Dividing: Tools and Techniques

by Alexander du Pre

Overview

A new practical guide to dividing (indexing) in the workshop. Whether new to the process or looking to enhance your skills, this book will introduce you to a range of dividing methods and explains how to achieve the best results both with and without specialist dividing tools. With step-by-step instructions and photography throughout, this new book explains dividing with the 'coordinate method' and using the lathe; dividing with gears and dividing plates; using the dividing head, the rotary table and the spin indexer; electronic dividing methods and finally a range of case studies to show application of practical techniques. This practical guide to dividing will be of interest to home metalworkers, engineers and model makers. Fully illustrated with 212 colour photographs, 29 diagrams and step-by-step instructions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847978394
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	11/30/2014
Series:	Crowood Metalworking Guides
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	22 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Alexander du Pré is a lifelong model maker and an amateur model engineer. His articles have appeared in the modeling press, and he has exhibited his work at model engineering exhibitions. He is a naval architect and a chartered engineer with a long career in the marine industry.