"Bill" wrote in message
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On 9/30/2010 9:04 AM, Joe AutoDrill wrote:
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By the way, I ran across a seemingly "great" book yesterday, "Modern
Toolmaking Methods", by Franklin T. Jones, 1915. It's available for free
download via Google (books). I think it transcends woodworking or
metalworking. I'll leave it to someone who's actually read it to comment
further if they want to. It left me with a "I wish I had found this
sooner" sort of feeling.

I'll check out the links posted in the follow-ups. Thank you.


FYI, I noticed that the author also has published a number of related
books.

Having spent a bit more time with the book, I mentioned, I was curious
whether it has been succeeded by a more modern one that someone might
recommend?

After looking around a while, you will see that the most informative books
on machine work were written before the mid 1900's. When I was in tech
school for machine work, some of the books we used (in particular the math
book), were written in the early 1900's. The school had them reprinted. Even
the Machinery's Handbook has gotten less and less informative over the
years. My 21st edition is the one still in my toolbox, published in 1980.
Shows you where this trade has gone when a 30 year old engineering book is
better than a new one.