "This one has been a hot topic in recent months on the Net, the various metalworking newsgroups and mailing lists. Now all of your questions, doubts and anything else you may have been wandering about this tool will be answered in a four hour, no holds barred video presentation. The tape will begin with a full tour of the tool, followed by a complete machining presentation that should put to rest any fears or reservations you may have had about this tool once and for all!!! Not only will you be shown just about every basic machining cut a lathe is able to do, you will also see a complete "milling on the lathe " demonstration adapting the Taig vertical milling slide to the mini lathe's cross slide. An extremely informative presentation that will also double as a perfect machining mini-course."

5344 DVD: Basic Operations On The HiTorque Mini Mill
This video takes up where the Introduction the to HiTorque Mini Mill DVD leaves off. It is meant for beginner machinest who just bought the mill and have little to no previous machining experience. This video covers basic tooling to get started. Has a few tips for setup including demonstrations of basic operations including... How to: End milling - Surfacing stock - also to create slots Side Milling - Squaring up ends of rough stock - also to create steps Fly Cutting - to surface and true up rough stock Drilling + How to drill super accurate holes Running time: 25 minutes hour

2564 DVD: Basic Taig Micro Lathe Operations
This video, by Jose Rodriguez, provides a two hour introduction to the use of the Taig Micro Lathe. Jose says: "Would you like to be able to see for yourself what can be done on a Taig Micro Lathe with just minimal tooling and expense? Are you somewhat undecided about acquiring one of these small but very capable tools and somehow wished you could just see one being put through its paces before opening your wallet? Well, wait no more! Finally there is a video that will answer most of your basic questions about this lathe. Initial setup hints will be discussed, during a thorough tour of the lathe and its basic components. This will be followed with a complete hands-on demonstration of all the basic machining operations possible on this tool. These will include facing, Turning, Grooving, cut-off or parting cuts, chamfering, center drilling, drilling, reaming, tapping, thread cutting with a die, boring cuts, milling, and much more!"

4518 DVD: Basic Vise Work Holding Techniques for the Mini Mill

Running time: 33 minutes

This DVD demonstrates how to clamp work in the screwless vise the correct way. It also shows the use of parallels, V-blocks, and other accessories in order to securely and accurately hold work on the milling vise.

4522 DVD: Building a Crosshead Overcrank Steam Engine

Build a crosshead overcrank steam engine
Video instructions and complete plans on the DVD
By Ron Takayama

This DVD shows how to make a crosshead overcrank steam engine. The engine is made from cast iron, stainless steel and brass. Cast iron, although it creates a lot of dust, is a very wonderful metal to work with and is easy to machine. The building of this engine is not difficult. As with any machining operation, it just takes time. Hard silver solder is used for all soldering operations, cadmium free solder is highly recommended. The video covers: an Introduction, Cylinder, Piston Ring, Top End Cap, Steam Chest Platform, Drilling Steam Ports, Soldering Cylinder, Steam Chest Packing Gland, Valve, Upper Table, Crankshaft Supports, Crank, Eccentric, Compressor, Clevis, Column, Crosshead, Crosshead Guide, Flywheel, Packing, Assembly, Timing Running On Air, Running On Steam.

4077 DVD: Building a Horizontal Steam Engine

Build a horizontal steam engine
Video instructions and complete plans on the DVD
By Ron Takayama

The engine is approximately 13” long. The bore is 7/8”, throw is 1 ½” and the flywheel is 5 ½” in diameter. It is constructed from cast iron, brass, hot and cold rolled steel. The majority of the parts are made of cast iron and although a lot of dust is created it’s a wonderful material to work with. For those of you without a DRO, included is a scale paper diagram of the parts that requires bolt hole circles to use as templates. Chapters include: Intro, Crank, Rear end cap, Front end cap, Bolt holes, Chest platform, Soldering cylinder, Valve nut, Clevis, Cylinder complete, Conrod, Bearing support, Crank bearings, Crosshead, Crosshead Guides, Cylinder standoff, Eccentric, Eccentric strap, Flywheel, Timing, Running on air, Running on steam, Conclusion.

3820 DVD: Building a Vertical Boiler

Build a propane fired vertical boiler
Boiler is 3.13" in diameter and 12.5" tall
By Ron Takayama

This video shows you how to make a propane fired vertical boiler. The boiler size is suitable to power engines that are sold on this site and also an engine such as the Stuart 10H. There are many helpful tips that will help the first time boiler maker construct a safe and sound boiler. You will also see the many jigs built to ease the building process. Some are not necessary, but with all the jigs, the construction of a second boiler will be much easier and faster. The video covers: Caution page, Introduction clip, Trimming and drilling the 3” tube, Trimming and drilling the fire tube, Milling the firebox, Cutting the ring from the coupler, Flanging the base, Completing the fire tube, Flanging the end caps, Making the door box, Making the hinges, Milling the door box, Making the burner holder, Making the burner, Boiler components, Boiler bushings, Hydro testing the boiler, Steaming the boiler, Conclusion, Resources.

4246 DVD: Building an Overcrank Steam Engine

Build an overcrank steam engine
Video instructions and complete plans on the DVD
By Ron Takayama

The engine is made mainly from cast iron, the only casting is the flywheel. The bore is 5/8", the throw is 1,5", the flywheel is 4.5" in diameter and, it stands approximately 12" tall. The majority of the parts are made of cast iron and although a lot of dust is created it’s a wonderful material to work with. For those of you without a DRO, included is a scale paper diagram of the parts that requires bolt hole circles to use as templates. Chapters include: Intro, Cylinder, Piston Ring, Top End Cap, Steam Chest Platform, Drilling Steam Holes, Soldering Cylinder, Pedestal, Packing Gland, Valve, Column, Fork, Upper Table, Crank Support, Crank, Piston Rod Guide, Eccentric, Eccentric Strap, Clevis, Compressor, Flywheel, Alignment, Timing, Running On Air, Running On Steam.

3484 DVD: Building the Oscillating Cylinder Steam/Air Engine

Mini Machines 202 series

Our Oscillating Steam Engine kit is suitable for almost any level of machinist to build. The simple design of the engine makes it function on basically three moving parts! On this video, SwarfRat builds the engine on-camera. The engine is rather homely in its stock state, but SwarfRat shows you how -- with just an hour or so of extra work -- to transform it from an 'ugly duckling' into a 'swan'! Best of all, the principle of the oscillating cylinder can be put into use for much more complicated projects. SwarfRat took the basic kit and a few inches of aluminum stock to make another simple cylinder and piston, ending up with a variable-angle twin cylinder engine. You could easily make multi-cylinder engines in boxxer, V-twin or radial format using this principle, and they'd be buildable with only basic machinist skills. This is truly a learning experience. The DVD includes (on disk, not printed) a complete set of drawings for the engine, a materials list, and instructions.

4421 DVD: Cutting Balls & Radiuses on the Lathe
In this video, by Jose Rodriguez, you will learn three methods cut outside radiuses on the lathe. These will create spherical shapes, ovals and many other shapes. Create that perfect detail on the end of a handle or any decorative detail to give your projects that little "extra" level of detail that will put them above the rest.

3962 DVD: Grinding Tool Bits and 1/4" Tool Bits

Lathe Tool Sharpening DVD
10 Lathe tool bits, 1/4" Square 2-1/2" Long M2 HSS

This DVD video, by Jose Rodriguez, provides an hour and a half instruction on sharpening lathe cutting tools and other grinding tasks. Learn how to create perfect lathe cutting tools from high speed steel tool bit blanks with a bench-top grinder. Create perfect left or right hand lathe cutting tools for brass, aluminum and steel. Produce a 60 degree threading tool that is as good as any commercially available threading tool bit. Learn how to prepare a parting tool for optimum results. Watch Jose as he revives an old jobber-length drill bit to give it a new lease on life. Put a new edge on worn two flute end mills and get many more hours of work out of them. Regrind screw driver tips to keep them from slipping off screw heads. Grinding is an art that can take months or years to fully master but with the right grinder and a bit of patience, you will be able to produce perfect results right in your shop.

3964 DVD: Grinding Tool Bits and 3/8" Tool Bits

Lathe Tool Sharpening DVD
10 Lathe tool bits, 3/8" Square 2-1/2" Long M2 HSS

3963 DVD: Grinding Tool Bits and 5/16" Tool Bits

Lathe Tool Sharpening DVD
10 Lathe tool bits, 5/16" Square 2-1/2" Long M2 HSS

2396 DVD: Grinding Tool Bits and Other Things
This DVD video, by Jose Rodriguez, provides an hour and a half instruction on sharpening lathe cutting tools and other grinding tasks. Learn how to create perfect lathe cutting tools from high speed steel tool bit blanks with a bench-top grinder. Create perfect left or right hand lathe cutting tools for brass, aluminum and steel. Produce a 60 degree threading tool that is as good as any commercially available threading tool bit. Learn how to prepare a parting tool for optimum results. Watch Jose as he revives an old jobber-length drill bit to give it a new lease on life. Put a new edge on worn two flute end mills and get many more hours of work out of them. Regrind screw driver tips to keep them from slipping off screw heads. Grinding is an art that can take months or years to fully master but with the right grinder and a bit of patience, you will be able to produce perfect results right in your shop.

4743 DVD: Introduction to the Model 5100 HiTorque Mini Lathe
This video takes you through a tour of the newest incarnation of the well established variable speed mini lathe, the LittleMachineShop.com Model 4100 HiTorque Mini Mill. Some of the unique features include a more powerful 500 watt brushless motor, a much more reliable electronic controller system, direct rpm read out port, and a belt drive that replaces the old gear drive. This DVD takes you through a tour of all aspects of this lathe culminating with a few flying chips! Running time: 1 hour

4635 DVD: Introduction to the Nano Lathe-Drillpress-Mill
This video takes you through a tour of the newest Littlemachineshop machines, the Nano Lathe, Nano Drill Press, and the Nano Mill. The Nano machines are great units and work well in tight spaces. Also, the machines can all be converted into one another so with the purchase of any one machine, a person could have all three machines usability with the purchase of a couple conversion kits. This DVD walks through the use of all forms of the Nano machines. Running time: 53 minutes

2057 DVD: Making Gears the Easy Way
This DVD, by Jose Rodriguez, provides a four hour introduction to making gears. The DVD has a menu that makes it easy to return to parts of the video that you want to see again. Jose says: "Have you forgone the pleasure of building a small geared engine simply because the thought of having to cut your own gears brings a shiver down your metalworking spine? Even if can muster up the nerve, you realize that so called involute gear cutters cost an arm and a leg. Then you need a set of eight cutters to enable you to cut the entire range of teeth for 12 to Rack. The cost in cutters alone can reach well over $200 before you even begin thinking about arbors to hold them. It's no wonder many of us will simply go to the nearest gear vendor and put down $50 -$60 for a pair of brass spur gears. In this video you will learn the secrets of the HOB. You will not only learn how to use a hob, but you will also learn how to build one from scratch right on your small to medium size lathe and small milling machine. For a total cost of about $3 in materials you can make a hob that will not only enable you to EASILY make any number tooth spur gear as well as even a worm and worm gear. You will be amazed at how simple gear making can be! You can make any diametral pitch hob by simply following the easy Diametral Pitch chart that is included as part of the video. The video shows a 1/10 pitch spiral and straight hob being made and then used to make gears of various diameters. You will not need to compute anything. All basic diameters for gear blanks for gears of any numbers of teeth will also be included in the package. If you rather use a calculator to figure out diameters, easy formulas for that are also included. Once you have used a HOB to cut a gear you will wonder why you would use anything else!"

4440 DVD: Mini Lathe Advanced Operations, Vol. 1

Featuring the LittleMachineShop.com HiTorque 7x12 Mini Lathe
Skills shown are applicable to any lathe
Learn turning, threading, knurling plus other skills.

In this first of two DVDs, you learn how to knurl, cut external threads using a die along with a special tailstock die adapter. Following that, you prepare a very rough piece of aluminum and proceed to machine it to a very precise diameter by turning between centers, resulting in a finished 6 inch mirror-like rod featuring no more than one thousandth’s of an inch of taper along its full length. Learn how to do single point internal threading and how to center work in a Four Jaw Chuck using a Dial Indicator to achieve less than 1/2 of a thousandth runout. The second DVD in this set will be available Real Soon Now.

3141 DVD: Mini Machines 101 Complete Mill Series

Six DVD set includes the entire Mini Machines 101 Mill Series

The complete set of Mini Machines 101 Mill Series is available in this single, discounted price package. This set includes: Volume I: Mini Mill Basics, Clamping & Fixtures Volume II: Edge Finding and Location Volume III: Precision Drilling, Reaming & Tapping Volume IV: The Boring Head; Bores, Arcs, Saddles & More Volume V Teardown, Tuning & Tramming Volume VI: Milling, Flycutting & Dovetailing

3441 DVD: Sherline Lathe Basics

How to set up and operate the Sherline lathe

Sherline Lathe Basics gives a great introduction to using the Sherline lathe. Topics covered include turning, facing, boring, workholding, eccentrics, tapers, threading, tool bit grinding, backlash, setting tool height, cleaning a chuck, hand wheel dial adjustment, using the follower rest, mounting the lathe aligning the headstock and milling. Approximate running time: 213 minutes.

3440 DVD: Shop Secrets, Volume 1: Measuring Tools

Teaches you to operate and maintain precision measuring equipment
Easy-to-understand words, diagrams, and three-dimensional graphics explain operation of the tools
Covers equipment that even experienced machinists may not know how to operate

Shop Secrets, Volume 1 Is a two-hour video on the use and care of machinist measuring tools and related machine shop operations. Produced for the beginning machinist, this video is in use at technical high schools in the US and in industry both in the US and the Far East. Topics include adjustable parallels, backlash, calipers, combination squares, optical comparator, dial indicators, edge finders, left-handed lead screw operation, micrometers, precision squares, radius gages, shop safety, small hole gages, thread gages, telescoping gages, thread pitch gages, vernier scales, vision assists, wigglers, steel rules. Running time: 1:52 hours.

2537 DVD: Teardown, Tuning & Tramming
Mini-Machines 101: Teardown, Tuning & Tramming by SwarfRat Enterprises, LLC. This video guides you step-by-step through a complete disassembly and reassembly of ALL three axes of the mini mill. It shows you how to adjust the gibs to remove play and yet allow free movement of the mill bed and spindle head. Learn how to adjust the hand wheel assemblies to remove unnecessary backlash, and to align the X- & Y-axis screws with their respective nuts so as to avoid binding during table travel. See the easy way to tram your mill spindle to closer than 0.001" in all three axes. This volume is jam-packed with easy-to-follow practical information that is absolutely necessary if you intend to make precision parts! Running time is approximately 55 minutes.

2054 DVD: Threading on the Lathe
This DVD, by Jose Rodriguez, provides a 2 hour introduction to threading on the mini lathe. The DVD has a menu that makes it easy to return to parts of the video that you want to see again. Jose says: "Finally the mystery of thread cutting has been made simple enough for the first time user! In this two hour video tape you will see and learn the easy way to cut with taps, dies as well as perform external and internal single point threading operations. Learn the secrets of that "DREADED" threading dial as well as how to avoid using the dial altogether if you chose to. The perfect companion to have along when you are ready to produce extremely true running threads for all your projects!"

3123 DVD: Work Holding on the Mini Lathe

Includes video and ShopBuddy software

Mini-Machines 101:Beyond the 3-Jaw Chuck: 4-Jaws, Faceplates, Fixtures & More on the Mini Lathe plus ShopBuddy software. This video is designed to familiarize you with alternate methods of work holding that will allow you to use your mini lathe to its full potential. Some of the topics covered are shop safety, setting up and using a 4-jaw chuck, centering round stock, centering non-round stock, tailstock & laser methods of centering, using the lathe wiggler, faceplate operations, turning between centers, and using fixtures for large work pieces. Also included is an end user license for our Shopbuddy software. Shopbuddy does the math to calculate V-form thread dimensions. Enter the size and pitch of your desired part, and Shopbuddy will handle the number-crunching instantly Running time: Approx. 55 minutes.

1165 Gears and Gear Cutting for Home Machinists

Practical, hands-on guide for anyone who wants to cut gears on a lathe or milling machine
Learn the fundamentals needed to design gears and gear trains
Takes the complex description of gears and how to machine them and makes it very understandable
Uses plain, non-technical language and keeps the level of mathematics down to the simplest form
Well-illustrated with concise technical diagrams and B&W photo

This practical, hands-on guide will assist anyone who wants to cut gears inexpensively on a lathe or milling machine. It teaches the fundamentals needed to design gears and gear trains using simple, non-technical language paired with helpful diagrams, charts, illustrations, and photography. With 12 insightful chapters on tooth forms and sizes, rack and pinion gears, bevel wheels, worm gears, dividing heads, and so much more, this comprehensive manual takes complicated concepts and makes them approachable and easy for anyone who simply enjoys model-making! By Ivan Law; revised and updated by George Bulliss, editor of The Home Shop Machinist magazine. 136 pages, softcover, 5.75" x 8.26" ISBN 978-1-56523-917-3 Copyright 2019 Revised and Updated by George Bulliss

3402 Home Machinist's Handbook

The Home Machinist's Handbook
By Doug Briney
275 pages, softcover, 7¾" x 9¼"
ISBN 0-8306-1573-3
Copyright 1983

Here's everything the do-it-yourselfer needs to set up, and operate a machine shop. Areas covered range from shop requirements and proper lighting to buying, using, and storing tools. A lot has been written about machine tools and how they are used to make parts. Most books and literature on the subject are written in very technical terms for the professional machinist, someone interested in obtaining high-volume production rates at the lowest cost. These books assume that the machinist has unlimited funds and can equip a shop with the very latest and best equipment. This book is different. It is written for the nonprofessional—someone who wants to work on a few projects at home. This book is written for the hobbyist who wants to make a few parts for a radio-controlled airplane or boat, the model railroader building a new locomotive, or the amateur horologist repairing a clock. It is intended for the inventor who needs a few parts to try out the latest idea, or the engineer who wants to build a prototype for a new product. This book is intended for you—to give you an understanding of the equipment, methods, and materials used in basic machine shop work.

1436 Lathework for Beginners

Lathework for Beginners by Neil Wyatt
103 pages, hardcover 8.5" x 12"
Published October 2020
Based on SIEG SC4 Bench Lathe
ISBN: 987-1-8382054-0-9

Publishers Description: A lathe is one of the most capable and versatile of machine tools, but its very flexibility can make it challenging for beginners to get good results. This book is written with the aim of helping beginners understand their machine and get the best from it while working safely. It covers everything from finding your way around the various controls and adjustments on the lathe to advanced techniques such as boring and screw cutting. It also covers accessories, ideas and techniques that will be of interest to more experienced metalworkers as well as giving much general advice on running a small workshop. Based around the SIEG SC4-510 lathe, an up-to-date and well featured machine, the author has taken care to keep the content as generic as possible to make it equally useful to the user of any modern bench lathe. - - - Published: 10/15/2020 The lathe used in this book is comparable to our HiTorque bench lathes models 7500/7550. The book has 103 pages, is hardback and has 310 color photos and illustrations.

1738 Machine Shop Practice, Vol. 1

Machine Shop Practice, Second Edition, Volume 1
By Karl H. Moltrecht
496 pages, hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼"
ISBN 0-8311-1126-7 (v.1)
Copyright 1981

Everything you need to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is in this two-volume set. Includes over 760 illustrations and 70 tables in two volumes. Offers sections on numerical control; grinding wheels; single point cutting tools and tool wear; basic drilling machine setups; and formulas for estimating the power required for machining. Provides detailed discussions on methods of setting up the work piece on milling machines, horizontal boring machines, planers and shapers.

1739 Machine Shop Practice, Vol. 2

Machine Shop Practice, Second Edition, Volume 2
By Karl H. Moltrecht
517 pages, hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼"
ISBN 0-8311-1126-7 (v.2)
Copyright 1981

Machine Shop Practice, Second Edition, Volume 2 By Karl H. Moltrecht 517 pages Everything you need to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is in this two-volume set. Includes over 760 illustrations and 70 tables in two volumes. Offers sections on numerical control; grinding wheels; single point cutting tools and tool wear; basic drilling machine setups; and formulas for estimating the power required for machining. Provides detailed discussions on methods of setting up the work piece on milling machines, horizontal boring machines, planers and shapers.

2366 Machine Shop Trade Secrets, Second Edition

Machine Shop Trade Secrets: A Guide to Manufacturing Machine Shop Practices
By James A. Harvey
320 pages, paperback, 8½" x 11"
ISBN 978-0-8311-3477-8
Copyright 2013

There are many reference books on the market today, starting with the Machinery's Handbook, that provide much of the technical and reference information a machinist or engineer may ever need. It is difficult, however, to find a book that provides practical "how to" information that can immediately be put to use to improve ones machining skills, craftsmanship and productivity. The purpose of this book is to fill that void and provide concrete suggestions that can help you think and produce like an experienced machinist. If that’s what you’re looking for, you’ve hit the mother lode. This book is primarily directed toward the conventional tool room machinist working in a small shop environment. Many CNC machining suggestions are also included. By virtue of pricing and delivery competition, most small shops have to be very good at what they do. You will find that the equipment and techniques referred to in these pages are commonly seen and used in small machine shops.

5180 Machining for Hobbyists: Getting Started

Machining for Hobbyists: Getting Started
By Karl H. Moltrecht
222 pages, softcover
ISBN 978-0-8311-3510-2
Copyright 2015

Machining for Hobbyists is for the do-it-yourselfer or hobbyist who wants to learn the basics of machining and how to set up a small home workshop. It provides a user-friendly explanation of the essential tools, materials, and techniques that hobbyists need for a variety of metalworking projects. Tips from the pros writing for Home Shop Machinist magazine are included, as well as a foreword by the magazine’s editor. Through easy-to-follow explanations, as well as detailed illustrations and color photography, Machining for Hobbyists: * Guides hobbyists in selecting the proper tools for working with metal, including tips for buying and using bench-top lathes, mills and drill presses. The book also covers the various cutting components used on these tools. * Provides suggestions for shop layout, including space requirements, lighting, ventilation, and safety. * Guides the reader through the use of specialty tools used for measuring and handling small metal parts.

1151 Making Metal Clockworks for Home Machinists

Explains terms, general forms of clock construction, tools, materials, and methods
An introductory guide to horology for beginners
Learn the layout and creation of wheels, escapements, pinions, pendulums, and more
With expert advice, know the best ways to make specialized items
Includes black and white photography and easy-to-understand figures

Revised and newly updated, Making Metal Clockworks is an introduction to horology for the complete beginner. Explaining the terminology and general forms of clock construction, you’ll learn about the materials and methods and understand everything from and the layout of wheels and escapements to the making of wheels, pinions, pendulums, and so much more. By Stan Bray 128 pages, softcover, 6" x 8 ISBN 978-1-4971-0059-6 Copyright 2019

6022 Measuring and Marking Metals for Home Machinists

Accurate techniques for the small shop
By Ivan Law
112 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN 978-1-49710-193-7
Copyright 2022

For model engineers and small workshops that don’t have access to sophisticated measuring equipment, this guide will show them how to measure and mark themselves! Measuring and Marking Metals for Home Machinists will inform readers on how to use measuring equipment and how to mark out, which are essential skills for engineers and imperative for success. A comprehensive resource written by a renowned expert engineer, this crucial metalworking resource not only emphasizes the importance of exactness of marking out and the accuracy of measurements, but will also clearly guide readers on how to achieve such vital precision!

4736 Metal Lathe for Home Machinists

A project-based course that provides a complete introduction to the lathe and lathe metalworking
By Harold Hall
167 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-693-6
Copyright 2012

This book covers getting started, mini-surface gage, a between-centers test bar, tailstock die holders, precision tapers, and much, much more. Using a project-based system, this book provides a thorough introduction to metalworking with the lathe.

6250 Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips for Home Machinists

101 Plans and Drawings
By Ian Bradley
96 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN: 978-1-49710-174-6
Copyright 2021

Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips for Home Machinists is an informative anthology for beginners that combines useful advice and instruction with explanations of tools and techniques. With expert insight on a wide range of workshop practices and minor jobs, this helpful guide will introduce readers to arbors and mandrels, belt jointing and splicing, shaft collars, finishing metal surfaces, G-clamps, cutting holes, hand turning tools, and more.

5838 Metalworker's Data Book for Home Machinists

The essential reference guide for everyone who works with metal
By Harold Hall
200 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-913-5
Copyright 2017

This comprehensive data book offers 31 categories of reliable information, useful in both the metalworking workshop and by those designing engineered items, tool, and machines.

6251 Metalworkers' Hints and Tips for Home Machinists

Practical & Useful Advice for the Small Shop
Edited by Vic Smeed
124 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN: 978-1-49710-175-3
Copyright 2021

From the leading magazine for metalworkers, Model Engineer, comes this curated collection of practical advice and useful tips anyone in the industry needs to know! Jam-packed with information that’s as relevant today as it was during its original publication, spanning from the 1890s to the 1960s, Metalworkers’ Hints and Tips includes sections on lathes and lathe work, benchwork, machine tools and accessories, electrical queries, and other miscellaneous topics.

4983 Metalworking - Doing It Better

Metalworking - Doing It Better: Machining, Welding, Fabricating
By Tom Lipton
344 pages, paperback, 8½" x 11"
ISBN 978-0-8311-3476-1
Copyright 2014

This is a wonderful book for both novice and experienced metalworkers. It is aimed towards those doing work in small shops and enthusiasts taking on small projects in their garage, yard, or basement. This book covers hundreds of tried-and-true techniques with color photos throughout. The wide range of topics include specific trade skills, manual and CNC lathe and mill operations, welding flame straightening, sheet metal, sanding, grinding and abrading.

6252 Metalworking for Home Machinists

53 Practical Projects to Build Yourself
By Tubal Cain
144 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN: 978-1-49710-172-2
Copyright 2021

The need to make special tools, devices, and gadgets will always arise in any workshop. Metalworking shows you how to create 53 ancillary devices, including 5 clamps and vices, 10 jigs and fixtures, 25 lathe projects, and 13 miscellaneous projects. A must-have resource for every metalworking workshop, this manual will help save you time by devising the needed device for you so you can get right to work building what you need without delaying the completion of your final project any further!

3565 Metalworking Sink or Swim

Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators
By Tom Lipton
305 pages, paperback, 8½" x 11"
ISBN 9780831133627
Publication date 2009

This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the attention of users and engages them in the process of furthering the art. It includes shop-tested descriptions and illustrations of creative and unique skills and observations from almost 40 years in the metalworking trades. What's more, it offers enough material from several metalworking trades to start a great research and development shop. It is sure to be a valuable and time-saving resource for anyone involved in the fabrication of metal. Includes nearly 1,000 full-color photos, as well as numerous illustrative stories that help users easily understand the material presented and the techniques provided.

1437 Milling for Beginners

Milling for Beginners by Jason Ballamy
101 pages, hardcover 8.5" x 12"
Published October 2020
Based on SIEG SX2.7 milling machine
ISBN: 987-1-8382054-1-6

Publishers Description: A milling machine is an essential requirement for a metalwork shop. This book is written to help beginners understand and equip a small vertical mill and get the best from it. It starts with a description of the different parts of the mill, spindle tapers and tooling, workholding equipment and a wide variety of cutting tools before going on to make some cuts. More advanced workholding and positioning techniques using collet blocks and indexers are also explained as well as dividing and some of the many other uses for a rotary table. Based around the SIEG SX2.7 milling machine the book goes on to demonstrate how to accurately machine and measure a practice piece before finishing off with the setting-up and machining of some odd shaped model engine castings. - - - Published: 10/15/2020 The mill used in this book is comparable to our HiTorque bench mills, models 6500 and 6550. The book has 101 pages, is hardback and has 234 color photos and illustrations.

4738 Milling for Home Machinists

Learn the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations.
By Harold Hall
135 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-694-3
Copyright 2012

This book covers getting started, angle plates, clamps, parallels, the boring head, a dividing head, much more. Using a project-based system, this book provides a thorough introduction to metalworking with the mill.

4734 Mini-Lathe for Home Machinists

A complete course on using and improving the new generation of mini lathes
By David Fenner
127 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-695-0
Copyright 2012

This book covers safety, preparation, tooling geometry, basic tooling, change gears, the milling attachment and much, much more. It is a great book if you are just getting started or need a bit of a refresher course.

1166 Mini-Lathe Tools & Projects for Home Machinists

A practical guide to tools and modifications that will extend the versatility of the mini-lathe
Provides photography, helpful diagrams and illustrations
Includes descriptive explanations for each modification
Contains 15 chapters that feature various tools, projects, and techniques
Topics from improving radius turning attachments & saddle adjustments to taper turning & knurling

If you own a mini-lathe, this book is a must-have resource to fully understand everything this little machine can do! In continuation with its introductory manual, Mini-Lathe for Home Machinists, this book presents a series of projects to extend the versatility of small metal lathes. With detailed explanations, full-color photography, and insightful diagrams and illustrations, author David Fenner provides practical tools and modifications to help you get the most from your mini-lathe, from radius turning attachments to taper turning. By David Fenner; revised and updated by George Bulliss, editor of The Home Shop Machinist magazine. 120 pages, softcover, 5.75" x 8.26" ISBN 978-1-56523-916-6 Copyright 2019

3653 Model Engine Builder Digital Magazine Subscription

Subscription for 4 digital issues
Download to your computer or tablet
Save and print as desired
2 formats: horizontal for easy reading and vertical for printing
Same price worldwide

Model Engine Builder magazine is dedicated to Internal Combustion, Steam, and Stirling Model Engine Builders and Enthusiasts. Whether you are an expert, have already built a few engines, are starting out in the hobby, or just enjoy reading about these marvelous little engines, you’ll find Model Engine Builder magazine interesting, informative, and just plain fun! Model Engine Build Articles with CAD drawings and 3D models How-to Articles for machining and assembling Engine Parts and Fixtures How-to Articles on improving Engine Construction and Performance Tech Topics and Shop Tips & Techniques Q & A columns for solving model building challenges Centerfold Feature Articles on noteworthy Models and the Modelers who build them Beginner’s Corner Articles Model Engineering Exhibitions, Clubs and other Model Engineering News

6020 Precision Dividing for Small Shop Metalworkers

For small shop metalworkers
By Harold Hall
104 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN 978-1-49710-196-8
Copyright 2022

A skill that consists of precisely spacing cuts, dividing is a crucial technique for gear cutting and radial work on a metalworking lathe. This complete guide to dividing clearly explains its principles and covers everything a model engineer needs to know about dividing and several methods that can be achieved – from simple applications without specialized equipment to the use of a semi-universal dividing head and a rotary table. The mathematics of dividing are also included and written in an easy-to-understand format that won’t intimidate.

6253 Screwcutting in the Lathe for Home Machinists

Reference Handbook for Both Imperial and Metric Projects
By Martin Cleeve
172 pages, softcover, 5.8" x 8.3"
ISBN: 978-1-49710-173-9
Copyright 2021

Screwcutting in the Lathe for Home Machinists is a complete guide detailing the uses of a lathe for all forms of screwcutting in all thread forms, pitches, and diameters. Working in both imperial and metric standards, this comprehensive and invaluable resource will inform you on everything you need to know about lathe screwcutting. Also included are calculations, gear trains, conversions, and other helpful reference tables.

4739 The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists

Provides a solid base for everything metal working
By Harold Hall
127 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-697-4
Copyright 2013

This book covers all aspects of setting up a fully equipped metalworking shop. It can be a guide for those setting up their shop for the first time, or those looking for tips on upgrading an existing operation. Subjects include an introduction to the workshop, hand tools, shop-made tools, the milling machine, the lathe, the drill press, and more.

4737 The Milling Machine for Home Machinists

Provides detailed knowledge in choosing, installing and operating a milling machine for your shop
By Harold Hall
119 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-769-8
Copyright 2013

This book provides the detailed knowledge you need to successfully choose, install, and operate a milling machine in your home workshop. Heavily illustrated with color photographs and diagrams, it will help you understand which accessories are essential and which can be postponed until your activity demands it. The usage of each machine and accessory is explained in detail for the vast majority of applications in an active shop. The Milling Machine will arm you with decision-making skills on which method is best for any application and will show you the correct ways to cut metal and maintain all your milling tools. Author Bio Harold Hall worked as an electrical control systems engineer for thirty-five years before becoming editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine. He is the author of numerous books on workshop practice, including Metal Lathe for Home Machinists, The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists, Milling for Home Machinists, and The Milling Machine for Home Machinists.

5839 Tool & Cutter Sharpening for Home Machinists

Tips and instructions for tool sharpening from an expert
By Harold Hall
136 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-912-8
Copyright 2017

Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! Instructions are provided for sharpening the majority of workshop tools, including drills, lathe tools, end mills, milling cutters, workshop tools, and woodworking tools.

5102 Useful Machine Shop Tools to Make for Home Shop Machinists

A wide range of projects to be made in one's shop for one's shop
By Stan Bray
112 pages, softcover, 5½" x 8½"
ISBN 978-1-56523-864-0
Copyright 2015

The projects in this book will make your shop more versatile and efficient. It covers creating your own dependable tools for marking-out, benchwork, and machining. There are 15 different projects presented and none take longer than 3-4 hours to make.