The Machinists

The Machinists
Author: Mark Perlman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1961
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674540507

A truly authoritative study of a "model American union" (IAM has long been known as one of the most ethical and efficient), based on complete access to the organization's files. Beginning with an interpretive history to 1953, the book analyzes IAM's formal and informal structure and its policies with regard to other unions, employers, public, and government, isolating dynamic features of the decision making process. It includes documented evidence of the difficulties and analyzes both sides of the many controversies IAM has faced.

Networked Machinists

Networked Machinists
Author: David R. Meyer
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006-12-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0801889227

A century and a half before the modern information technology revolution, machinists in the eastern United States created the nation's first high technology industries. In iron foundries and steam-engine works, locomotive works, machine and tool shops, textile-machinery firms, and firearms manufacturers, these resourceful workers pioneered the practice of dispersing technological expertise through communities of practice. In the first book to study this phenomenon since the 1916 classic, English and American Tool Builders, David R. Meyer examines the development of skilled-labor exchange systems, showing how individual metalworking sectors grew and moved outward. He argues that the networked behavior of machinists within and across industries helps explain the rapid transformation of metalworking industries during the antebellum period, building a foundation for the sophisticated, mass production/consumer industries that figured so prominently in the later U.S. economy.

The Milling Machine for Home Machinists

The Milling Machine for Home Machinists
Author: Harold Hall
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 163741093X

· A detailed resource to choose, install, and operate a milling machine · Provides expert advice to decide which accessories are essential in a task and which can wait · Includes helpful photography, illustrations, diagrams, and explanations · Learn correct ways to cut metal and maintain all your tools · Build decision-making skills for accomplishing critical tasks

Engineers Black Book

Engineers Black Book
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018
Genre: Engineering
ISBN: 9781921722349

"This easy-to-use pocket book contains a wealth of up-to-date, useful, practical and hard-to- find information. With 160 matt laminated, greaseproof pages you'll enjoy glare-free reading and durability. Includes: data sheets, formulae, reference tables and equivalent charts. New content in the 3rd edition includes; Reamer and Drill Bit Types, Taper Pins, T-slot sizing, Counterboring/Sinking, Extended Angles Conversions for Cutting Tapers, Keyways and Keyseats, Woodruff Keys, Retaining Rings, 0-Rings, Flange Sizing, Common Workshop Metals, Adhesives, GD&T, Graph and Design Paper included at the back of the book. Engineers Black Book contains a wealth of up-to-date, useful, information within over 160 matt laminated grease proof pages. It is ideal for engineers, trades people, apprentices, machine shops, tool rooms and technical colleges." -- publisher website.

Metal Lathe for Home Machinists

Metal Lathe for Home Machinists
Author: Harold Hall
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607651432

· An introduction and project-based course to the lathe and lathe metalworking · Contains 12 projects that start with basic tasks and progress into advanced skills · Projects are heavily illustrated with drawings and photographs · Great practice for both beginners and experienced lathe owners

Workholding for Machinists

Workholding for Machinists
Author: Tim Stevens
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2017-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1785002392

Workholding for Machinists explains the various workholding options that are available to the metalworker, together with the principles behind them. The book explains the importance of precision in holding work in place and also the importance of tools and machines being held securely, so that the machinist may avoid damage to the machine and to the work being undertaken, and thus achieve a high quality end product. The emphasis is on creating good work within a limited budget, and a limited range of resources. The topics covered in this new book include: work holding on lathes and milling machines; collets and collect chucks; turning between centres; turning on a faceplate and tool holding. Fully illustrated with 118 photographs and diagrams.

Metalworking Sink Or Swim

Metalworking Sink Or Swim
Author: Tom Lipton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-10
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780831133924

This CD-ROM contains the PDF version of Metalworking Sink or Swim. This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the attention of users and engages them in the process of furthering the art. It includes shop-tested descriptions and illustrations of creative and unique skills and observations from almost 40 years in the metalworking trades. What's more, it offers enough material from several metalworking trades to start a great research and development shop. It is sure to be a valuable and time-saving resource for anyone involved in the fabrication of metal. Written by a shop peer from the perspective of having done the required work. Includes numerous photos and illustrative stories that help users easily understand the material presented and the techniques provided. Contains a chapter on flame straightening techniques. Offers many examples of special workholding techniques. Covers crossover skills like Welding/Machine, Sheetmetal/Welding, and Design/Management.

Machine Shop Practice

Machine Shop Practice
Author: Karl Hans Moltrecht
Publisher: Industrial Press Inc.
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1981
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780831111267

Details the skills involved in operating milling cutters, planers, lathes, shaper tools, boring machines, grinding wheels, and drills.