By Ian Peacock. 'A complete up-to-date guide to the art and techniques of airbrushing and spray painting. This book will be of immense value to all modellers. 176 pages.
By B Terry Aspin. The Backyard Foundry covers basic principles, materials and techniques. Although this book is written primarily for the model engineer, anyone wishing to make mouldings or castings will profit from its pages.
By D A G Brown. 210mm x 148mm - illustrated 96 pages. A practical guide to computeraided design, using the personal computer as a versatile drawing tool for technical drawing, replacing traditional draughtsman’s methods with accessible and inexpensive modern technology.
Tubal Cain. Discusses drills and drilled holes and threading with taps and dies, primarily by hand. Imperial and metric sizes and conversions, all standard thread gauges, sharpening etc., special cases.
By J Poyner. Replace Electroplating for the Amateur, a popular title for many years. This new book will be of value to model engineers and small workshops wishing to plate with any of the customary metals, using simple equipment.
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.
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 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.
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.
