Thanks for the tip Ron, I will try that.
It's good to hear that the book is in the archive. I searched Amazon and found pre-cherished copies but also the forth edition is currently in print!
I have learnt an amazing amount from this forum. I had not encountered collets before and now I can't remember the last time I used my chuck. Also, I have been heartened to read about grinding tools in HSS. I remember the baby steps I took during my time at the grinder. I soon realised there was a queue behind me. Later I noticed that the rest of my class were using it with trepidation. Then, guided by posts in this forum, I don't fuss over the cooling to grinding ratio and bash on to get the right angles. I made some large scale wooden examples to guide me, and others, when I taught school kids laterly.
Thanks guys for freely given guidance from other forum posters.
James
Hi James, all,
"The amateur's lathe" seems to be in :
Looks very good, thanks for the hint!
Cheers,
Kaj
On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 at 18:25, James Batchelor via <njames.batchelor=
[email protected]> wrote:
The way to circumvent a PDF is to import it into a "Word"/similar product and highlight sections of text.
Then paste the text into another document. Then offer that up to "whatevertranslate".
Funny things happen to diagrams/photos so you have to treat them differently.
I do not advocate the stealing of intellectual copyright items incidentally.
Just a thought..
I have my father's copy of "The amateur's lathe" by Lawrence H Sparey, published by the Drysdale press in 1948, the year of my birth. I would commend it. It is based loosely on the Myford but describes most lathe techniques in general terms. It has guided me back on track with my SL 1000 after forty years of in the wilderness, a long time since I completed my, real, apprenticeship.
Just my 2d's worth,
James
Graag. Een goede kans om mijn oude Nederlands (of Vlaams) te
herzien.
Hoogachtend,
Andrew Nummelin
On 13/04/2025 13:36, Herman de Leeuw
via wrote:
Happy that you deem this useful! I would be happy
to scan and upload the Dutch version as well if there would be
an interest for it.
Herman
Verzonden vanuit
Thank you very much Herman, from me
too!
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Friendly regards,
Alan
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I
just uploaded the German version onto the files section under
heading Books - Technisches
Grundwissen
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Op
13-04-2025 09:20 CEST schreef Herman de Leeuw via
<herman.deleeuw@...>:
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I
can't help you with the English version but the same
publication was also issued in German and in Dutch (see
cover page attached); there may be versions in other
languages as well, I only have the German and the Dutch
versions.
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If
anyone would care for the German version I'd be happy to
upload my copy (just a bunch of 26 individual scans of the
52 page booklet) onto the? files section.
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Herman
Op
12-04-2025 03:24 CEST schreef Joel Rosenberg via
<jrose@...>:
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Does
anyone have a copy of the book "Basic Technical
Information and Practical Applications of the Unimat 3"?
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I
saw it in the "HobbyProducts_(NeilsCompressed).pdf"
catalog from the files section, but can't find much at all
about it online. It seems to have only been mentioned once
in this group.
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If
anyone has a PDF I'd be grateful. Or if you have a
physical copy, I'd be interested in helping you get it
scanned.
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Thanks!
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Joel
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James Batchelor?
Dunfermline, Fife, UK.?
07805 207238
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James Batchelor?
Dunfermline, Fife, UK.?
07805 207238
James Batchelor