The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner-Friendly Guide to Building or Converting Your Space to a Fully Equipped Shop; Over 200 Illustrations and Diagrams

This informative book covers all aspects of setting up a fully equipped metalworking workshop! Including:

• The purpose of the workshop
• Fittings
• Planning
• Hand tools
• Precision tools
• Shop-made tools
• Electrics and electronics
• Machine installation and safety equipment
• The lathe and accessories
• The drilling machine and accessories
• The milling machine and accessories
• Grinders and motorized saws
• Presses, sheet metal machines, welders, and shapers

The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists will benefit anyone who is building a workshop for the first time, or just wants to upgrade an existing operation. If you have had your lathe stuck in a corner of the garage for years, this is definitely the book for you! But even if you think your workshop is already complete, you'll discover eye-opening new information here.

This book presents a complete guide to building or converting a workshop space and then equipping it to serve a wide range of metalworking activities including model engineering, model making, car restoration, and clockmaking. It explains all the essential requirements of the workshop environment: planning, heating and lighting, condensation, plus health and safety factors. It then explains in detail the choice of various tools and equipment for differing tasks so the new workshop owner can avoid making unwise purchases.

Profusely illustrated with 200 clear photographs and concise diagrams, The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists is your guide to establishing a workshop space and equipping it on a budget to serve a wide variety of metalworking activities. It examines all the essential requirements of the workshop environment, from benches and storage to temperature, electricity supply, lighting, and condensation control.

The author explains in detail how to select tools and equipment for a wide range of tasks, with advice on hand tools, precision tooling, and shop-made tools. He offers valuable advice on machine controls, variable speed drives, and digital measuring devices, along with useful tips on machine installation. He provides in-depth reviews of all the most important machine tools and their accessories, including lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, and more.

This book is based on a very popular series of articles that originally appeared in the pages of Model Engineers' Workshop magazine, and which have been revised for publication in this edition.

"A beginner to the metalworking hobby is faced with many hurdles to clear, the first of which is finding reference material that covers all the considerations required to get that first workshop up and running. This book by Harold Hall, author and former editor for Model Engineer's Workshop magazine, provides a solid base for those beginning their metalworking journey."
—George Bulliss,
The Home Shop Machinist magazine