How To Shape Metal Lathework Hardening & Tempering

Shaping Metal By Lathework, Hardening & Tempering

This book is 480 pages long and contains 21 chapters on the topic of metalworking.

In the beginning, it defines and describes materials and their properties. Using this information, the reader then learns about forging, hardening and tempering.

Next, metal alloys are explored and informational tables are included. Melting and combining metals is discussed at length as are casting and founding work.

Following that, sheet metal work by cutting and bending is discussed. And next is an in-depth lesson in doing sheet metal work on the lathe. The book comes together with a final chapter on soldering your work.

This is a pretty cool book with lots and lots of information to absorb. It's got a good number of illustrations that help get the point across. It's a book I'd want by my side to learn metal lathework for sure.

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