Workshop Appliances 1873 - Lindsay Reprint

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Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 30th

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Workshop Appliances 1873 , by C.P.B. Shelley. Published by Lindsay Publications Inc., Bradley, Ill. 1992. 4" x 7" paperback, 312 pages. This is a reprint of the 1873 edition originally published by Longmans, green Co. London, England. Please note these three copies are new, not used, but are shopworn. The covers are scuffed, slightly soiled, and edgeworn. The pages are clean, and the binding is tight. Table of Contents: . CHAPTER I. ON MEASURES OF LENGTH AND METHODS OF MEASURING. Introductory Remarks— British Standard of Length — Other Standards of Length — 'Line* Measmre and 'End' Measure — Whitworth's * Millionth* Measuring Machine — Decimal System— Ordinary Measuring Instruments — Wire and Plate Gauges— Decimal Gauges— Measurement of Plate and Sheet Metals — External and Internal Gauges — Thousandth Gauges — * Ten- thousandth * Measuring Machine — Difference Gauges 1-30 CHAPTER II. ON HAND TOOLS FOR CUTTING WOOD. Scriber — Axes and Adzes — Carpenters' Chisels and Gouges — Drawknife and Spokeshaves— Single and Double-Iron Planes— Pitch, &c, of Planes — Moulding and other Planes — Wood Scraper with burred edge — Glass Paper— Saws — Taper and Parallel Saw-blades — Forms of Saw-teeth — Sizes of Saws— Filing Saw-teeth— Setting Saw-teeth — Boring tools — Brad -awls — Gimlets — Augers — Braces and Bits — Grinding Edge-tools — Grindstones — Setting Edge- tools — Hones and Oilstones— A * smooth ' cutting edge . 31— 73 CHAPTER III. ON HAND TOOLS FOR CUTTING METAL. Chipping Chisels — Files— Sections of Files — Teeth of Files — File-cuts — Process of File-cutting by Hand — Drills — Twist Drills— Bow Drills— Drill Stocks -Smith's Brace— Ratchet viii Contents. PAGE Brace — Rimers — Broaches— Screw-Taps— Screw Plates — Stock and Dies— Whitworth's Screw Threads — Punches and Hand Shears— Punching Bear — Metal Scrapers — Grinding with Emery, &c. . . . • . . . 74-108 CHAPTER IV. ON THE FORMATION OF STRAIGHT-EDGES AND SURFACE-PLATES. Preparation of Wooden Straight-edges — Preparation of Steel Straight-edges— Surface Plates— Method of using Scraper — Preparation of Cast-iron Surface Plates — Cast-iron Straight-edges — Formation of truly Parallel Surfaces — Formation of Surfaces truly square to each other — Tem- plates — Hints on the Use of the File — Glass Surface Plates . 109- 1 30 CHAPTER V. ON FOOT LATHES. Early forms of Lathe — Wood- turner's Lathe— Modern Mechanics Foot Lathe — Headstocks of Foot Lathes — Lathe-bands — Chucks for Wood — Carriers— Drivers — Face Plate — Clamps— Chucks for Metal — Expanding Mandril— Self-centering Chucks — Scroll Chuck— Drill- Chuck — Boring Collar— Backstay — Tools for Hand- turning — Heel Tools— Boring Tools — Screw-chasing Tools — Traversing Mandril— Slide Rest — Slide-rest Tools — Turner's Callipers — Centering Square — Centering Punch — Eccentric Chuck — Eccentric Chuck Patterns — Oval Chuck — Tools for Ornamental Turning— Overhead Motion — ' Geometric ' and 'Rose* Ornament • . 131-176- CHAPTER VI. ON POWER-LATHES. Self-acting Screw-cutting Lathe — Double-geared Headstock — Change Wheels — Duplex Lathe — Rack-traversing and surfacing Lathe— Gap Lathe— Break Lathe— Face Lathe — Lathes of exceptional size— Self-acting Slide-rest — Self- acting Gear for Taper-turning — Backstay — Chucks — Tools for Power Lathes — Wrought-iron Turnings — Tools with loose Cutters

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Seller Notes	“Please note these three copies are new, not used, but are shopworn. The covers are scuffed, slightly soiled, and edgeworn. The pages are clean, and the binding is tight.”