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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 1

Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 1

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

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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 2

Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 2

Edited by Joe D. 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.
Best Value: Steam & Stirling Set - 4 Books

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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 3

Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 3

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
Best Value: Steam & Stirling Set - 4 Books

$45.00

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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 4

Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 4

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

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Tesla Turbine and other Engines

Tesla Turbine and other Engines

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.

$42.00

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The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye

The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye

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.

$46.00

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The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 1

The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 1

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...
Softbound. 52 pages.

$6.95

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The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing

The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing

The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: a Blacksmith's Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms is a totally revised and expanded version of the original work from 1999. This manual explains, in step-by-step color photos and mechanical drawings how to construct, using forging and benchwork, 14 different types of antique-style locks and keys.
Making blacksmith locks is an age-old skill the authors of this manual are helping to preserve by passing on their knowledge to this book's readers. The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing is also an excellent introduction to benchwork. This manual will become a valuable, trusted and often referred to sourcebook in your blacksmithing library.
This new hardcover edition, at 304 pages and with more than 800 color photos and illustrations, is more than double the size of original manual.
Hardcover, 304 pages.

$44.95

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The Shop Wisdom of D. E. Johnson

The Shop Wisdom of D. E. Johnson

By Deene Johnson

Mill-drill Adventures stand out as the single most popular series to have run in the early years of The Home Shop Machinist magazine. From Fixing Up the Downfeed to Indexing and Drilling, life got easier for new mill-drill machine owners.
Hardbound. 228 pages.

$42.00

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The Shop Wisdom of James McKnight

The Shop Wisdom of James McKnight

By James McKnight

James began writing articles for The Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop magazines in 1991 and continues to share his expertise with Village Press publication readers. His clever, shop-built machine tools for both metal and woodworking have stood the test of time and delighted readers for nearly two decades.
Hardbound.

$42.00

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The Shop Wisdom of Jesse Livingston

The Shop Wisdom of Jesse Livingston

By Jesse Livingston

Metal casting and foundry work, two 1-1/2" scale steam locomotives, three unusual steam-powered engines, and more! Make Jesse your mentor.
Hardbound. 180 pages.

$42.00

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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Volume 2

The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Volume 2

By Rudy Kouhoupt

Twenty-five more micro machining articles -- all excellent! -- plus an Engraving Pantograph, an Oscillating Clyinder Engine, an Air-cooled Hot Air Engine, and more. Lasting testament to Rudy's skill, ingenuity, and wisdom both as a metalworker and modeler. Contains invaluable tools and clever hobby projects, concisely described, beautifully photographed, and impeccably drawn.
Hardbound. 230 pages.
Best Value: The Rudy Kouhoupt Shop Wisdom Set.

$42.00

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The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Volume 3

The Shop Wisdom of Rudy Kouhoupt Volume 3

By Rudy Kouhoupt

Build a flywheel pump, Stirling-powered tractor, or "Little Job" cement mixer. Make your own lathe collets, magnetic lathe chuck, mechanical stroboscope, and much more! Rudy is back with a third indespensable, incomparable book of machining tools, techniques and projects! This is a dazzling compilation of Rudy's more recent articles appearing in The Home Shop Machinist and The Live Steam magazines.
Hardbound. 236 pages.
Best Value: The Rudy Kouhoupt Shop Wisdom Set.

$42.00

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Truing Your Action and Installing a New Barrel DVD

Truing Your Action and Installing a New Barrel DVD

By Steve Acker

Steve goes to work on the lathe and mill to make an accurate custom bolt action hunting rifle. The result is a fairly light, stable and reliable firearm. He demonstrates techniques for truing the bolt face and lugs, threading and crowning a new barrel, recutting the receiver threads, machining the recoil lug, and much more. 2 hours 30 minutes.

$54.95

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Using Layout Tools DVD

Using Layout Tools DVD

By Rudy Kouhoupt

Often, getting underway on a project -- reading the drawings and doing the required markup on the metal -- can be the most challenging part. Rudy discusses every layout tool from his vast collection and demonstrates its function. He also gives you a detailed look at mechanical drawings and how to interpret them. This tape is a must for every novice machinist. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Watch a brief clip from the DVD.

$39.95

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  • Miter Band Saw - Part Three
  • Building a Garden Trailer
  • Recycled Oil Can
  • The Tool Room: Tap Guide
  • High-Speed Steel Welding Rods
  • Rescuing a Smith & Wesson Revolver - Part Three
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  • Miter Band Saw - Part Two
  • Shortening a Three-Jaw Chuck - Part Two
  • Lathe Spider
  • Shop Notes of an Amateur Gunsmith: Reviving a Barn Rifle
  • Tapping on the Drill Press
  • The Tool Room: A Replacement V-Block Clamp
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  • Miter Band Saw - Part One
  • Shortening a Three-Jaw Chuck - Part One
  • Shop Made Four-Lobe Knobs
  • Shop Notes of an Amateur Gunsmith: Rescuing a Smith & Wesson Revolver - Part Two
  • Milling Machine Table Stops
  • The Tool Room: Alignment Bar
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  • Floating Chamber Reamer Holder
  • The Grizzly 3-in-1Sheet Metal Machine - Part Two
  • A Hacksaw from a Butcher's Saw
  • Shop Notes of an Amateur Gunsmith: Rescuing a Smith & Wesson Revolver
  • Tips for the Mill
  • The Tool Room: Destroying 1-2-3 Blocks
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  • A Powder Coating Oven - Part Two
  • The Grizzly 3-in-1Sheet Metal Machine - Part One
  • A Bench Grinder Fixture
  • Shop Notes of an Amateur Gunsmith: 21st Century Revival of a Rolling Block - Part Two
  • Band Saw Table
  • The Tool Room: Benders!
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