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Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Fittings Used Today That Require Triangulation 4th Edition
Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Fittings Used Today That Require Triangulation 4th Edition
by Richard S. Budzik
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Contains step-by-step instructions for laying out the patterns for fittings that require triangulation. Also contains 62 pages of trade information explaining the theory of triangulation, making the layout of these fittings easier to understand. Much of... (read more)

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Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Today's Forty Most Frequently-Used Fittings Volume 1 6th Edition
Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Today's Forty Most Frequently-Used Fittings Volume 1 6th Edition
by Richard S. Budzick
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Includes supplemental sections of other fittings and items, step-by-step instructions for laying out today?s most frequently-used fittings. Also a section containing 93 fittings and items not as frequently needed but often required to solve ductrun... (read more)

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Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2: Build a Secret Agent Arsenal
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2: Build a Secret Agent Arsenal
by John Austin
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If youre a budding spy, what better way to conceal your clandestine activities than to miniaturize your secret agent arsenal? MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction 2 provides fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for building 30 different spy weapons and... (read more)

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IPT's Industrial Fasteners Handbook: Bolting and Securing Systems
IPT's Industrial Fasteners Handbook: Bolting and Securing Systems
by Bruce M. Basaraba
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IPT's Industrial Fasteners Handbook is an excellent reference for engineers, draftsmen, supervisors, journeymen and apprentices of all steel related industries, including: aerospace, refining and chemical, pulp and paper, mining, shipyard, construction... (read more)

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Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Round Fittings Used Today 4th Edition
Practical Sheet Metal Layout: Round Fittings Used Today 4th Edition
by Richard S. Budzik
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Contains step-by-step instructions for laying out the patterns for the round fittings used today. Also contains 87 pages of trade information for fabricating round work. Quite often sheet metal workers are not as confident when doing round work due to a... (read more)

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Practical Sheet Metal Projects-130 Graded Projects with Drawings, Forming Information & Sequences 2nd Edition
Practical Sheet Metal Projects-130 Graded Projects with Drawings, Forming Information & Sequences 2nd Edition
by Richard S. Budzik
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130 graded projects with drawings, forming information and sequences. Includes 50 basic projects, 35 intermediate projects, 20 advanced projects and 25 mini projects.... (read more)

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The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices
The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices
by William Gurstelle
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The Practical Pyromaniac combines science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics to explain humankinds most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics and frequent contributor to Popular Mechanics and... (read more)

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The Art of the Catapult: Build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery
The Art of the Catapult: Build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery
by William Gurstelle
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Whether playing at defending their own castle or simply chucking pumpkins over a fence, wannabe marauders and tinkerers will become fast acquainted with Ludgar, the War Wolf, Ill Neighbor, Cabulus, and the Wild Donkey--ancient artillery devices known... (read more)

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Automobiles and Sheet Metal Boats
Automobiles and Sheet Metal Boats
by William Neubecker
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What a book! Especially if you want to build an automobile. No, not a modern streamlined sports car. I'm talking about those early chain drive beasts that competed in around-the-world races off road back before World War One...machines that might have... (read more)

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Backyard Ballistics
Backyard Ballistics
by Gurstelle
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As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more)

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The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook (Jewelry Crafts)
The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook (Jewelry Crafts)
by Tim Mccreight
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Best techniques of working with gold, platinum, copper, brass, steel, plaster, and more. “Surprisingly comprehensive.”—The New York Times. “A gem of a handbook.”—Whole Earth Catalog. &#8220... (read more)

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IPT's Industrial Fasteners Training Manual: Bolting and Securing Systems
IPT's Industrial Fasteners Training Manual: Bolting and Securing Systems
by Bruce M. Basaraba
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IPT's Industrial Fasteners Training Manual is an excellent reference for engineers, draftsmen, supervisors, journeymen and apprentices of all steel related industries, including: aerospace, refining and chemical, pulp and paper, mining, shipyard... (read more)

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Practical Metal Plate Work
Practical Metal Plate Work
by Paul N. Hasluck
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Chapters include the materials used; geometrical construction of plane figures; geometrical construction and development of solid figures; tool and appliances used; soldering and brazing; tinning, re-tinning, and galvanizing; examples of practical metal... (read more)

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Build A Two Cylinder Stirling Cycle Engine
Build A Two Cylinder Stirling Cycle Engine
by David J. Gingery
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Steam engines burn the fuel externally and use steam to transfer heat energy into the engine where it can do work. Robert Stirling designed his engine to burn fuel externally, but to use air rather than steam to transport the energy. Using a small metal... (read more)

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Mexican Arts Series: Hammered Copper
Mexican Arts Series: Hammered Copper
by Sandy Baum
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See beautiful hammered copper vessels made long ago and today at Santa Clara del Cobre, Mexico, a small town in the southwest state of Michoacan. From nothing more than a chunk of copper or sheet metal, artists here have spent centuries creating both... (read more)

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Machine Shop Projects
Machine Shop Projects
by South Bend Lathe Works
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Back in 1954 when this publication was released, South Bend Lathe was still a leader in smaller, low-cost yet quality lathes that ended up in technical schools all over the country. That lower end market has been taken over by other manufacturers... (read more)

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How to Do Aircraft Sheet Metal Work 1942
How to Do Aircraft Sheet Metal Work 1942
by Carl Norcross and James D. Quinn Jr.
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Have you ever seen the smooth contours and perfect transitions on the skin of a DC-3? How did they do that? Airplanes, like custom autos, are exquisite examples of sheet metal craftsmanship. This book will show you how it was done in 1942. Chapters... (read more)

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Copper Work
Copper Work
by Augustus F. Rose
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All too many people dream about taking a piece of sheet metal and turning it into a automobile body or a custom gas tank for their motorcycle like those bizarre (but incredibly talented) guys on television do. Dream is about as far as most people get... (read more)

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Building the Tesla Turbine
Building the Tesla Turbine
by Vincent R. Gingery
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Ten Horsepower to the pound of weight! Who could make such a claim? None other than Nikola Tesla. He was referring to his latest invention, the flat disk turbine. The year was 1911. Did he deliver? You be the judge. Travel back in time and... (read more)

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Working Sheet Metal
Working Sheet Metal
by David J. Gingery
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Let Dave Gingery get you started in working sheet metal with a hammer, a tree stump and a simple bar clamp you can attach to the front edge of your workbench. He'll show you all the basic joints and edges, and how to make them without facny machines. He'... (read more)

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