[TheForge] Fay & Egan Lathe manual

[Kevin Donahoe]

Dave,

I've got a couple MH, actually,  "American Machinist Handbook" 7th ed. 1940;
"American Metals Handbook", 1933;  and  " Machinery's Handbook" 16th ed.
1959.  The Machinist/ery's Handbooks look to have sufficient info to set me
in the right direction.  Thanks for yours.  I'd mostly used these for
math/trig problems in the past.

However, I was looking at the new edition MH a few weeks ago.  It's $100 and
the size of a small print Cincinnati phone book.  2-3X bigger than the old
MH.  I'd be curious as to why they shifted from the traditional size.
Suppose it'd be a breadth of CNC info.

I'll keep a weather eye out for the South Bend book, thanks for the tip.

Kevin

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of David E. Smucker
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:38 PM
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Ries has some good information in his message below.  Make sure you get a
copy of South Bend "How to Run a Lathe" book.  In addition I would point out
that there is a large technical section of Lathe Change Gears In
"Machinery's Hand Book".  There is a reason most machinist tool boxes have a
center drawer that a Machinery's Hand Book just fits in.  Can't do much
machinist work with out one.

The current addition of Machinery's Hand Book is a bit pricey but there are
lots of earlier editions out there.  (I have a 20th, 23rd and 25th
edition -- I used to have one in the house, one in the shop and one I
carried with me when I traveled overseas on technical work. -- and no, none
of them are for sale.  Oh, and they even have in on CD now.)

Dave Smucker

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ries Niemi" <rniemi at fidalgo.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fay & Egan Lathe manual


> Those prices for manuals are ridiculous- especially because most times
> they dont help too much.
> First- I would post on the Practical machinist site, asking for info on
> the change gears, and  a good reference book.
> www.practicalmachinist.com
>
> second, if you havent already got it, buy How to run a lathe, the south
> bend book. Usually only costs around 10 bucks.
> I buy old machining books used whenever I find them, often for 10 or 20
> bucks, and many of them discuss the change gears, which usually are
> pretty similar from lathe to lathe.
>
> ries
>
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