this volume on shop practice for home mechanics, he had a well-formed conception of just what such a book ought to cover and how the subject-matter ought to be presented. Having started to dabble in amateur mechanics at the tender age of fourteen, he often found himself in dire need of some handy reference on shop processes - processes that could be employed about the small shop without elaborate equipment and great expense. Peculiar enough there has been no book, to the writer's knowledge, that covers this field. It was this fact that caused him to think so much about the preparations of such a book before the opportunity to write it actually presented itself.An examination of the current volumes concerning shop practice reveals nothing of real worth to the amateur; they ignore his little problems and trials that he meets in the routine of his small shop. The information relates to large, costly machines and appliances. The real amateur has little use for data concerning turret lathes, cylindrical grinders and broaching machines. He is, however, generally hungry for information that will help him to do better work in the easiest and best way.A word about the subject-matter. It has been arranged progressively so that the beginner can study the book just as he would study a book on elementary chemistry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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