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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
Best Value: Steam & Stirling Set - 4 Books
By Walter R. Mueller
Originally published as a series in The Home Shop Machinist magazine, this very popular gunsmithing project for firearms enthusiasts is now presented complete in soft-cover format for workbench ease.
Softbound. 44 pages..
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..
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.
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!
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!
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
By Kozo Hiraoka
The Pennsy Switcher, Kozo's fourth construction project in 3/4" scale (scalable to 1.5") is perfect for the first-time builder. Kozo is so highly detailed and thorough in his description of part fabrication that any novice machinist can build the engine with ease and confidence, fabricating parts from stock materials. Sharp, detailed photos, incredibly illustrative drawings, and inch dimensioning appeal to expert builders also.
Hardbound. 264 pages.
Best Value: Kozo Set - 5 Books
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.
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.
By William M. Harris
Once offered for a limited time in a larger hardcover work, this popular 1880's logging engine project is available once again to builders of scale steam engines!
Softbound. 56 pages.
Features ten engine designs, ranging in size from a tiny 1/8" bore, air-powered engine, up to steam engines large enough to power a boat - something for everyone! With Ray's no-casting approach, the engine designs are both timeless and economical to build.
The 112 page, 8-1/2" x 11" book is wire bound, to better serve you in the place it's likely to spend most of its time, the workshop. Combining all ten of Ray's engines, including the seldom-seen No. 2, this book is a must-have for anyone contemplating a small engine project.
By Robert P. Langlois
Remove metal by spark erosion through electrical discharge machining. Descriptive hand-penned drawings put the author at your elbow. Electrical Discharge Machining -- Removing Metal by Spark Erosion, first published as a series in The Home Shop Machinist. Fun to make, fascinating to use -- perfect results!
1920s prototype locomotive engineering in 3/4" scale (with instructions for scaling up to 1-1/2"). Fifth in a fabulous series.
Hardbound. 275 pages.
By Rudy Kouhoupt
To honor Rudy's vision for producing a series of single-project "chapbooks," the publishers have placed his final articles from The Home Shop Machinist's Micro Machinist column in a spiral-bound chapbook format.
Sprialbound. 80 pages.
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