A Handbook for Apprenticed Machinists (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Handbook for Apprenticed Machinists This book is for learners in the use of machine tools, and is the outgrowth of the needs of the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. in the instructing of apprentices. It was felt that there is too much uncertainty in depending upon oral instruction to impart the information in some details which every apprentice is entitled to receive. An experimental edition of this book was printed, and proved useful; the present edition is carefully revised and enlarged, with the hope that it will be still more useful. A book can hardly be of much help in attaining the skill that is so necessary in mechanical pursuits. Skill is largely a matter of labor and of time, – of unwearied labor and much time. The world of today asks, “What can you do?” The answer to this question also answers all that the world cares to ask about what you know. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.