WSP books

right my eldest boy just rung asking what ESP books i want.

i can choose 5 any recomendations?

i have

3 screwcutting

6 measuring and marking

8 sheet metal work

12 drill taps and dies

13 workshop drawing

14 making small workshop tools

15 workholding.

17 gears and gearcutting

22 workshop electrics

24 electric motors in workshop.

26 home workshop hints

28 simple workshop devices

31 useful wshop tools

34 lathework

37 dividing

38 tool and cutter sharpening

39 model engineers projects

42 metalworkers data

43 mini lathe

45 basic lathe work

48 mini lathe tools.

- 97 Clairvoyance

- 105 TLAs in the workshop

More seriously .... I would definitely get #12 Drills, Taps & Dies. ***

It's a mine of useful information and is the only book of this type that I've read from cover to cover rather than using it mostly as a reference.

( ***If you read Eats, Shoots & Leaves at the same time, don't get confused.)

Edited By Bandersnatch on 16/12/2016 15:42:21

No 3 On screwcutting

On second reading, you have that one `Doh

Edited By ASF on 16/12/2016 16:34:57

...er ... doh from me too. I misread that bit - sorry NB

4 Foundry work for the amateur.

There is another foundry one, bit can't remember which.

I don't often use my furnace, but the knowledge is a good backstop just in case.. The foundry can be very, very basic. Mine is here **LINK**, and has been fired by pallets to melt a pound of aluminium at a time.

Regards

Richard.

Milling in the lathe. Never mind the lathe bit it's an excellent treatise on milling and milling cutters.

HTH,

Rod

+1

'Spindles' is supposed to be very good, but i haven't read it.

Neil

3 ,17, 37,38 and 42 are the ones i found most useful but the entire series is a "must have " as far as I'm concerned .

The data book is pretty useful and i found it was the one i reached for first as it is easy to use and not full of information that you will more than likely never use , i feel machinerys hand book is a bit like that !

Sooner or later you will need to :

Sharpen your cutting tools

Use gears

Cut threads

Or use a dividing device of some sort to either cut gears or make a dial etc .

I have read the lot ,I can't say there is one bad book amongst them and if some bright spark could put them into one big book it would be fantastic !

I purchased Spindles on a whim from Amazon, as it was really cheap (a few pen notes inside), and I confirm it is a good read

26 Home Workshop Tips and HInts makes good Christmas reading. All sorts of old time dodges and ideas for all manner of stuff there.

I wouldn't bother with No 22 unless it has been revised.

My 1994 published copy is hopelessly out of date.

Edited By Old Elan on 17/12/2016 15:28:50