Metalworking: Doing It Better

Perfect for hobbyists and veterans alike, and everyone in between, and for those who work out of either small shops or garages, backyard facilities and basements. Sheet metal, patterns, cones, and tanks and baffles. Sanding, grinding, and abrading. Features Covers hundreds of shop-tested techniques. These creative and unique techniques have been shop-tested by the author the old-fashioned way, by repetition and hard work. Manual and CNC mills.  Overview This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the readers’ attention and engages them in the process of furthering their skills. Setting up your shop, including floors, light, heating and cooling, workbenches and tables, air supply, raw material storage and handling, safety equipment, filing, sawing, rigging and lifting. Provides wide range of topics. Many of the topics address specific trade skills, working with manual and CNC lathes and mills, as well as welding flame straightening, sheet metal, sanding, grinding, and abrading. Earlier chapters focus on general across-the-board skills, including essential shop math and trigonometry, accuracy, speed, dra

Read and learn lots of good stuff for metalworking. Pepper Montauban I am currently reading this book. When I am finished with the first pass I will update this review. The book has information I want for my hobby, metalworking. The author is active in sharing his knowledge on YouTube, I like his approach, sense of humor, and respect for his trade. It is well reflected in what I have read so. Same book as before. Industrial Press just wants to take your money twice. The content of this book is very good and I know because I purchased Metalworking Sink or Swim. This is the same book with a new shinny cover. I fault the publisher for pulling essentially a bait and switch. If you do not have the other book this is a good buy, but Industrial Press wants you to buy two books that are the sa. How to survive life in a Machine Shop (and have fun while doing it) Scott594 “Doing it Better” a good book, but not what I was expecting.I was thinking it would be full of unique ways to set up parts in the mill, fixtures jigs etc, but it's more about life in a machine shop, told with just enough humor to keep it light.It does have a lot of useful information, but much of it philosophica