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Title: Tesla Turbine and other Engines from Jeff Maier
Author: By Jeff Maier
Description: 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.; More Information...
Price: $42.00
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Order Code: TESLA

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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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Title: Build an Oil Fired Tilting Furnace
Description: Complete plans and operating instructions for a tilting furnace that easily melts 100 pounds of aluminum per hour. Melt with propane, diesel, or used motor oil! Using the tilting mechanism, you will never have to handle a hot crucible again. Start, stop, and hold the furnace at any angle for precise pours. Furnace may be modified to melt other materials.
Paperback, 192 pages.; More Information...
Price: $24.95
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Order Code: OFTF

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Title: Generators and Inverters
Author: By Stephen Chastain
Description: Steve Chastain's newest book give you the guidance to design and build your own power plant. It's the most complete small generator reference and go-to book available. Everything you need to know about building or buying small power plants. This book answers a slew of questions about generating your own electricity. Now in Hardcover; More Information...
Price: $34.95
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Order Code: BC98

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Title: Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces for the Small Foundry
Author: By Steve Chastain
Description: Here, Steve Chastain gives you complete plans and operating instructions for a 10" diameter cupola that will melt 330 lbs. of iron per hour when powered by a shop vac. Also included are plans for a high-pressure blower that will increase the output of the small furnace to 660 lb/hr. all can be built for little cost, mostly from scrap.; More Information...
Price: $21.95
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Order Code: BC99

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Title: Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry Vol. 2
Author: By Steve Chastain
Description: Part 2 of the Sand Casting Manual continues by describing more advanced techniques. Using non-technical terms, Steve Chastain shows you how to cast metal parts for little cost in your own backyard. This has been a very comprehensive and popular series. You can learn to make your own foundry tools and equipment. You?ll also get in-depth information on various metals and their properties. nd molds using simple techniques and readily available materials. Steve Chastain, a Mechanical and Materials engineer, shows the beginner how to make a sand mold and then how to hone your skills to produce high quality castings.; More Information...
Price: $23.95
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Order Code: BC104

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Title: Alternative Energy Secrets
Author: By Stephen D. Chastain
Description: Stephen Chastain is a gifted mechanical engineer with an emphasis on material science. The purpose of this book is to describe properties, processing and use of waste oil as a fuel for use in diesel engines and burner applications.Projects including collection and conversion equipment for use of wast oil, engine swapping, silencing and disposal of process sludge. The equipment is suitable for a small shop and may be built primarily from scrap materials such as discarded propane tanks, sheet metal, pipe and scrap aluminum. He discusses Oil and Fuels,Diesel Engines, and then Practical Alternative Fuel Technology. Running on waste oil, installing a diesel engine in a car and off-grid power generation.; More Information...
Price: $28.00
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Order Code: BC154

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Title: Build a Muller - Sand Machinery Vol. 1
Description: Steve Chastain has just introduced his newest book. If you have built Steve's furnaces, then you know that melting a large amount of metal is easy. Properly preparing enough sand for the molds to hold all that metal can be a real chore, but here's professional grade foundry sand muller to take the work out of making molding sand. The plans in the book are scalable up or down to make a core sand muller or a 42-inch muller from a 500-gallon tank. Steve is a regular contributor to The Home Shop Machinist magazine as well as self publisher of his books. We are proud to carry all his titles.; More Information...
Price: $22.95
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Order Code: BC94

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Title: Machinery's Handbook - CD-Rom
Description: For computer users, the New CDROM version of Machinery's Handbook is an absolute must. Here is ultimate convenience when you need a quick answer. This electronic version greatly simplifies the access procedures and uses Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading the materials (PDF files). Using the search mechanism or simply going to the index or table of contents and clicking on the desired subject, you are immediately linked to it. Other convenience features are included.; More Information...
Price: $96.00
Availability: Special Order
Order Code: BC105

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Title: Machinery's Handbook - Original Version
Description: Since its introduction in 1914, Machinery's Handbook has remained the most authoritative, single-volume, reference work available for metalworking and manufacturing. Now in its 29th edition, it has been thoroughly updated and is 100 pages larger, now containing 2800 pages. Every machinist should own one of these valuable references from Industrial Press.; More Information...
Price: $94.95
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Order Code: BC106

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