Lathe Books

Craftsman (Sears) once published a book on lathe work called "Manual of Lathe Operation and Machinists Tables". It was designed as a companion to their metal lathes, which were made by Atlas. It is a pretty good basic reference, originally published by the Atlas (Clausing) engineering department. It's an old book (first published in 1938), but it's been updated periodically. The last time I checked (10 years ago), you could still buy it through Sears parts supply house. It has the additional virtue of being fairly cheap.

You should also pick up a copy of the "Home Shop Machinist" magazine. There are lots of ads for books, some of which may be more in line with your intended work.

Hope this helps.

Bob Couture
 
Thomas,

I bought "The Amateurs Lathe" at House of Fools (Tools). I think they may still carry it. I found it very helpful.

This website has training information, but I haven't looked at it in great detail http://me.mit.edu/2.70/machine/outline.html

And this one, the US Army manual of machine tool fundamentals is really pretty good, I printed out the milling machine section so I could figure out what to do with my beloved old horizontal mill http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/tc/9-524/toc.htm



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best one is "How to run a lathe" by the south bend lathe corp...only about $8...dont know where you can find them though..call south bend in indiana. as matt says..the amateurs lathe is a great book...but its a little complicated...not really for amateurs. thats a expression in england for someone whos not an engineer.

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[This message has been edited by tom mayo (edited 15 November 1999).]
 
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