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Vintage 1937 atlas lathe operation & machinists tables
Manual of Lathe Operation & Machinists Tables by Atlas Press Co., 1937. 238+ pages. Spiral bound book in great condition. All pages intact and tight. Previous owner's name in small writing at top of cover sheet. No other writing or notes. There are hundreds of pictures/illustrations/tables in this manual. Each page has at least one or more pictures or illustrations. The forward starts it off with a great picture of Henry Maudslay's Screw Cutting Lathe of 1800. (Original now in a museum in London.)
Manual was published with tabs for each section of the book. Sections include: Lathe Care and Construction; Theory of Metal Cutting; Cutting Tools; The Machining of Various Materials; Holding the Work; Drilling and Boring; Thread Cutting; Lathe Attachments and Their Uses; Woodturning on the Metal Lathe; Machinists Tables; Index; Pages for Your Shop Notes.
