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The Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap series by David J. Gingery.
by chromaton 10y ago
The Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap series by David J. Gingery.
- kyoob 10y agoWow. This looks incredible. https://www.amazon.com/Build-Metal-Working-Scrap-Complete/dp/1878087355 https://www.amazon.com/Build-Metal-Working-Scrap-Complete/dp...
- scriptkiddy 10y agoDamn! Bookmarking that for once I get a house with enough space.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoThe series is certainly worth reading for the learning, but actually doing it? Don't bother. The books were written when hobby-level machine tools were very expensive. In these days of cheap Asian imports, it's not worth building your own from DIY castings unless you're doing it for fun. I will say that the first book (metal casting) is very useful, because you can learn to make aluminum castings easily and then machine them on your cheap import/worn out old American Iron.
- mod 10y agoWould anyone do it but for the fun? I thought that was the whole point. It's on my todo list. Never enough time, but I've got a little forge already, at least!
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoNo, when the series was written the point was the tools, not the process. Back then a hobbyist metal lathe or shaper was pretty expensive, and this was a low cost way to get one. These days, not so much.
- chromaton 10y agoYeah, it's a ton of work. I never got past the metal casting.
- samirm 10y agoIs there something similar for woodworking?