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A practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures - from reading drawings, making measurements, and marking out to using hacksaws, files, hammers, chisels, punches, and much more. Clearly written and illustrated with technical diagrams, tables, and photos, you'll gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork that will become second nature over the course of your career as a metalworker. Learn the proper practices and gain essential knowledge early on in order to get started and be successful in the industry of model engineering with this indispensable guide.
Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists contains information that even metalworking professionals might implement on the shop floor or at least enjoy reading. The book includes a generous selection of line drawings and black-and-white photos to help guide the reader, as well as numerous reference tables. If you know a home machinist, or model engineer, who you want to give a gift to, consider Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists. --Alan Richter, Editor of Cutting Tool Engineering
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