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A & P Mechanics Airframe Handbook
by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Softbound, oversize, 768 pp.
This is the foundation for study for professional aircraft mechanics. Covers fuselage and wing structures, rigging the components, fabric covering and sheetmetal, paint preparation and application, and complete structural repairs.
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Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Alterations
by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Softbound, oversize, 632 pp.
This is the “bible,” the supreme authority on airplane repair. Own a sport airplane or experimental... or thinking of working on one?
Buy this book.
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Aircraft Sheet Metal
by Nick Bonacci. Softcover, 134 pp, 1988.
An excellent reference book that provides great information on sheet metal layout, tool use and maintenance, form blocks, riveting, and much more.
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Aircraft Welding
by L.S. Elzea. Softcover, 121 pp, A Lindsey reprint.
Kent knows his books. This is the finest book on aircraft steel welding. Chapters: welding equipment, hand tools, weld characteristics, weld types, stress concentration, jigs & fixtures, construction methods, drawings/prints, and Air Corps specs.
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Copper Work
by Augustus F. Rose. Softcover, 123 pp, Lindsey reprint.
Here's a good way to learn how to work copper sheet. This high school textbook shows how to anneal a sheet of copper, then hand work it to produce a pitcher, porringer, bowl, ink pot, or a spoon.
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How to Do Aircraft Sheet Metal Work
by Norcross and Quinn. Softcover, 285 pp, A Lindsey reprint / 1942 edition.
An excellent overview of sheet metal theory, layout, jigs and fixtures, forming, joining and fitting, written by the editor of Aviation magazine and the naval office in charge of the Aviation Trades Center in New York. - More Info -
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Metal Fabricator's Pocket Bible
by Budzik & Kuprianczyk. Softcover, 62 pp, 1997.
This little book will prove to be very handy with melting points, bend radii, material strengths, and tons of other metal production information. It's an excellent reference and a convenient size for your toolbox!
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Automobiles & Sheet Metal Boats
by William Neubecker. Softcover, 148 pp, 1912 reprint.
Very detailed instruction on pattern development
and layout of complete automobile bodies (touring,
tourabout, runabout, semi-racing, and torpedo), as
well as seats, fenders, doors, tanks, mufflers, aprons,
dash hoods, and hoods. Triangulation is the key to
developing all of these very complex curved sheet
metal parts. Then the wood and metal boat (and
canoe) development takes off from there, with bulkheads, skeletons, frames, gore pieces, and keels.
Figure out those proportional vertical sections, and
make those lines fair. 1912 reprint.
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Metalworking: A Book of Tools, Materials
and Processes for the Handyman
by Paul N. Hasluck. Hardcover, 740 pp, 1907 reprint.
A fascinating classic, over 100 years old, that includes more than 2,200 illustrations! This comprehensive book covers traditional metalworking methods used for foundry work, smithing, working brass,
metal spinning, forging, annealing, tempering, taps
and dies, and repousse’. Also covers wire, silver
and gold plating, and brass gilding. Projects include
building a small lathe, a skeleton clock, a horizontal
steam engine, a microscope, a telescope, a small
gasoline motor, and a “water motor” (Pelton Wheel).
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Practical Metal Plate Work
by Paul N. Hasluck. Softcover, 156 pp, 1907.
Methods for working “plate” (sheet metal, today) remain remarkably the same as when this book was
written over 100 years ago. Very detailed instruction
is given to the geometries and layout of all sorts of
right cones, funnels, pipe intersections, coffee pots,
and pans of all shapes. Read this book thoroughly
and you will understand the layout process, doing
projections, making patterns, cutting the sheet, and
using all sorts of stakes, mallets, punches, and machines to make sheet metal parts. Also covers an array of metals: pewter, Britannia Metal, tinning, silver
alloys, white brass, bronzes, solders, nickel, gold,
galvanizing, copper, and more. 240 illustrations.
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Sheet-Metal Pattern
Drafting & Shop Problems
by James S. Daugherty. Softcover, 170 pp, 1922.
Here is a classic that covers common
problems encountered when dealing
with complex sheet metal patterns. All
of the practical problems in “flat work”
(sheet metal) that are illustrated in this
book were done by students at the
Carnegie Institute of Technology in the
1920s. Their completed projects were
then photographed for this book.
This technical book includes 114 illustrations and covers: Drafting principles
with equipment, geometry (helix) pattern drafting. Parallel line development
with 19 specific problems. Cornice and
gutter problems (getting complex intersections here) with 22 individual prob-
lems. Radial developments, regular tapering forms with 22 problems (cone
intersected by cylinder at right angles
to its axis). Triangular development, 14
problems, including the 6-pointed star.
This classic also covers Triangulation
(simplified) with 19 problems, including
two-way transitional branch Mitering
with horizontal and vertical connections.
And Special Problems, with 14 of these
devils, with curved two-branch duct fitting, square-to-rectangular shapes.
The book is put together so that the
student may progress through the levels on his own.
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Art of Coppersmithing
by John Fuller, Sr. Softcover, 317 pp, A Lindsay reprint.
This book offers very detailed insight into the art of forming – and whether or not the final goal is copperwork – the art applies to all soft metals. This is a fundamental book and should be a part of any craftsman's library. - More Info -
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METALSHAPING: THE LOST SHEET METAL MACHINES
by Timothy Barton, Softcover, 200+ pp.
We are pleased to present this new series of sheet metal shaping books. Tim Barton, metal historian extraordinaire, has compiled the most mind-boggling assortment of metal shaping tools, equipment, and their history. Years of meticulous research and extensive interviewing have gone into this collection. This unique series contains almost every common and obscure metal working machine (and its variations) ever created for sheet metal forming and shaping. If you are seriously interested in an encyclopedic reference to metalworking machines, this is THE library for you. - More Info -
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