When Harold Hall was Editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine, he was surprised by how just so many of his readers had no access to a workshop at home, or even at college. His new book is a complete guide to building or converting a workshop space and then equipping it to serve a wide range of metalworking activities including model engineering, model making, car restoration and clockmaking. It explains all the essential requirements of the workshop environment: planning, heating and lighting, condensation plus health and safety factors. It then explains in detail the choice of various tools and equipment for differing tasks so the new workshop owner can avoid making unwise purchases

Table of Contents

Introduction. THE WORKSHOP. In the house. In the garage. Purpose built workshops. Location. Insulation. Condensation. Roofing. FITTINGS. Benches. Storage. Electrical power. Supply source. Length of cable. Workshop's own consumer unit. Earthing. Residual current device. Installation. Lighting. Heating. PLANNING. Material specifications. Non ferrous metals. Project planning. CAD. HAND TOOLS. Files. Scrapers. Spanners. Hexagon wrenches. Measuring and marking out equipment. Marking out. Hand stamps. PRECISION TOOLS. Micrometers. Vernier callipers. Height gauges. Dial type measuring instruments. Digital versions. Slip gauges. Sine bars. Hole gauges. Precision spirit level. Parallels. Surface plate. V blocks. SHOP MADE TOOLING. Saddle stop. Tapping guides. Universal joints. Distance gauges. Grinding rest. Back stop. Faceplate balancing fixture. ELECTRICS AND ELECTRONICS. Machine controls. Electronics and the workshop. Variable speed drives. CAD/CAM. Longevity. CAD for drawing only. MACHINE INSTALLATION AND OTHER ITEMS. Machine Installation. The lathe. Hygiene and safety. Hand creams. Physical protection . THE LATHE. Lathe-only user. Lathe with milling machine. Size. Speed range. Drive clutch. Top slide. Screw cutting. Saddle half nut. Thread dial indicator. Powered cross slide feed. Milling head. LATHE ACCESSORIES. Accessories. Cutters. Replaceable tip cutters. Permanently tipped cutters. High speed steel cutters. Which type?. Tool holders. Work holders. Faceplates. Jawed chucks. Jaws. Backplates. Collet chucks. Range held. Closing method. Dead length systems. Collet holders. Worthwhile? Must haves. Drill chucks. Centres. Catch plate and lathe dog. Tailstock die holders. Steadies. Knurling tools. Saddle stop. Other accessories. Keats angle plate. Non-turnign operations. Boring. Dividing. THE DRILLING MACHINE. The machine. Controls. Accessories. Drills. Countersinks. Counterbores. Vice. Compound table. Other accessories. Using the drilling machine. THE MILLING MACHINE. Turret mills. Mill/drills. Common features. Speed control. Speed ranges. Rotating head. Calibrated x, y and z feeds -Digital readouts. Traverse stops. Power feed. Draw bar. Spindle tapper. Horizontal/vertical attachments. MILLING MACHINE ACCESSORIES. Accessories. Cutters having shanks. The non-working end. The working end. Solid cutters. What sizes? Preferred shank. Other types. Disk type cutters. Holding cutters. Boring head. Minor accessories. Machine vice. Angle plates. Parallels. V blocks. Positioning devices. Major accessories. Dividing heads. 5c fixtures. Rotary tables. Taking a cut is easy. GRINDERS AND SAWS. Grinders. Off hand. Tool and cutter grinding. Surface grinder. Belt and disk sanders. Motorised saws. Horizontal saws. THE REST - PRESSES, SHAPING MACHINES AND WELDERS. Presses. Purpose. Bending. Punching holes. Cropping. Force fitting and removing. Press types. Fly press. Arbor presses. Hydraulic presses. Accessories. Punches and dies. Bending. Installation. Need for? Sheet metal machines. Welding. Electric welding equipment. Arc welders. Metal inert gas welders. Shapers. Final comments.

About the Author

Harold Hall established his reputation as the mentor of model engineering techniques to beginners in the hobby through the pages of Model Engineer's Workshop Magazine, of which he was the editor for many years. His logical organisation and clear writing style reveals a master teacher who understands how to communicate basic instruction to his readers. This is his seventh book in the definitive Workshop Practice series from Special Interest Model Books.