Books

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every so often a device appears that is so useful that one wonders how life went on before without it. The 555 timer is such a device. Included in this book are basic and general circuits, motor car and model railway circuits, alarms and noise makers as well as a section on 556, 558 and 559 timers.

By Tubal Cain. A comprehensive exposition of the structure of steels and the effects of different heat treatments, particularly inrespect of tools. Includes solid fuel, gas and electric furnaces, case hardening, tempering and other practical information. With accurate colour temperature charts. 210 x 148mm. 4 pages full colour 68 photos and line illustrations.

R H Warring. A prime reference book on glassfibre materials & techniques. Includes information on methods & materials and covers models, boats, cars and all types of grp work. 160 Pages. Softback. Illustrated paperback.

By Ivan Law. Gives comprehensive information on gear-cutting. Explanations and reasons for all conventional types of gears are clearly set out, with useful tables and machinery techniques, to form an invaluable reference work for anyone dealing with machinery.