Metalworking: Doing It Better

by Tom Lipton

 Overview This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the readers’ attention and engages them in the process of furthering their skills. It includes shop-tested descriptions and illustrations of creative and unique techniques and observations from four decades in the metalworking trades. Perfect for hobbyists and veterans alike, and everyone in between, and for those who work out of either small shops or garages, backyard facilities and basements. It will help any metalworker do better work and do it faster!   Users will learn  The shop environment. Basic generic skills such as drawing and sketching, accuracy, speed, shop math and trigonometry, and angles. Setting up your shop, including floors, light, heating and cooling, workbenches and tables, air supply, raw material storage and handling, safety equipment, filing, sawing, rigging and lifting. Manual and CNC lathes. Manual and CNC mills. Welding. Flame straightening. Sheet metal, patterns, cones, and tanks and baffles. Sanding, grinding, and abrading. Features

Genres: Engineering

354 pages, Paperback

First published June 21, 2013

Reviews

[Paul Nasca · Rating 5 out of 5]

No nonsense shop tips.

[Chris Brent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tips and tricks are great, but I wanted some more basic instruction. There's also a lot of content on setting up a commercial shop that's not very useful.