Technical - General

Welding is a skill any do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his arsenal. It is only when you can join metal that you can properly repair and create. This book is the perfect introduction for beginners, and an excellent refresher for veteran welders, a work so comprehensive and so complete that most readers won't need any further instruction. "How To Weld" starts with a brief history of welding, an overview of different types of welding, and a thorough discussion of safety practices. Longtime welding instructor Todd Bridgum describes ... read more

This hands-on guide gives beginning welders everything they need to know to work safely and productively. Its easy-to-understand format clearly shows how to: set up an oxacetylene welding outfit; use new processes, fuels, equipment, techniques; set up your own workshop; and work safely. For practice, Geary includes welding projects for beginners. The thorough coverage of the "CraftMaster" book makes it an excellent bench reference for experienced welders too.

Celebrating nearly 100 years as "The Bible of the Mechanical Industries", The 28th Edition brings together volumes of knowledge, information and data gathered, revised and improved upon from experts throughout the mechanical industries. Extraordinarily comprehensive yet easy to use since it premiered, "Machinery's Handbook" provides mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists with a broad range material, from the very basic to the more advanced. It has always, and continues to provide in... read more

Understand Electronics will enable you to grasp the fundamental concepts of electronics as well as the more complex principles. Offering support and clarity throughout, this book covers everything from voltage, dividers and resisors to logic gates and Boolean algebra. You will gain a solid understanding and feel confident in demonstrating your knowledge. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success... read more

This is a hands-on guide to two-stroke engine maintenance and repair. Packed with photographs, this is a step-by-step, how-to guide for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining two-stroke engines - the types that power tens of millions of lawn equipment machines and small generators. Weed trimmers, edgers, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, and portable pumps all run on two-stroke engines. "Two-Stroke Engine Repair and Maintenance" describes the operation, architecture, and design features of two-stroke engines, together with the equ... read more

This pioneering guide offers a proven method for thinking like an inventor and generating innovative, viable ideas. The "eureka moment" is when breakthrough ideas occur. The Eureka Method is a proven approach to making those moments happen! There are many books on inventing, most of which address how to secure and protect a patent, how to license and market an invention, or the history of inventions. This book uniquely focuses on the HOW of inventing, addressing the root issue--the one everyone wants to know--how to make the leap f... read more

768 pages Roger Timings Technical author, formerly at Henley College, Coventry, UK. One of the UK

In this book, long-time model maker Stan Bray describes the construction of a range of uncomplicated miniature steam engines, for construction by the model engineer. Single-acting oscillator to more sophisticated twin-cylinder double-acting engines are described as well as the construction of a range of boilers. The final project brings together engine and boiler into a simple steam railway locomotive. Full drawings in both metric and imperial formats are included. Every project in this book can be completed with a minimum of works... read more

With the rawest of materials, a minimum of technology, and a maximum of ingenuity, men and boys in the early 1900s dedicated themselves to crafting wonderful items, both practical and fanciful. It was a highly valued skill that revealed the measure of a man, and Popular Mechanics honored it and led the way in instructing these handy creators. Take a look back at those simpler, good old days

Unlike most engineering maths texts, this book does not assume a firm grasp of GCSE maths, and unlike low-level general maths texts, the content is tailored specifically to the needs of engineers. The result is a unique book written for engineering students that takes a starting point below GCSE level. "Basic Engineering Mathematics" is therefore ideal for students of a wide range of abilities, especially for those who find the theoretical side of mathematics difficult. Now in its fifth edition, "Basic Engineering Mathematics" is a... read more

Gears in one form or another are part of most mechanisms, but they are by no means as simple as they may appear. This book explains simply and comprehensively the underlying theory involved, and in its second part, how to cut gears on a lathe or milling machine.

Contains techniques for shaping steel and aluminium, start-to-finish sequences with master craftsmen, information on how to fabricate Hot Rod, motorcycle and aircraft parts. Also covers sequences in aluminium and steel multi-piece projects and six fabrication sequencesRemus takes you through a number of start-to-finish sequences with the finest metal workers in the field. If you strive build a truly unique machine, Advanced Sheet Metal Fabrication is the book for you.

The Discovery Channel's Monster Garage series is one of the most popular shows on television today, and the line of branded how-to books are designed to satisfy the urges of viewers and fans eager to get their hands dirty trying some of the techniques on the show. How To Paint Damn Near Anything is the third book in the series, and contains the tricks and techniques required to transform a battered beater into a show-stopping street beauty. The reader is shown in step-by-step photographs how to take a project from bare metal to com... read more

Mainly farm and marine internal combustion engines.

A welding guide for vehicles, implements, tools and structures. "The Farm Welding Handbook" covers how to set up a farm-specific welding shop, select and use welding equipment, safety, and varied welding processes. While the book focuses on oxyacetylene gas and welding, the most common methods such as wire-feed MIG welding for soft metals are also covered. This handbook also presents welding from a working farmer's perspective - what to do in poor conditions in the field, how different metals in various pieces of farm equipment are... read more

4th Edition This is a definitive work on the small lathe which will prove invaluable to every amateur, garage proprietor and light engineer. It is a complete course of instruction embracing almost every process that can be accomplished on the highly adaptable small lathe.

Suitable for home study, classroom use, or as a superior reference guide for the shop professional, this practical text presents a review and introduction to basic shop mathematics in a straightforward manner. *Offers a logical format that progresses from arithmetical operations through measurement systems to basic algebra for shop-formula solving skills, practical geometry with shop examples and applications and trigonometry. *Contains numerous shop related problems requiring practical application of principles. *Includes... read more

This is a compilation of facts, figures and formulae, taken from the notebooks of one of Britain's model engineers. It has been updated and revised, the data rearranged for greater clarity, and new matter added.

Dickason wrote this book back in the days when all you had was a trammel bar, rule and set of dividers to mark out patterns for the obects to be constructed. The book starts with the Radial line method of development and then moves onto the Paralled line method and then the Triangulation method. He covers the three methods three times introducing increasingly harder problems along the way. Each time elucidating a new concept. The next section is on the Method of Cutting Planes which is required for determining the joint lines betw... read more

Taking up from where her best-selling "How to Master Airbrush Techniques" left off, world-famous custom painter JoAnne Bortles guides airbrush painters to a new level with a full range of techniques and their applications. Her straightforward, clearly illustrated directions show how to airbrush everything from backgrounds and murals to animal subjects and delicate human features on virtually every surface. From choosing photographs and drawing designs to depicting machinery and animals to manipulating light and dark, Bortle's direc... read more