Tricks and Secrets of Old Time Machinists Volume 3
contributions to American Machinist Magazine 1915

reprinted by Lindsay Publications

More great stuff! The old guys had no choice but use the simple tools and materials at hand to solve complex problems. Their number one tool? Their brain, and a willingness to use it!

More neat stuff. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 96 pages

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Partial Contents:
Machining a Square Hole in the Shaper * Mold-Making for Composition Articles * A Taper-Measuring Fixture * A Boring Attachment * Boring Eccentric Holes * Boring Thin Pump Cylinders * Making an Accurate Index Plate * The Operation * A Babbitting Fixture * Piston-Ring Finishing Fixture * Casting Steel Studs in Machine Parts * Indexing Attachment for Bench Lathe * An Improvised Boring Fixture. * Repairing a Broken Crankshaft * Useful Hint for Winding Springs * Bushing for a Loose Pulley * Boring Large Holes without a Boring Mill * A Spreading Tool * Crankpin Laying-Out Tool * Making Metal Corners * A "Booster" Roll for Cams * Collet Arbor for Saw * Burring and Tapping Steel Sleeves * Repairing a Cracked Chuck * One-Screw Parallel Clamp * Useful Grinding Fixture * Boiler-Tube Expander and Beading Tools * The Manufacture of Stay-Bolt Taps * Automatic Machine for Cutting Hacksaw Teeth * Internal Lap and Bench Lathe Stops * Spring Winder * A Vise with Toggle Joint * Machining Lathe and Miller Spindles * Turning Angles with the Cross-Feed * A Curious Old Scale * A Repair Kink * A Combination Roughing Tool * A Core-Venting Wire * A Test Indicator for Lead * Simple Die for Compound Work * Milling a Fine-Pitch gear * A Improvised V-Clamp Block * Taper-Turning Attachment * An Improvised Boring Rig * Oil Grooves * Simple Taper-Turning and Boring Tool * Pipe or Tube-Bending Fixture * Keyway Milling Fixture * Cutting a Circular Rack on the Miller * Device for Removing Dust from Sand * A Core Plate * Hardening Drop Hammer Dies * Lubricating Milling Cutter * Methods of Repairing Gear Teeth * Oscillating Stop for Dies * Pin Clamp * Making a Long Nut in Short Sections * Combination V-Blocks Parallels and Angle-Plates * Adjustable Mandrel Driver * Chuck for Cutting Off Flues * Laying Out Small Angles * Milling Fixture for Punches * Boring-Tool Holder * Straightening Cast Iron * Straightening and Bending Cast Iron * Cutting a Large Gear on a Miller * Tool Setter for the Boring mill * Device for Measuring Revolving Work * Tool Setter for Boring Mill * Curving a Channel Iron * A Novel Pulley and Bearing * Milling a Fly-Cutter * Cutting an Internal Cam Slot * Double-End Split Holder for Taps * A Drill Jig for Hinges * Micrometer Anvil for Measuring Tubing * Boring Tool for the Bench Lathe * Handy Fixture for Screw Slotting * Connecting-Rod Babbitting Fixture * A Cross-jawed Wrench for Special Work * Old Universal Hand Shaper * An Emergency Counterbore * Shearing Rods in a Shaper * Cutting Off Chisel Ends * Proportion in the Design of Machine Frames and Supports * Sheet-Metal Coiling Die * Bending Fixture for Oval Frames * Improvised Motor Starter * Guard for Lathe Dog * The Field of the Engine Lathe in the Small Shop * Oil-Groove Cutting Tool * Making Spring Collets * An Unusual Chip * Compound Cutter for Making Small Pins * Milling Attachment for Thin Cutter Blades * Circular Cutter Making Annular Grooves * Making Spindle Bearings Tight * Improvised Center-Rest * Improvised Boring Bar * Circular shaping Attachment * Cutting Spirals on the Engine Lathe * Simple Spiral Attachment for the Miller * An Improvised Tapping Machine * Low-Pressure Oil Burner * Universal Hand Tapping Fixture * Fixture for Bending Tubes * Time-Saving Small Gas Engine Building * Novel Use for Oxyacetylene Torch * Furnace and Oil Burner Plane * Graduating Tool for the Miller * A Difficult Job of Boring * Making the Arbor Grip the Work * Chip Pan for Lathe * Arbor Press Plate * Simple Spiral Attachment for the Miller * An Improvised Pulley * A Quickly Made Counterbore * Emery-Cloth Clip * Hollow Eccentric Rods * Replacing Caliper Spring