The American Machinist's
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 Full breadth of machining topics are covered, such as Machine and Tool Making, Punching and Dies, Jigs and Fixtures, Gearings and Bearings, and more.  Scroll down for a full list.

 7 hours of instructional videos on important topics about basic skills in the field. 

If you have any interest in becoming a hobby machinist or a pro, or if you are going to school to become one, this collection of books and guides on machining will enhance your skills regardless of what kind of level you are at.  The historical books and guides give you a perspective that is hard to capture in a classroom, while the videos are easy to follow for anyone. 

15 videos are included on this disk, in .mp4 format that can be played on any computer.  These videos combined are about 7 hours long!  You can save them to your hard drive, and then place them on your Ipad or tablet or phone, and watch them in your shop at your convenience.  They provide a great instruction on proper machining skills and techniques.  Great tips and tricks!

CNC Tutorial 1 of 3- Introduction to Machining - Topics covered include Safety, Cutting Tools Material of cutting tools Costs Tool holders and shows parts that have been made on a CNC mill.
CNC Tutorial 2 of 3- Using the CNC Mill - Description of Fryer CNC mill, Powering on, homing, clamping down parts, using the vise, Machine movements line vs rapid pulse generator jog button, tool changing. the jig, drilling and tapping the blank, writing the drilling program, tool offsets, running the drill program, tapping the holes by hand
CNC Tutorial 3 of 3- Making the Nameplate - mounting to the jig, edge detection, technical drawing associated with the nameplate (i.e. blueprint), machining operations, cutter radius compensation, offline software, writing the program for making the nameplate, profiling, edging, engraving, verifying with the draw feature
Cutting a Keyway on a Horizontal Milling Machine - This is a video that shows how to set up a Kearney & Trecker model 2H Horizontal Mill to cut a keyway in a shaft. A basic skill any machinist should know.
Boring hub in Flat Belt Pulley - The process used to bore the hub in the cast iron flat belt pulleys.  This video was done to again illustrate how to apply basic machining skills and principles in a real life example project.
How to make a screw driver - While it is unlikely that you will ever need to make a screwdriver yourself, watching how a simple project can be done using advanced machining skills will allow you to learn those skills and how to apply them.
Keyway Broaching a Pulley - Another video in our series about how modern day machining skills are applied to relatively simple projects. This one covers broaching a keyway in the hubs of the pulleys.
Machining and Installing Bronze Bearings-Bushings - Interesting machining skills are shown here during a project to machine and install bronze bearings for a large restoration project.
Making a Mandrel and Turning Between Centers -  This ties into our video on making flat belt pulleys.  In this video, a custom mandrel to turn the pulleys is made, showing you some advanced machining techniques.
Making a Square Head Bolt- Threading on a Metal Lathe - A Simple project that can show you how to use advanced techniques.
Milling Machine Maintenance- Adjusting Gibs and Ways - How to adjust or tighten up gibs and ways on a Wells Index vertical milling machine. Similar methods can also be used on other types of milling machines.
Pattern Making - Flat Belt Pulley 1, 2, and 3 - This is a series of 3 videos showing how to make a wooden pattern for a flat belt pulley to be made out of cast iron for an antique matcher/planer.
Vocational Training - Machinist and Tool Make - This vintage video shows and explains the 5 ways of machining metals, employing the engine lathe, drill press, millinging maching, planer and grinder.  Importance of knowledge of being able to use measuring devices and blueprint reading is also presented.

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We are not going to stop there.  In addition to those videos, we are also including over 200 books to help you learn more machining!  Some of these are short reference guides, where as most of them are full length books.  They are provided here to help you start building your own machinist reference library.  Some of them are probably being the range of the average user, but they are great set of reference material for the beginner or expert alike. 
 

Jigs & Fixtures
Drill Jigs, by E. R. Markham et al, 3rd ed., 1913, 55 pages
Jig & Fixture Design, by Franklin D. Jones, 1920, 335 pages
Jig & Fixture Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 111 pages
Jigs & Fixtures, by Albert A. Dowd & Frank W. Curtis, 1922, 303 pages
Jigs & Fixtures, by Einar Morin. 2nd ed., 1901, 85 pages
Jigs, Tools & Fixtures - Their Drawing & Design, by Philip Gates, 1922, 210 pages
Tools, Chucks & Fixtures, by Albert A. Dowd, 1915, 316 pages

Machine and Tool Making
American Tool Making & Interchangeable Manufacturing, by J. V. Woodworth, 1905, 533 pages
Boring, Recessing & Multiple Turning Tools, by A. A. Dowd, 1914, 48 pages
Details of Machine Tool Design, by W. L. Cheney et al, 2nd ed. 1908, 39 pages
Machine Design, by E. L. Wallace, 1919, 176 pages
Machine Tool Drives, by F. E. Cardullo et al, 2nd ed., 1910, 39 pages
Machining Tapered & Spherical Surfaces, by A. A. Dowd, 1914, 43 pages
Modern Toolmaking Methods, by F. D. Jones, 1915, 318 pages
Self-Taught Mechanical Drawing & Elementary Machine Design, by F. L. Sylvester & E. Oberg, 1910, 344 pages
The Mechanician, A Treatise of the Construction & Manipulation of Tools, by C. Knight, 1879, 596 pages
The Practical Tool-Maker & Designer, by H. S. Wilson, 1898, 297 pages
Tool Making - A Manual, by E. R. Markham, 1908, 220 pages
Tool Making - A Practical Treatise, by E. R. Markham, 1919, 313 pages
Toolmaker's Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 99 pages

Machinist Reference
A Handbook for Apprenticed Machinists, by Oscar J. Beale Editor, 3rd ed., 1901, 145 pages
American Machinist Machine Shop Catechism, 1913, 229 pages
American Machinist Questions & Answers, by Frank Richards comp., 1900, 421 pages
American Machinist Shop Note Book, by E. A. Suverkrop, 1st ed., 1919, 314 pages
American Machinists' Handbook & Dictionary of Shop Terms, by F. H. Colvin, F. A. Stanley, 2nd ed., 1914, 703 pages
An Elementary Outline of Mechanical Processes, by G. W. Danforth, 3rd ed., 1930. 427 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol I Prime Movers, by C. J. Appleby, 3rd rev. ed., 1895. 114 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol II Hoisting Machinery, by C. J. Appleby, 3rd rev. ed., 1892, 168 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol V Steem & Electric Plant, by C. J. Appleby, 1903, 342 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol III Pumping Machinery, by C. J. Appleby, 1901, 152 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol IV Machine & Hand Tools, by C. J. Appleby, 2nd ed., 1897, 185 pages
Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery, Vol VI Mining & Colonial Machinery, by C. J. Appleby, 1897, 183 pages
Machinery's Handbook, by E. Oberg & F. D. Jones, 15th ed., 1956, 1922 pages
Mechanical Processes, by J. K. Barton, 1906, 332 pages
The Advanced Machinist, by W. Rogers, 1903, 349 pages
The Complete Practical Machinist, by J. Rose, 19th ed., 1895, 529 pages
The Mechanical Equipment, by J. W. Roe, 1918, 532 pages
The Modern Machinist, by J. T. Usher, 1896, 323 pages
The Modern Practice of American Machinists & Engineers, by E. P. Watson, 1882, 298 pages
The Operative Mechanic & British Machinist, by J. Nicholson, Vol I, 1831, 537 pages
The Operative Mechanic & British Machinist, by J. Nicholson, Vol II, 1831, 390 pages
The Progressive Machinist, by W. Rogers, 1903, 347 pages
The Repair & Maintenance of Machinery, by T. W. Barber, 1895, 474 pages
The Starrett Book for Machinists - Data Book, Vol II, by H. P. Fairfield et al, 1918,  180 pages
The Starrett Book for Machinists' Apprentices, Vol I, by H. P. Fairfield & C. S. Dow, 1917, 185 pages

Gearing, Teeth, and Bearings
A New General Theory of the Teeth of Wheels, by Edward Sang, 1852, 190 pages
A Practical Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels, by S. W. Robinson, 1876, 133 pages
A Treatise on Gear Wheels, by George B. Grant, 9th ed., 1904, 108 pages
American Machinist Gear Book, by Charles H. Logue, 3rd ed., 1922, 364 pages
Ball Bearings, by A. Golden, 1910, 31 pages
Bearings & Their Lubrication, by L. P. Alford, 1911, 233 pages
Bearings, by F. E. Cardullo, E. Kistinger & C. H. Benjamin, 1908, 39 pages
Bevel Gearing, by Ralph E. Flanders, 1909, 48 pages
Bevel Gears, by John W. Newall, 1891, 51 pages
Bevel, Spiral & Worm Gearing, Machinery's Data Sheet Series, 1910, 32 pages
Formulas in Gearing, Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., 5th ed., 1907, 185 pages
Gear Cutting in Theory & Practice, by J. G. Horner, 1918, 401 pages
Gear-Cutting Machinery, by Ralph E. Flanders, 1909, 328 pages
Handbook on the Teeth of Gears, by George B. Brant, 4th ed., 1890, 68 pages
Hobs & Gear Hobbing, by John Edgar, 1914, 48 pages
Practical Treatise on Gearing, by Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., 1920, 213 pages
Spiral & Worm Gearing, by Erik Oberg, 1920, 284 pages
Spiral Gearing, by Ralph E. Flanders, F. G. Bostock, G. Muffly & G. W. Barley, 3rd rev. ed., 1912, 48 pages
Spur & Level Gearing, by Erik Oberg, 1920, 319 pages
Spur Gearing, by A. B. Babbit et al, 1908, 47 pages
Teeth of Wheels Applied to Millwork Machines, by Robertson Buchanan, 1808, 188 pages
The Art of Generating Gear-Teeth, by Howard A. Coombs, 1904, 150 pages
The Essentials of Gearing, by Gardner C. Anthony, Revised ed., 1911, 139 pages
Toothed Gearing, by Howard A. Coombs, 1912, 150 pages
Treatise on Toothed Gearing, by J. Howard Cromwell, 4th ed., 1901, 273 pages
Worm & Spiral Gearing, by Frederick A. Halsey, 1903 (diagrams missing), 110 pages
Worm Gearing, by Hugh K. Thomas, 2nd ed., 1916, 110 pages
Worm Gearing, by Ralph E. Flanders, J. Edgar & C. F. Blake, 4rd ed., 1910, 47 pages

Mathematics with the Machinist in Mind
Advanced Shop Arithmetic for the Machinist, by E. Oberg, 1910, 56 pages
Machine Shop Calculation, US Army, 1988, 127 pages
Machine Shop Calculations, by F. H. Colvin, 1908, 183 pages
Machine Shop Mathematics, by G. Wentworth, D. E. Smith & H. D. Harper, 1922, 168 pages
Mathematics for Machinists, by R. W. Burnham, 1915, 238 pages
Shop Arithmetic for the Machinist, by E. Oberg, 1921, 121 pages
Shop Mathematics, by E. E. Holton, 1910, 232 pages
Shop Mathematics, by E. Oberg & F. D. Jones, 1920, 288 pages
Shop Mathematics, by J. M. Christman, 1922. 407 pages
Shop Mathematics, Part I, by E. B. Norris & K. G. Smith, 1912, 200 pages
Shop Mathematics, Part II, by E. B. Norris & R. T. Craigo, 1913, 227 pages
Shop Mathematics, US Navy, 1988, 50 pages
Shop Problems in Mathematics, by W. E. Breckenridge, S. F. Mersereau & C. F. Moore, 1910, 288 pages
Tables & Formulas for Shop & Drafting-Room, by E. Oberg, 1909, 47 pages
The Calculator's Constant Companion, by O. Byrne, 1854, 297 pages
The Practical Model Calculator, by O. Byrne, 1863, 587 pages
Workshop Mathematics, Part I, by F. Castle, 1902, 163 pages
Workshop Mathematics, Part II, by F. Castle, 1900, 188 pages

Mechanics & Reference for the Machinist
Applied Science for Metal Workers, by W. H. Dooley, 1910, 490 pages
Basic Machines, US Navy 1994, 178 pages
Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book, by W. Kent, 8th ed., 1910, 1503 pages
Mechanics' & Engineers' Pocket-Book, by C. H. Haswell, 1906, 1080 pages
Practical Shop Mechanics & Mathematics, by J. F. Johnson, 1916, 141 pages
The Mechanic's, Machinist's & Engineer's Practical Book of Reference, by C. Haslett, 1859, 521 pages
Use of Formulas in Mechanics, by E. Oberg et al, 3rd rev. ed., 1910, 48 pages

Patternmaking
Machinery Pattern Making, by P. S. Dingey, 2nd ed., 1894, 233 pages
Pattern Making - A Practical Treatise, by J. G. Horner, 3rd ed., 1902, 387 pages
Pattern Making, ASC, undated, 68 pages
Pattern Making, by F. W. Turner & D. G. Town, 1914, 121 pages
Pattern Making, by G. H. Willard, 1910, 215 pages
Pattern Making, ILT, 1916, 660 pages
Pattern Making, by J. A. Shelly, 1920, 351 pages
Practical Pattern Making, by F. W. Barrows, 1906, 333 pages
Practical Pattern Making, by P. N. Hasluck, 1905, 159 pages
The Art of Pattern Making - A Comprhensive Treatise, by I. McKim Chase, 1903, 261 pages
The Principles of Pattern Making, by J. G. Horner, 5th ed., 1920, 192 pages
Tools & Patterns, by A. A. Dow, 1920, 463 pages
Wood Pattern Making, by A. T. Purfield, 1906, 225 pages

Punch and Die Work
Blanking Dies, by C. F. Emerson, 1908, 40 pages
Diemaking & Die Design, by F. D. Jones, 1915, 348 pages
Dies & Die Making, by J. L. Lucas, 1899, 100 pages
Drop Forging, Die Sinking & Machine Forming of Steel, by J. V. Woodworth, 1911, 342 pages
Modern Punch & Die Construction, by F. E. Shailor & R. E. Flanders, 3rd rev. ed., 1910, 47 pages
Practical Die-Making, by F. H. Colvin, 1916, 208 pages
Press Working of Metals in Dies, by O Smith, 1908, 278 pages
Punch & Die Work, by E. R. Markham & F. M. Shailor, 1911, 48 pages
Punches, Dies & Tools for Manufacturing Presses, by J. V. Woodworth, 1907, 484 pages

Screw Making
Automatic Screw Machines & Their Tools, by C. L. Goodrich & F. A. Stanley, 1909, 268 pages
Automatic Screw Machines, by Douglas T. Hamilton & F. D. Jones, 1916, 352 pages
Cold-Heading, by Chester L. Lucas, 1914, 43 pages
Screw Machine Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 93 pages
Screw Thread Cutting, by E. Oberg et al, 1909, 39 pages
Screw Thread Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 114 pages
Screw Thread Production to Close Limits, by Howard. E. Adt, 1920, 199 pages
Screw Thread Tools & Gages, by Erik Oberg et al, 2nd rev. ed., 1910, 43 pages
Screws & Screw Making, Britannia Co., 1891, 215 pages
The Calculation of Change-Wheels for Screw Cutting - A Practical Manual, by D. de Vries, 1908, 92 pages
The Screw-Cutting Lathe, by James F. Hobart, 1907, 175 pages
Thread Cutting Methods, by Franklin D. Jones, 1918, 354 pages

Standard Shop Practice
American Machinist Grinding Book, by F. H. Colvin, F. A. Stanley, 1912, 392 pages
Bandsaw Operations, US Army, 1988, 101 pages
Complete Workshop Practice, ILT, 1908, 847 pages
Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice, Part I, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1906, 575 pages
Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice, Part II, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1906, 540 pages
Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice, Part III, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1906, 589 pages
Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice, Part IV, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1906, 582 pages
Drill Press Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 109 pages
Elementary Machine Shop Practice, by J. A. Pratt, 1921, 327 pages
Elementary Machine Shop Practice, by T. J. Palmateer, 1920, 124 pages
Elementary Workshop Practice, HTI, undated, 56 pages
Examples of Machine Shop Practice, by H. P. Fairfield, 1911, 47 pages
Fundamentals of Machine Tools, US Army, 1996, 309 pages
Grinding & Lapping, by O. Kylin et al, 1909, 48 pages
Handbook of Small Tools, by E. Oberg, 1908, 528 pages
Machine Shop Practice, by W. J. Kaup, 1911, 238 pages
Machine Shop Primer, by F. H. Colvin, F. A. Stanley, 1910, 153 pages
Machine Shop Tools & Methods, by W.S. Leonard, 7th ed., 1919, 590 pages
Machine Shop Tools & Shop Practice, by W. H. Van Dervoort, 7th ed., 1918, 547 pages
Machine Shop Work, F. W. Turner, by O. E. Perrigo &, H. P. Fairfield, 1919, 367 pages
Machine Stops, Trips & Locking Devices, by J. G. Horner, 1913, 43 pages
Machine Tool Operation for Maximum Production, by C. Day, 1909, 34 pages
Machine Tool Operation, Part I, by H. D. Burghardt, 1919, 358 pages
Machine Tool Operation, Part II, by H. D. Burghardt, 1922, 457 pages
Machine Tools & Their Operation, Part I, by F. H. Colvin &, F. A. Stanley, 1922, 350 pages
Machine Tools & Their Operation, Part II, by F. H. Colvin &, F. A. Stanley, 1922, 418 pages
Machine Tools & Workshop Practice, by A. Parr, 1905, 482 pages
Machinery Repairman, US Navy, 1993, 435 pages
Mechanical Engineering & Machine Shop Practice, by S.H. Moore, 1908, 516 pages
Methods of Machine Shop Work, by F.A. Halsey, 1914, 296 pages
Modern American Machine Tools, by C. H. Benjamin, 1907, 340 pages
Modern Shop Practice, Vol II, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1917, 416 pages
Modern Shop Practice, Vol V, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1917, 400 pages
Modern Shop Practice, Vol III, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1917, 383 pages
Modern Shop Practice, Vol IV, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1917, 367 pages
Modern Shop Practice, Vol VI, by H. M. Raymond, Editor in Chief, 1917, 411 pages
Practical Planer Kinks, by C. Ashley, 1905, 82 pages
Precision Measuring & Gaging, US Army, 1988, 96 pages
Press Tool Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 112 pages
Repair Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 107 pages
Shop & Foundry Practice,Vol I, ITC, 1901, 540 pages
Shop & Foundry Practice,Vol II, ITC, 2nd ed. 1901, 605 pages
Shop & Foundry Practice,Vol III, ITC, 2nd ed., 1901, 714 pages
Shop & Foundry Practice,Vol IV, ITC, 2nd ed. 1901, 741 pages
Shop Kinks, by R. Grimshasw, 1904, 392 pages
Shop Practice for Home Mechanics, by R. F. Yates, 1920, 319 pages
Steelworker Tools & Equipment, US Navy, 1988, 12 pages
Text-Book of Advanced Machine Work, by R.H. Smith, 7th Ed., 1922, 802 pages
Text-Book of the Elements of Machine Work, by R. H. Smith, 1910, 203 pages
Text-Book of the Principles of Machine Work, by R. H. Smith, 1910, 397 pages
The Mechanical Equipment, by J.W. Roe, 1918, 532 pages
The Testing of Machine Tools, by G.W. Burley, 1915, 240 pages
Tool & Machine Setting, by P. Gates, 1921, 101 pages
Workshop Appliances, by C. P. B. Shelley, 8th ed., 1888, 365 pages

Technical Drawings
Advanced Shop Drawing, by Vincent C. George, 1920, 160 pages
Compendium of Drawing, by Charles L. Griffin et al, 1904, 509 pages
Cyclopedia of Drawing - Mechanical, by Alfred E. Zapf editor In-Chief, 1907, 461 pages
Drawing Room Kinks, by F. H. Colvin & F. A. Stanley, 1908, 118 pages
Principles of Drafting & Shop Drawings, US Army, 1988, 117 pages
Slide Rule Notes, by H. C. Dunlop & C. S. Jackson, 1913, 135 pages
The Slide Rule - A Practical Manual, by C. N. Pickworth, 17th ed., 1920, 144 pages

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