The Charcoal Foundry
by David J. Gingery · first published 1983
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This is the first book in Gingery's series showing you how to build a complete metal working shop from scrap for almost nothing. You must have the foundry setup in order to build the lathe, milling machine and other tools described in each of the other books. Castings make strong and precise machine tool components. You'd go broke buying the castings, if they were available, but you can make them for almost nothing in your own foundry. Building machine tools takes hours and hours, but building the charcoal foundry is far simpler, and loads of fun. You can make castings for any purpose. Almo
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There’s the Gingery book series that starts by describing how to build a charcoal foundry and goes all the way to a complete machine shop. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Gingery
on “Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects?” ↗I presume it's the Gingery series. 1. Foundry: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charcoal-Foundry-Build-Metal-Workin... 2. Lathe: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Lathe-Build-Working-Scrap/dp/... There are a few examples on YouTube of people who have successfully made this lathe, here's an example…
on “A Watchmaker's Lathe Made from Scratch” ↗"Complete Metal Working Shop From Scrap Series Set (7 INDIVIDUAL BOOKS)" Here is the description of the series: ISBN 1-878087-00-2 The Charcoal Foundry ISBN 1-878087-01-0 The Metal Lathe ISBN 1-878087-02-9 The Metal Shaper ISBN 1-878087-03-7 The Milling Machine ISBN 1-878087-04-5 The Drill Press ISBN 1-878087-05-3 The Dividing Head & Deluxe Accessories…
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