Home Machinists Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Doug Briney
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 18278
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 275
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0830615733
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.08
EAN: 9780830615735
ASIN: 0830615733
Publication Date: February 1, 1984
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Product Description
Here's everything the do-it-yourselfer needs to set up, and operate a handy-man's machine shop. Areas covered range from shop requirements and proper lighting to buying, using, and storing tools.
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 Great for the home hobbyist September 9, 2008
If you want to get into scratch building models, this a great book to have.
 Wasted my money June 3, 2008
This book is geared towards an absolute beginner with no knowledge of machining, tools, or measuring. I thought there would be more details on how to use a lathe (i.e. setup, cutting techniques, etc). Just a basic overview of the tools used in machining. The small manual that came with my Sherline lathe was more useful than this. Other reviews on Amazon, led me to believe that this book was better than it really is.
Confused May 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is very confusing. The diagrams are often several pages before or after the text that discusses them. The projects are incomplete or downright stupid. (For example, making parallel bars isn't a project, it is a trivial operation that should have been shown in the main test.)
I would suggest anyone interested in a home shop purchase "Machine Shop Essentials: Questions and Answers [Illustrated]" by Marlow, Frank.
 Home Machinist's Handbook October 30, 2007
Very much for the beginner, but some good tips and techniques. More valuable for Sherline owners. Seems like there is too much detail in some places, especially in the chapter on hand tools. Later chapters on machine tools occasionally use terms that a novice would not understand. A glossary and better indexing is needed. It's a bit dated; 1983 copyright.
Good Book April 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This Book it's a good start for somebody that is beginning in the world of machinist it's clear and an easy guide to somebody that give it's first step in machinist world and also a practice guidance for experience one's.
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