Basic Benchwork for Home Machinists Book

A practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures — from reading drawings, making measurements, and marking out to using hacksaws, files, hammers, chisels, punches, and much more. Clearly written and illustrated with technical diagrams, tables, and photos, you'll gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork that will become second nature over the course of your career as a metalworker. Learn the proper practices and gain essential knowledge early on in order to get started and be successful in the industry of model engineering with this indispensable guide.