The Machinist's Second Bedside Reader: and The Bullseye Mixture

By Guy Lautard

The 3 books in The Machinist's Bedside Reader series are among the most popular books ever written for machinists Written in a relaxed style, you'll actually enjoy reading technical information. The subtitle of the first book says it all: Projects, hints, tips and anecdotes of the trade. These books include detailed instructions and fully dimensioned working drawings for numerous tools and accessories you will want to make for use in your shop. (Even if you're a novice, you'll find the instructions easy to follow and very detailed.) They also contain much useful and timesaving shop know-how, some of which is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere. The information in these books has been gleaned from many and varied sources, including experienced machinists (and home shop guys) who are willing to share what they know.

Like the first book, TMBR#2 is filled with more hints, tips, and projects. The Second Bedside Reader contains full plans for:

an elegant between-centers boring bara poor man's jig boreran overhead drive for your milling spindlea toolpost fixture for rounding the ends of small partsa fixture for cutting multiple-start threadsa simple shop-made sine bar and sine fixture for your milling machine

..... and much more

Topics include:

Cutting Multiple Start ThreadsHow to Make a Square Hole SleeveA Useful Accessory for Cutting Tapers in the LatheHow to Design Self-Holding and Self-Releasing TapersBetween-Centers Boring BarsPortable Powered Boring Bars for Boring large CylindersA Vise Accessory for Holding Flat WorkWhy own more than one Hacksaw?Shop made Angle PlatesRadiusing the End of a PartFiling ButtonsA Fixture for Rounding the Ends of Small PartsA Lathe Tracing AttachmentA Simple Stamping FixtureSimple Sheet Metal Bending DevicesA Tool to Aid Nicely Finished Lathe Cut ThreadsBalancing Grinding Wheel Flanges

and many other miscellaneous hints, methods, and other goodies.

Also included in full is The Bullseye Mixture, Guy's story about precision metalworking, rifle making, friendship, and the recipe for case hardening that may not be the only Bullseye Mixture in life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953439136
• ISBN13: 9781953439130
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Little Lake Technology
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"