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The Machinist's Bedside Reader # 1

Measuring hole size  with a rod

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:10

Measuring hole size  with taper leaf gages

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:10

pre-load spring for  Solid cotters

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:100

Using a phonograph needle as a scriber

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:100

Flute spacing: uniform or non-uniform

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:101

Cutter blocks &  shop made cutters

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:101; TMBR#3:110

Silver soldering

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:103

The TINKER - an  easy-to-build T&C Grinding Jig

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:103

Aluminum soldering

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:103; HTIM:48

The Secret of the Old  Master (fiction, by Lucian Cary)

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:104

Errors in measuring, effect of

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:11

Sling swivel base for  tubular magazine rifles

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:113

Heat required to break a Loctite bond

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:115

Modifying files for  special uses

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:116

Some ideas on gun  making

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:116; TMBR#3:167

Hanchett knife grinder; plywood lathe knives

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:117

Some notions on  sharpening steel

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:117

Bullet mold making

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:118

Putting on fine cuts by angling the topslide

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:12, 15

Symbols &Terms defined

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:1-2; TMBR#2:v;  HTIM:ii; TMBR#3:2

How to quench a  circular die

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:120

Designing &  deciphering verniers

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:121

Trigonometry

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:12-13;  TMBR#2:72-78

Removing that last half thou

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:12-15;  TMBR#3:29 & 139

Rust, Caused by glue

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:122

Rust, Caused by  plastic foam

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:122

Thoughts on tool storage & toolboxes

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:122-124

Box making - some  ideas

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:123

Tool storage boxes

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:124

The ultimate box latch

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:125-129

Setting a lathe job to run eccentric: (6th point)

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:128

Practical joke - hacksaw blade set on toolbox

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:130

Why the mirror in a  Gerstner toolbox?

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:130-132

Drawings for a machinist's wooden tool chest

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:131

Imitation ivory

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:132

What to do if you get  a steel chip in your eye

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:132

Machine tool heights for comfort

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:133; TMBR#3:187

Workbenches etc.

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:133-135;  TMBR#3:178-183

Citation: FWW, re-babbetting machinery bearings

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:135

Re-babbetting  machinery bearings

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:135

Etching

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:136

Photo resist for Etching

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:136

Brass filled characters in steel

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:137

Breaking out a new coil of music wire

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:137

Clamping down a  cylinder for machining

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:138

Vise alignment on  milling machine

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:138

Pedestals for shop tools

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:140

Turning a long,  slender screw

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:140

Info for camera buffs

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:141-142

Harmonographs

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:142

Lacquered brass

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:143

Brass napkin rings

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:143; HTIM:49

Model i.c. engines

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:144

Sharpening tungsten  carbide tools

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:147

Tool for hand beading  on sheet metal

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:148

Toolmaker's clamps

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:149

Drilling oversize  holes

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:155

Spade drills

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:155

Tool stands

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:155

Lathe made in a  Japanese POW camp

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:156

Choice of reamers

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Drilling to size for reaming

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Killing chatter-

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Morse Taper sockets

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Reaming

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Reaming, On not  ruining

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Starting a reamer into the work

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:16

Self-centering faceplate

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:163

Sub-faceplate

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:166

Small sheet aluminum packing pieces

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:167

Tap starting dodge

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:167; HTIM:28

900 point slot drills

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:169

V-grooved faceplate

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:169

Slot drills, What are  they?

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:169; HTIM:4

A master gage for  Morse taper shanks

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:17

Cleaning up a burred #2MT lathe tailstock

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:17

Not breaking small taps

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:17

Removing burrs from  new taps

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:17

Tapping oversize when  wanted

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:17

Metal polish

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:171

Woodturning on a metal lathe

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:174

Lathe cleaning

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:175

Anti-fatigue mats

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:176

Recipe for a good  cutting lube

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:177; TMBR#3:77

Shipyards and HSM 's

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:178

Getting a fair return  for your work

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:179

75% depth of thread  rule

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:18

Lubes for tapping  various materials

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:18

Removing broken taps

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:18

Various tapping kinks

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:18

Cold working of steel

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:180

Advice on getting ahead

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:181

Chinese tool steel

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:181

Anecdotes: Stealing  the trade

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:184

Anecdotes: Helping the war effort

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:185

Anecdotes: How not to  get a welding ticket

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:186

Anecdotes: Sharpening  razor blades

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:186

Sharpening razors with magnetism

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:186

Making welded steel  boxes

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:187

Anecdotes: Delphon and the Adding Machine

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:189

Clearing tap cuttings

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:19

Figuring the tapping size hole for any thread

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:19

Keeping taps square

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:19

Anecdotes: Sleepy  apprentice boy

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:190

Hand chasing a thread

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:191

Anecdotes: An in situ shaft repair

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:192

Anecdotes: How to  impress your mother-in-law

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:193

Anecdotes: How to  remove a chuck that is jammed on tight

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:194

Anecdotes: One way to  ruin a lathe

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:194

Anecdotes: Coal miner  s cure for headaches

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:195

Anecdotes: Where gears come from

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:195

A wood lathe

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:196

Using triangular scrapers

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:196

Anodizing aluminum

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:197

Centrifuge type oil  filter

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:197

Plans and info for a power hacksaw

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:197

Source of some project plans

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:197

ShearLoc finger knobs

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:198

Swashplate steam engine

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:198

V-belt length  calculations

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:199

V-belt speeds/pulley sizes

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:199

Drilling to an exact depth

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:20, 70,

Temperature benchmarks

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:200

Temperature by appearance

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:200

Screw thread data

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:201

Socket head cap screw  dimensions

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:204

Center punches, how to sharpen

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:21

Sharpening center  punches

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:21

Wobbler for making centerpunch marks run true

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:22

CRS - what is it?

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:23

Speeding up work by  not wasting time on needless precision

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:23

Speeding up work by  planning the job

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:23

Stress relieving CRS

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:25

Teflon on electrical cord plugs

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:25

Drill sharpening jigs

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:26, 205;  TMBR#2:147; TMBR#3:257-8

Spring making

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:29, 154;  HTIM:23-26, 30; TMBR#3:90,

Circumventing "minimum orders"

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:3

Materials/Scrounging

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:3

Service flange,  defined

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:33

Used as a fixturing  aid

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:33

Depth gages

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:33; TMBR#3:173

Blueing steel

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:34, 171,

Small tap wrench

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:35

Swivel base for small  vise

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:37

Angle plates for workholding

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:39

Cast iron section for  workholding

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:39

T-slotted plate for  workholding

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:39

Fenton, Bill

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:4, 182, 191;  TMBR#2:22

Direct Dividing

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:40

Simple Dividing

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:40

Compound Dividing

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:41

Differential Dividing

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:41

Dividing On a geared Rotary Table

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:41

Rotary Table - choice  of horizontal or hor/vert.

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:41

15/16 hole vernier

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:42

Dividing with 15/16  hole vernier

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:42

Engraving a feedscrew  dial

Lautard, Guy

TMBR#1:43, 48-49

 

by Joe Landau

jrlandau@verizon.net