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By Rudy Kouhoupt
Build a Stirling-cycle hot air engine. Advance to a water-cooled horizontal or vertical Stirling.
Best Value: Rudy's 3 Plans Set
Plans for six steam engines of industry. Build a walking beam engine, model marine engine, open column steam engine, model mill engine, enclosed crank steam engine and model horizontal steam engine.
Spiralbound. 104 pages.
If you have ever spent time with an experienced machinist you no doubt have had plenty of "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. Years of machining will result in an arsenal of tricks and tools, but why wait? With over 100 entries from a number of authors, Shop Made Tools 2013 is bound to have something your shop desperately needs, whatever your level of expertise!
Compiled from the very popular thread by the same name on The Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop Internet bulletin board, the book contains entries featuring items for the lathe and mill, work holding, and more.
Order your 64 pages of shop ideas today!
If you have ever spent time with an experienced machinist you no doubt have had plenty of "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. Years of machining will result in an arsenal of tricks and tools, but why wait? With over 100 entries from more than 50 different authors, this second edition of Shop Made Tools 2015 is bound to have something your shop desperately needs, whatever your level of expertise!
A fresh set compiled from the very popular thread by the same name on The Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop Internet bulletin board, the book contains entries featuring items for the lathe and mill, work holding, and more.
Order your 64 pages of shop inspiration today!
Edited by William C. Fitt
Book one offers complete drawings and building instructions for 12 engines, including the very popular quarter-size Rider-Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine and a V-4 Oscillating Cylinder Engine (and boiler).
Hardbound. 160 pages.
Best Value: Steam & Stirling Set - 4 Books
Edited by Joe Rice
Book two features 18 steam engines, 4 Stirling hot air engines, a Reversing Duplex, and the Tesla Turbine, plus boiler work and related topics.
Hardbound. 200 pages.
Book three encompasses years 1993 through 2002, and offers a greater variety of applications with the cherished tradition - the expectation - of challenge.
Flex your metalworking skills on such engine projects as a no-casting 1.5 x 1.5V steam engine, a walking-beam Stirling-cycle mill engine, an epicyclic steam engine, and 17 more -- and bonus sections that offer hobby-expanding related topics.
Hardbound 216 pages
Steam & Stirling Engines You Can Build, Book 4 features over 200 pages of projects and related discussion pulled from the pages of Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading and The Home Shop Machinist magazines between 2003 and 2009. You will find eight steam engines, four Stirling hot air engines, and more. A wealth of information and the perfect addition to your shop's library.
Hardbound 211 pages
By Jeff Maier
The Tesla Turbine, Two-cylinder Uniflow Engine, Terry Turbine, and the Horizontal Uniflow Engine were originally published in the pages of The Home Shop Machinist and Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading. Now see them collected in this gorgeous volume!
Hardbound. 184 pages.
Turn your mini-lathe into the shop's workhorse, with dozens of improvements and projects designed to broaden the capabilities of this popular lathe. In this must-have, 132 page, spiral-bound book, we've assembled and updated material from the "Additions and Modifications to the Mini-Lathe" column in The Home Shop Machinist magazine.
With the projects only requiring a drill press and the lathe itself, you don't need to complete an entire shop to get started - a mini-lathe (or other small lathe) and Ted's book provide a solid foundation for your hobby machining.
Spiralbound. 132 pages.
By Weston Bye
Stories fromThe Mechatronist
21 projects fill this book, detailed drawings and full color photos are abundant. Wes's projects are fresh, contemporary -- using CNC as well as traditional machining methods.
Build a Magnetic Gear Clock, Convert a Micro Mill to CNC, Add a Quartz Movement timepiece, a Programmable Sequence Controller, a Glockenspiel....and much more.
224 Pages, 8 1/2 x 11. Hardcover
The latest must-have book from Village Press Publications. No shop library is complete without it.
Are you looking for a project to challenge your skills? Featuring four model engines from one of the premier model engineers of our time, including the never-before-published Nash engine, this book is just what you need.
The 120 page book is ring bound, to better serve you in the place it's likely to spend most of its time, the workshop. Even if building a model engine is on the "someday" list, you will enjoy viewing the skilled craftsmanship of Doug Kelley .
By Steve Acker
The expert gunsmith machining articles of Machinist's Workshop columnist Steve Acker, plus his Building a Target Rifle series originally published in The Home Shop Machinist magazine are featured in this rare, beautiful volume.
Hardbound. 205 pages..
When you take advantage of this generous offer, you'll find such in-depth areas of interest as: Rifle-Projects (for example, "Adjusting Firing Pin Protrusion"); Pistol Projects ("Line Boring a Ruger to .45 Colt"); Techniques ("Repairing a Stripped Grip Screw Hole"); and Machinist Shop Aids ("Machining a Cast Iron Faceplate").
Gunsmiths of all skill levels know Steve Acker's work and reputation. Don't miss this opportunity.
Hardcover. 206 pages.
Valuable metalworking tips from knowledgeable participants in the forums on The Home Shop Machinist website. From the experts who are willing to share - lathe tips, milling tips, shop tips of all kinds...
From the Past and Present! A number of our favorite tips from the "Chips & Sparks" column in The Home Shop Machinist have been blended with tips from current visitors to the Home Shop Machinist website.
Softbound. 52 pages.
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