Gearing of Lathes for Screwcutting

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'Gearing of Lathes for Screwcutting' is aimed specifically at the engineer for use in the workshop. It is intended to take away as much as possible of the mathematics and mystique from calculating gear ratios, so that the more enjoyable work of using your lathe to make things becomes as easy as possible. Topics covered in this latest addition to the Crowood Metalworking Guides includes: . Myford and other types of lathes . Approximations and alternatives . Errors and their significance . The non-gearbox mini-lathe. AUTHOR: Brian Wood is a retired engineer, with a self-confessed bias towards Myford lathes, having been an owner for over fifty years. He has written articles for Model Engineers Workshop magazine on the potential simplification methods for gearing for metric threads on Myford lathes. SELLING POINTS: . Will be of great interest to the engineer for use in the workshop as well as amateur machinists and metalworkers. . Another new title in the highly successful Crowood Metalworking Guides series. . Brian Wood is a retired engineer and has written many articles for the Model Engineers Workshop. 102 colour photos

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Brian Wood is a retired engineer, with a self-confessed bias towards Myford lathes, having been an owner for over fifty years. He has written articles for Model Engineers Workshop magazine on the potential simplification methods for gearing for metric threads on Myford lathes.