jim rozen wrote in article
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In article 01c3a5a6$c13165a0$eb93c3d8@race, Bob Paulin says...

A while back, there was a book mentioned on this newsgroup that many
felt
was the quintessential book for a metalworking shop.

First book that comes to mind would be nearly any copy
of the machinist's handbook, of whatever vintage.

I have the 25th and 16th editions...


The next might be the Moltrecht book,

That might be the one


and then possibly
the Connelly hand-scraping treatise.

My personal favorite however would be South Bend's tiny
booket entitled "How to Run a Lathe."

I have it...