Tools Books

This book is an excellent resource for aspiring teachers. Wood provides very valuable insight into the world of technology and the ways in which teachers can creatively and thoughtfully integrate it into the Language Arts curriculum framework. The suggestions are clever, fun, and engaging for writing students with various skill levels, and teachers with all experience levels.

This volume contains a set of essential articles by well known analysts in the field of lithic debitage analysis. These papers consider the strengths and weaknesses of the various common approaches (e.g. debitage size distribution, flake attributes, etc.) to lithic debitage analysis current in the field today. The volume is a very useful reference.

This is a worthwhile read, but it is not a book, rather an essay available on many web sites.

All parents and teachers of young children should read this guide to dealing with discipline issues. There are many different examples of ways to deal with common parenting dilemmas, so there is bound to be one that fits your situation. The author gives the reader a set of tools designed to build healthy, happy, secure children. Follow her instructions and you will be happier, too.

I am currently studying mechanical engineering in a college in Ireland Co. Donegal. I find this book very helpfull in my studies as it gives me good and simple efficent accounts on what i need to know.

The book I have is the 19th printing (1994) which shows that it is in demand.

The book doesn't leave much out. It tells the basics of scraping; how to manipulate the scraper, sharpen it, hold it and so on. It tells about the tools you need and how to use them. It even tells what type of disposition a man has to have to be a successful scraper.

(In case you don't know what 'scraping' is, well, that is just what it is, scraping. You use a bladed tool with a long handle and push it to remove little shavings. It is slow, but precise. With this method you can build, or rebuild, machine tool bearing surfaces for the parts of the machine to slide on.)

It tells how to scrape your own straight edges and surface plates and other 'spotting' tools that you need as standards. It shows how to take three castings and compare them to each other in order to make a precision straight edge or surface. It is amazing, and simple, but requires patience. This is the fundamental knowledge needed to make accurate machine tools.

After these basics, it goes into some specific machines; lathe,horizontal and vertical mill, grinder.

It shows the use of a dial gauge and precision level and other instruments, along with jigs you build yourself, to test the alignment of the bearing surfaces. It tells how to make your own water level with a micrometer spindle, accurate to about 0.001 inch.(One thing it does leave out is details on how to use optical instruments like the collimator and alignment telescope, even though several pictures of these instruments are shown.)

The book shows practical know how and discusses the theory behind what you are doing. There are many line drawings. Most are not fancy, more schematic looking, but effective and clear. Some photos also. The photos appear to be mostly donated by various machine tool companies. There are some photos of men working at South Bend Lathe, Cininnati Milling Machine Co and Galmeyer- Livingston, scraping on various machines in the factory. There are photos of tools used in scraping and in measuring.

It tells how to examine a machine, where to start, what to look for. special problems that arise. It does NOT tell how to pour babbit bearings, or how to cut gears or lace up leather belts. It concentrates on the sliding bearing surfaces, such as the ways on a lathe bed and the dovetail slide on the cross slide. It tells how to restore the bearing surfaces, by scraping, and how to get the different elements of the machine tool into proper alignment with each other. Different 'frosting' techniques are described.

There is no specific brand of machine discussed in this book. The information applies to all machines with linear, sliding bearings.

The language is a little formal. Not like what they are teaching in public school today. The author doesn't talk down to the reader. He writes like someone who has had a lot of experience in machine rebuilding, and he is able to express that experience well. This is a rare combination.

This is the book to have if you want to rebuild an old machine tool or build a new one from castings or weldments.

This practical little book contains about 90% of the information that you'll ever really need without going to Machinery's Handbook. It is also about a tenth of the price, is much less bulky, and is durable and easy to flip through with the spiral binding.

These are the specific sections included: I. Mathematical Information (decimal equivalents, areas, gage blocks, shop trig.), II. Drills (grinding, common problems and causes, drill sizes- decimal and metric, cutting speeds) III. Tapers, IV. Screws, Threads, Fasteners V. Milling, Shaping, Turning (cutters, speeds and feeds, lubricants), VI. Gears, VII. Weights, Gages, Tolerances, VIII.Tool Steels, IX Metric Information, X Reading Shop Prints (symbols, dimensioning and tolerances, geometric tolerancing, surface texture specs.)

There is a good index in the back of the book and the table of contents in the front is also detailed. There are black side indexes to help you flip quickly to the ten main sections. The spiral binding is durable and the paper quality is heavy.

Between school, the shop floor, and engineering offices I've been working around machinery for about thirty years now- this really is a practical, usuable book for a reasonable amount of money. Fits in your pocket- and if it disappears you won't be out a fortune.

I rarely get excited about a book that has information that I've already mastered, but this is an exception, and here are the reasons why:

- It's a short guide to the essential tools that will assure success if they are all used in planning, scheduling and controlling a project. In this respect the book is a memory jogger and sanity check.

- Each tool is succinctly, but thoroughly, covered. The format is: What it is, How it's used and an example. The copious use of graphics and the clear writing result in a small page count that is crammed with information.

- It epitomizes great document design. Like all consultants I spend a lot of time writing and communicating. This book is the standard to which I compare my own work, and I appreciate the , thought and effort that went into writing and laying out this book. It may look simple, but I assure you that the design alone is a masterpiece.

Even though I know the material the book has valid uses beyond serving as a model of technical writing. One use is to convey to team members (and stakeholders) the value of the techniques and tools that you're using to manage the project. Instead of spending valuable time drafting explanations, simply hand them a copy of this small book, or borrow heavily from it and throw together a presentation. Another use is to use this book as both a framework and checklist during the project planning phase.

The book is divided into eight sections. Section 1 is an overview that depicts project management as a process and superimposes the Plan-Do-Check-Act quality cycle on the process. This guides you in planning a project within the context of a quality-focused framework, and the potential pitfalls and prevention checklist in this section adds depth to the overview. The remaining seven sections list tools that you'll use in each process stage: project selection, selection and contract, planning, implement, monitor progress, and complete and review. The final section covers tools for managing multiple projects, such as resource loading and monitoring. The acid test is to assess whether the tools are appropriate and reflect best practices. The book passes with flying colors, and I am basing this opinion on the content of the planning section. It contains all of the key tools used in proper project planning, including work breakdown structures, responsibility charts, cost breakdown structures, critical path analysis and contingency plans.

Regardless of your level of expertise or experience you'll appreciate this book. If your budget allows a copy for every key member of your project team I predict a substantial return on your investment.

For anybody interested in making metal handplanes, this book gives complete directions. Including, history, technique, materials, etc. Beautiful color photos of the authors handiwork too.

Don't let the rather crude looking sam on the cover fool you. This book has some great ideas from two different table saws to a jointer and even some ideas on shaper knives. The part I liked most was that the instructions had just the right amount of detail to cover the rough spots but left the rest up to you, it is after all going to be your tool. Also for the price its hard to go wrong.