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"Andrew VK3BFA" wrote:

to make boxes, but I now know how to do it. Still dont know what an
ACME thread is. Have a small Unimat lathe (and its NOT BIG ENOUGH) and
still dont know what half the things that came with it are for, but am
learning. Have invested in 3 different hammers (precision adjusting
tools, someone here called them) - a new steel rule, a plastic vernier
calipers. Can "sort off" sharpen lathe tool bits on my bench grinder.
Cant do drill bits yet - need to work this one out...and I need a
bigger workshop!

Look about in libraries (price is right), old book shops, and the like
for old machinist books, such as the classic, small, simple, but
comprehensive "How to run a Lathe", originally published by South Bend.
Presently available in reprints, though I don't know how fast those
sources would get to Australia, and I imagine there are a few thousand
copies running around your country already, if you seek them out.

For some stuff the newer books are better, for running manual machines,
I think the books that were in vogue when manual machines were the state
of the art offer more to the hobbyist with manual machines.

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