John Wright
Published: 2017-07-23
Total Pages: 452
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Excerpt from The Home Mechanic: A Manual for Industrial Schools and Amateurs This state of things is his misfortune, because he has no friend to teach him how to do without all these things which at first appear to him to be so absolutely necessary, and which, he is told at the shop, after he has bought his lathe, are essential. If he had the good fortune to have a friend who could teach him, he would begin by making his own lathe, and then proceed to make the tools he requires; this sounds. Rather difficult, and, to many, it may appear quite impossible, but it is by no means so; in many countries turners make their own lathes, which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.