Ebook: Traditional Toolmaking: the Classic Treatise on Lapping, Threading, Precision Measurements, and General Toolmaking

Bringing together the collective wisdom of a past generation of craftsmen, Traditional Toolmaking provides an in-depth record of the skills and techniques that made the mass production revolution of the twentieth century possible. When first published in 1915, this book was an answer to a vast array of tool-room problems and explained many essential toolmaking operations. It includes timeless practices as well as some personally tailored methods by master toolmakers, including how to: make straight forming tools grind curved surfaces gauge the angle of a thread re-flute worn cutters and much m.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I PRECISION LOCATING AND DIVIDING METHODS; CHAPTER II LAPS AND LAPPING; CHAPTER III STRAIGHT AND CIRCULAR FORMING TOOLS; CHAPTER IV PRECISION THREADING; CHAPTER V THREADING CHASER TROUBLES AND REMEDIES; CHAPTER VI GENERAL TOOLMAKING OPERATIONS; CHAPTER VII PRECISION BENCH LATHE PRACTICE; CHAPTER VIII GAGES AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; INDEX