Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

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.
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Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

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.
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Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

by Tom Lipton
Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

Metalworking Sink or Swim: Tips and Tricks for Machinists, Welders, and Fabricators

by Tom Lipton

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Overview


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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780831133627
Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc.
Publication date: 01/14/2009
Edition description: Word
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents


Diving In Welcome to Sink or Swim Personal Learning Attitude Shop Environment Thursday Nights What's A Journeyman Anyway? Format

Brain Food Communication Drawing and Sketching Minimizing Screw Ups Accuracy Speed Shop Math Mass, Volume, and Area Angles and Shop TrigonometryThe Metric SystemComputers and the Metalworker Dumb and Dumber Want to Make a Million Dollars? Somethings That Really Need to be Invented

Bean Counter Lounge

Get the Shop Set Up Floors Light Food Preparation Area Food Consumption Area Heating and Cooling Workbenches and Tables Air Supply in the Metalworking Shop Raw Material Storage and Handling Material Identification and Characteristics Safety Equipment Tool Crib Benchwork Filing Saws and Sawing Rigging and Lifting

Manual Lathe Threading in the Manual Lathe Multiple Start Threads

Manual Milling Machine Bridgeport Mills Suggested ImprovementsSpherical Surface Generation in the Manual Milling Machine

CNC Mill Working with CNC EquipmentCNC Mill

CNC LatheCNC Lathe Programming

The Welding Shop Getting Started Layout Work Some of My Favorite Hand Tools Welding TableBrake Bumping

The Lost Art of Flame Straightening Limitations How Flame Straightening Works Straightening Shafts and Tubes Special Applications of Heat Shrinking

Sheet Metal Shop Layout Work Blank Length Calculations Patterns The "Yank Method" Box and Pan Brakes Forming and Layout of Cones Tanks and Baffles

The Abrasion Department Sanding, Grinding, and Abrading The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Radius Grinding

The Junk Drawer Miscellaneous Tricks Without a Home Ideas for the Shop Floor

Closing Thoughts

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