Overview This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and
experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that
captures the readers' attention and engages them in the process of
furthering their skills. It includes shop-tested descriptions and
illustrations of creative and unique techniques and observations
from four decades in the metalworking trades. Perfect for hobbyists
and veterans alike, and everyone in between, and for those who work
out of either small shops or garages, backyard facilities and
basements. It will help any metalworker do better work and do it
faster! Users will learn about: The shop environment. Basic generic
skills such as drawing and sketching, accuracy, speed, shop math
and trigonometry, and angles. Setting up your shop, including
floors, light, heating and cooling, workbenches and tables, air
supply, raw material storage and handling, safety equipment,
filing, sawing, rigging and lifting. Manual and CNC lathes. Manual
and CNC mills. Welding. Flame straightening. Sheet metal, patterns,
cones, and tanks and baffles. Sanding, grinding, and abrading.
Features Covers hundreds of shop-tested techniques. These creative
and unique techniques have been shop-tested by the author the
old-fashioned way, by repetition and hard work. Features hundreds
of 4-color photographs. Metalworking -Doing It Betterincludes over
900 4-color images personally photographed by the author to
illustrate the methods he describes in the book. Fully integrates
text and photographs. The guide has been designed so that in
virtually every case, the tips and the supporting photographs
appear together on the same page. Provides wide range of topics.
Many of the topics address specific trade skills, working with
manual and CNC lathes and mills, as well as welding flame
straightening, sheet metal, sanding, grinding, and abrading.
Earlier chapters focus on general across-the-board skills,
including essential shop math and trigonometry, accuracy, speed,
drawing, and sketching. Includes extensive guidance for setting up
your workshop. Chapter 4 helps you with shop basics - finding the
right floor and lights, heating and cooling, workbenches and
tables, air supply, storage and handling of raw materials, and much
more. Written from a folksy, personal perspective. The tips and
techniques are presented as an ongoing, informal conversation
between the author and the reader. Chapter 1 Diving In Welcome to
Doing It Better Personal Learning Attitude Shop Environment What's
a Journeyman Anyway? Thursday Nights Format Chapter 2 Brain Food
Communication Drawing and Sketch Minimizing Screw-Ups Accuracy
Speed Shop Math Mass, Volume, and Area Angles and Shop Trigonometry
The Metric System Computers and the Metalworker Dumb and Dumber
Want to Make a Million Dollars? Chapter 3 Bean Counters Lounge
Engineers and Metalworkers Shop Talk Dimensioning Other Tips
Chapter 4 Setting Up Your Shop Floors Light Food Areas Heating and
Cooling Workbenches and Tables Air Supply Raw Material Storage and
Handling Material Identification and Characteristics Safety
Equipment Tool Crib Bench Work Filing Saws and Sawing Rigging and
Lifting Chapter 5 Manual Lathe Learning to Love the Lathe Getting
Started with the Manual Lathe Step Turning Threading in the Manual
Lathe Multiple Start Threads Chapter 6 Manual Milling Machine
Bridgeport Mills Suggested Improvements Spherical Surface
Generation Chapter 7 CNC Mill Working with CNC Equipment
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