3 Classic Metalworking and Steam Engine Books

3 Classic Metalworking Books
Modern Machine Shop Practice Volumes 1 & 2
The Advanced Machinist
A Catechism of the Steam Engine
and 2 bonuses!
Only $5, FREE SHIPPING for Each Additional CD

If you are interested in metal working or steam engines, I have got a treat for you. I have a growing interest myself and this has led me to search for documentation that is complete and that I could afford. I came across these three books and found a gold mine. I can spend the rest of my life trying to learn and perfect the lessons contained in these 1743 pages.

Included are three classic books.

The first, a two volume set, Modern Machine Shop Practice. This is a machinist's guide published in 1888 detailing every operation you can imagine in a machine shop. It covers everything from milling, drilling, shaping, grinding, lathe turning, casting, hardening, threading, and even has sections on building steam engines, which is what brought me to the book in the first place. If you have started your journey in the world of metal working, you know that for the most part, the process hasn't changed in the last 150 years, only the tolerances! I have looked at current machinist guides to learn from and I just haven't found this kind of completeness. This book was scanned from the original at 600 DPI so it can be very accurately printed if you care to (Kinko's will print this double sided and bind it - I used the ring binding to make flipping through pages easier in the shop). These two volumes contain 963 pages with over 3400 engravings. Every step is beautifully illustrated!

Next on this list is The Advanced Machinist. Another great book published by Theo. Audel & Company in 1903. What differentiated this from Modern Machine Shop Practice is that it was written as a text book rather than an all encompasing reference book. It's a great way to learn because you can follow the lessons and reference Modern Machine Shop Practice. This book is 350 pages with tons of illustrations.

Then there's A Chatechism of the Steam Engine. This is a really cool book if you are interested in steam engines. It covers everything you want to know about steam engines. You'll find stuff on boilers, pumps, steam expansion, piping, and just about anything else related to the steam engine. It has an interesting format, question and answer. For example, you'll have a question about how to regulate pressure and then a detailed answer complete with necessary formulas, a full description, and a illustrations. I have found this to be a really good book to use to learn about all of the mechanisms and workings of a steam engine. Having the other two books as technical references really adds to what you get out of this book. It is 430 pages and was published in 1868, during the prime of the steam engine!

I'm also tossing a couple of documents in that I have found to be interesting. One is Cooper Agricultural Steam Engines, a collection of agricultural steam engines and their history. It's a lot of fun for live steam engine enthusiasts and farm implement enthusiasts. Being from Texas, I had to include Reciprocating Steam Engines - USS Texas. This is a study of the power plant on the USS Texas, which can be toured outside of Houston, Texas!

All three of the books are copyright free so feel free to share them with your friends or print them completed or in sections. They should offer these in Home Shop Machinist, Live Steam, or The Machinist's Workshop but they don't. I'm including a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat reader for Windows and Macintosh so you own't have to download them yourself. I offer several other CD's with useful information that you might be interested in. I offer a CD with courses offered by the US Army and US Navy in metalworking, welding, engines, and associated courses that might be of interest. If you would like a copy of any of the other CD's or multiple copies of this one, you can have as many as you want for an additional $5 by picking them up through my eBay store and get free shipping. Just take a look at my other auctions or email me!



You can browse the contents of each of the books below:

Modern Machine Shop Practice Volume 1

Front matter, detailed table of contents
Chapter 1: The Teeth of Gear-Wheels
Chapter 2: The Teeth of Gear-Wheels (Continued)
Chapter 3: The Teeth of Gear-Wheels (Continued)
Chapter 4: Screw-Threads
Chapter 5: Fastening Devices
Chapter 6: The Lathe
Chapter 7: Details in Lathe Construction
Chapter 8: Special Forms of the Lathe
Chapter 9: Driving Work in the Lathe
Chapter 10: Cutting Tools for Lathes
Chapter 11: Drilling and Boring in the Lathe
Chapter 12: Examples in Lathe Work
Chapter 13: Examples in Lathe Work (Continued)
Chapter 14: Measuring Machines, Tools and Devices
Chapter 15: Measuring Tools
Chapter 16: Shaping and Planing Machines
Chapter 17: Planing Machinery
Chapter 18: Drilling Machines
Chapter 19: Drills and Cutters for Drilling Machines
Chapter 20: Hand-Drilling and Boring Tools, and Devices
Chapter 21: Thread-Cutting Machinery and Broaching Press

Modern Machine Shop Practice Volume 1

Cover image
Front matter, detailed table of contents
Chapter 22: Milling Machinery and Milling Tools
Chapter 23: Emery Wheels and Grinding Machinery
Chapter 24: Gear Cutting Machines
Chapter 25: Vise Work
Chapter 26: Vise Work (Continued)
Chapter 27: Vise Work (Continued)
Chapter 28: Erecting
Chapter 29: Erecting Engines and Machinery
Chapter 30: Line Shafting
Chapter 31: Pulleys
Chapter 32: Leather Belting
Chapter 33: Forging
Chapter 34: Wood Working
Chapter 35: Wood Working Machinery (first section)
Chapter 35: Wood Working Machinery (second section)
Chapter 36: Steam Boilers
Chapter 37: Steam Engines
Chapter 38: The Locomotive
Chapter 39: The Mechanical Powers
Chapter 40: The Indicator
Chapter 41: Automatic Cut-Off Engines
Chapter 42: Marine Engines
Chapter 43: Marine Boilers
Chapter 44: Hardening and Tempering
Appendix Part 1: Test Questions for Engineers
Appendix Part 2: Dictionary of Workshop Terms
Index to Volumes 1 and 2

The Advanced Machinist

Front matter: Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface.
Summary of Arithmetic.
Mensuration: Useful Measures; Parts of a Circle; Measuring Machines.
Turning and Boring: Screw Cutting in the Lathe; Boring Machines and Operations.
Planing Machines.
Milling Machines.
Drilling Machines.
Grinding Operations.
Punching and Shearing: Punching and Shearing Machines and Operations; Bolt Cutting Machine and Operation.
Auxiliary Machines.
Utilities.
Shop Management.
Useful Recipes: Useful Workshop Recipes; Aid to the Injured in Accidents.
Tables and Index (also includes advertisements for books by Hawkins).

A Chatechism of the Steam Engine in its Various Applications to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, Railways, and Agriculture

Preface
Chapter 1 General Descripton of the Steam Engine
Chapter 2 Heat, Combustion, and Steam
Chapter 3 Expansion of Steam and Action of the Valves
Chapter 4 Modes of Estimating the Power and Performance of Engines and Boilers
Chapter 5 Proportions of Boilers
Chapter 6 Proportions of Engines
Chapter 7 Constructive Details of Boilers
Chapter 8 Constructive Details of Engines
Chapter 9 Steam Navigation
Chapter 10 Examples of Engines of Recent Construction
Chapter 11 On Various Forms and Applications of the Steam Engine
Chapter 12 Manufacture and Management of Steam Engines
Index

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