Books

This book is primarily aimed at beginners with sections on the basics of analogue and digital, various methods of component checking and circuit testing. Illustrated. 102 pages.

Alex Weiss. A comprehensive guide to the use of plastics in the many and varied fields of modelling. Book describes various types of plastics and details their charactersistics, strengths and weaknesses.

By Martin Cleeve. A fully comprehensive survey of the use of a lathe for all forms of screwcutting in all thread forms, imperial and metric. Calculations, gear trains, conversions etc., are all explained but also set out in tabular form.

By Tubal Cain. Joining metals by one form or another of soft and hard soldering, or brazing with various alloys, are run of the mill jobs in model and light engineering workshops, Tubal Cain examines the processes, equipment, materials and explains what is happening in the joints as they are made.

Understand more about the art of soldering. Includes sections on choosing the right soldering iron, solder, materials etc. Illustrated. 84 pages.

By W A Vause. Welding by oxyacetylene or electric arc is a skill in increasing demand. This book sets out the basic techniques for oxy-acetylene welding, brazing flame cutting and electric arc welding with mild steel, cast iron, stainless steel copper, brass etc., in sheet, plate or cast form.