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Projects 9
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Projects 9
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Compiled by Craig Foster and edited by Neil Knopf

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With such articles as Richard Butterick's "Tapping Machine" and Jeffrey Maier's "Free Pendulum Clock," Projects Nine is a winner! Collecting issues originally printed in 2000 and 2001, Projects Nine features 8 Techniques, 3 Lathe Accessories, 2 Milling and Drilling Machine Articles, 12 Shop Improvement Articles, and 3 Hobby Projects.
Hardbound. 200 pages.
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$45.00
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Randolph's Shop
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Randolph's Shop
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By J. Randolph Bulgin

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A compilation of The Home Shop Machinist author Randolph Bulgin's popular lathe work, millwork, welding and blacksmithing (plus gun-related) articles. Build a heavy duty, variable-speed vertical band saw! Randolph takes a sensible and humorous approach that will appeal to both the novice and the master craftsman and inspire readers to believe in their own skills, to build upon their knowledge and to open new doors into the world of metal shop work.
Hardbound. 240 pages.
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$39.95
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RBS
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Rudy's Fun With Engines and Other Things - Plans Sets from the Past
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Rudy's Fun With Engines and Other Things - Plans Sets from the Past
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By Rudy Kouhoupt

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Enjoy building a three-cylinder radial engine, a V-4 engine, or a Revolutionary War cannon.
Spiralbound. 96 pages.
Best Value: Rudy's 3 Plans Set
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$19.95
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FWEK
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Rudy's Model Steam Tractor
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Rudy's Model Steam Tractor
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By Rudy Kouhoupt

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Rudy's Model Steam Tractor will reprint, for what we believe to be the first time, Rudy's Case-style traction engine project that was originally published in Popular Mechanics magazine. The drawings in this book were hand drawn by Rudy himself, and have been only gently enhanced using a modern CAD program, allowing them to retain their original craftsman's touch.
Spiralbound. 80 pages.
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$24.95
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MST
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Rudy's Model Stirling Engines - Plan Sets from the Past
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Rudy's Model Stirling Engines - Plan Sets from the Past
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By Rudy Kouhoupt

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Build a Stirling-cycle hot air engine. Advance to a water-cooled horizontal or vertical Stirling.
Spiralbound. 84 pages.
Best Value: Rudy's 3 Plans Set
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$19.95
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MSK
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Rudy's Working Steam Engines - Plan Sets from the Past
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Rudy's Working Steam Engines - Plan Sets from the Past
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By Rudy Kouhoupt

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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.
Best Value: Rudy's 3 Plans Set
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$19.95
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WSK
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 1
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 1
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Edited by William C. Fitt

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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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$42.00
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SS1
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 2
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 2
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Edited by Joe D. Rice

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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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$42.00
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 3
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Steam & Stirling - Engines You Can Build - Book 3
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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
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$45.00
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Tesla Turbine and other Engines
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Tesla Turbine and other Engines
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By Jeff Maier

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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.
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$42.00
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TESLA
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The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye
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The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye
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By Weston Bye

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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.
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$46.00
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WESTONBYE
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The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 1
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The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 1
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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.
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$6.95
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RTB
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The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 2
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The Home Shop Readers' Tip Book 2
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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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$6.95
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The Machinist's Bedside Reader
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The Machinist's Bedside Reader
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By Guy Lautard

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The first of the three-book Machinist's Bedside Readers set is back in print after a long absence. Guy Lautard's compilations of diverse technical information have sold tens of thousands of copies to machinists of every tyipe around the world.
This book includes fully dimensioned working drawings and detailed instructions for several projects, including 15 practical machinist's tools and lathe accessories.
You'll also enjoy the machine shop acecdotes and the fascinating account of a little lathe made"from nothing" in a Japanese POW camp. Plus, you'll learn "The Secret of the Old Master, " in a heartwarming story by Lucian Cary.
Updated with new sources, The Machinist's Bedside Reader is ready to delight a new set of readers with an interest in this "best of all trades."
Paperback, 260 pages.
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$44.99
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MBR
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The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing
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The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing
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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.
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$44.95
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The Shop Wisdom of D. E. Johnson
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The Shop Wisdom of D. E. Johnson
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By Deene Johnson

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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.
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$42.00
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SWJ

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