I live in New Hampshire and am a very novice machinist. I have experience in a sheet metal shop, welding and general construction. Around here there does not appear to be anyplace to learn basic machinist skills during the evenings or weekends. I would appreciate any suggestions as to places to learn and books or other resources that you would consider good to have in a home shop.
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Welcome to the board! This question seems to come up every other month. If you search you'll find many answers.
I recommend Darrel Holland's lathe and milling DVDs. You can rent the set from Smartflix. It'll supplement your foundation nicely and when it comes to learning seeing is sometimes better than simply reading. Mrpete222/Tubalcan's Youtube channel here is chock full of great information. "How to Run A Lathe" by South Bend is a great read. Those suggestions should get you started. Have fun on the journey.
I recommend Darrel Holland's lathe and milling DVDs. You can rent the set from Smartflix. It'll supplement your foundation nicely and when it comes to learning seeing is sometimes better than simply reading. Mrpete222/Tubalcan's Youtube channel here is chock full of great information. "How to Run A Lathe" by South Bend is a great read. Those suggestions should get you started. Have fun on the journey.
There are a series of books in The Workshop Practice Series that cover most aspects of machining, welding etc.
There are about 50 books total in the series. A consolidated listing:
http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/engineering-practice-skills/workshop-practice-series-c-320_367.html
Assuming you are in Canada or the US most are available from Amazon (usual disclaimers) or similar sources.
There are about 50 books total in the series. A consolidated listing:
http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/engineering-practice-skills/workshop-practice-series-c-320_367.html
Assuming you are in Canada or the US most are available from Amazon (usual disclaimers) or similar sources.
Hi All,
In addition to Tubal Cain and other sources mentioned so far, I would like to add 2 more books:
'machine shop essentials' by Frank Marlow machineshopessentials.com
'machine shop trade secrets' by James Harvey proshoppublishing.com
Both these books have helped me greatly. They have different focuses but are both very good sources. I have added direct ordering addresses as they have chapter breakdowns, and also, by ordering from the authors directly they make the most money as opposed to Amazon for instance, where they are paid pennies by comparison in sales.
If videos are more your thing, LMS has a number of good ones (focused on the mini lathe and mill) by both Jose Rodreguez, and Swarfrat. Very different styles of presentation, but packed with good info. Tubal Cain and others on You Tube have been mentioned above. the books I recommended above are also available through LMS.
Hope this is a bit more help.
rd2012
In addition to Tubal Cain and other sources mentioned so far, I would like to add 2 more books:
'machine shop essentials' by Frank Marlow machineshopessentials.com
'machine shop trade secrets' by James Harvey proshoppublishing.com
Both these books have helped me greatly. They have different focuses but are both very good sources. I have added direct ordering addresses as they have chapter breakdowns, and also, by ordering from the authors directly they make the most money as opposed to Amazon for instance, where they are paid pennies by comparison in sales.
If videos are more your thing, LMS has a number of good ones (focused on the mini lathe and mill) by both Jose Rodreguez, and Swarfrat. Very different styles of presentation, but packed with good info. Tubal Cain and others on You Tube have been mentioned above. the books I recommended above are also available through LMS.
Hope this is a bit more help.
rd2012
Dunc has mentioned the Workshop Practice Series in which there are 8 of my books. However, as Wagostin you are in the the US you may be intersted to learn that four of these are now being published by Fox Chapel Publishing in the US. Whilst they are almost identical to the UK versions they do have different titles. For details see this page, and the following pages. http://www.homews.co.uk/page12.html
Harold
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It had been years since my apprenticeship & my m/cing in the subsequent years was pretty run of the mill, nothing too exacting. My brother the REAL machinist in the family picked me up this book for Christmas last year. I check it out quite often.
I just discovered this the hard way! Be aware that Amazon sells both versions of the same book. As Harold says, they have different titles, but are the same darn thing! I will say that the new version that I have is of a better quality binding at least.
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