Böcker av Tom Lipton

Offers a journeyman's collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences that will help any metalworker do better work and do it faster! The book is for hobbyists, apprentices, journeymen, foremen, engineers, and small shop owners alike, whether they are doing machining, welding, or fabricating.

This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the attention of users and engages them in the process of furthering the art. It includes shop-tested descriptions and illustrations of creative and unique skills and observations from almost 40 years in the metalworking trades. What's more, it offers enough material from several metalworking trades to start a great research and development shop. It is sure to be a valuable and time-saving resource for anyone involved in the fabrication of metal. The book is written by a shop peer from the perspective of having done the required work. It includes nearly 1,000 full-color photos, as wells as numerous illustrative stories that help users easily understand the material presented and the techniques provided. It contains a chapter on flame straightening techniques; offers many examples of special workholding techniques; and covers crossover skills like welding/machine, sheetmetal/welding, and design/management.