Tools for Shaping Machines and Lathes. A complete guide to choosing, sharpening and using correctly all the cutting tools likely to be used on a shaping machine or lathe. Includes details of the various types of tools available and how they are used; materials used and how to grind and form cutting edges, etc.
 

A780Y Ames Precision Machine Tools: a set of three later catalogs:
(1) Ames No. 3 Precision Bench lathe Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue. Also shows the Ames miller and Ames Triplex Machine - a lathe and miller combined. 16 pages.

HJORTH (USA) Precision Bench Lathe. Beautifully illustrated Catalogue No 5 60 pages.

Taiwanese Mill Drills badged as Naerok, Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey,  Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Covers the Types FR-30, RDM-400/500M/500MF, "Minor", "Major" and similar variants. A double-edition manual that will help with all versions.

ARCHDALE RADIAL-ARM DRILLING MACHINES - Data Pack: Most of the Company's radial-arm drills appear to have been covered in a Publication with the title: "Light, Medium and Heavy Duty Types".

Barnes (Micromatic Hone Corporation) Honing Machines. A booklet - Fundamental Principles Used in the Honing Process (As issued with the Barnes drilling machines manual)

Brown and Sharpe Screw Machines. Detailed 70-page Catalogue of Screw Machine Tools, Spring Collets and Feeding Fingers.

Brown and Sharpe Automatic Screw Machines. Construction and Use Manual - a wonderful 333-page book written for the operator showing every aspect of how the machines work and to set up and operate these incredibly reliable and robust machines.

Cataract (Hardinge) Unfortunately there was never a "Manual" for the Cataract lathe and millers - but there is a wonderful full-range Catalogue showing all the Precision Bench and Screwcutting Lathes (including a complete catalog for the wonderful "Quick-Change" model), Milling Machines, Automatic Gear and Pinion Cutters, Drills and the full accessory range made from the early

CATARACT (Hardinge) Wonderful Full-range Catalogue of Precision Lathes & Millers of the 1930s. Includes bench precision lathes, milling machines of the MD3, MD4 horizontal millers, BB2V (the vertical version of the horizontal BB4) and MD5 (horizontal with conventional overarm) types. Automatic Gear & Pinion Cutters, Drills and the full accessory range.

Ghiringhelli and Pisoni (GP) Centreless Grinders. A General Guide for all Models with work examples using infeed (plunge), overhang and through-feed methods. Work supports, Lubrication recommendations, basic Maintenance, wheel balancing, workrest height adjustment, grinding wheel changeover, grinding errors and their likely causes, etc.

Herbert Turret and Capstan Lathe Tooling - Two comprehensive, well-illustrated and detailed editions - one early with 22 pages and the other late with 82 pages - showing every variety of tooling made for these lathes. The original small dimensioned drawings that show the various sizes of tools available have all been scanned at high resolution and enlarged.

Grinding: Precision Grinding Techniques - Jones and Shipman. Precision Grinding Techniques - a Primer. Covers the essential basics of Surface, Tool, Cylindrical Internal precision grinding. 87 pages.

RAPIDOR Hacksaws Spare Parts Manual as Drawings and sixteen individual Sales and Specification catalogues from the 1920s to the 1970s showing virtually the entire range of the company's regular-production models including 6", 8", 10", 12", 14", 16", 20", etc., a number of special types including saw sharpening machines, girder saws, tyre saws (railway wheels), portable units, j

Rigiva (Riva) "UO-A" Miller A Basic Manual with Dimensions, Electrical Diagram and Spindle section ITALIAN TEXT. This publication includes the comprehensive English-language publication "Handbook for Milling Operations" -shown below (which can be bought separately).

Scrivener (Wickman-Scrivener) : Equipment for Centreless Grinding: Shows the range of extras and how to apply them.

Everything for Drummond Machine Tools - a high-quality, enlarged to A4 publication. Includes the following separate publications bound as one: Drummond Hints to Purchases of Lathes (1920 - text only). 19 pages. D244A Drummond: Very early Catalogue for 3.5" Model B flat-bed lathe. 8 pages. D244C Drummond Very early lathes: Full-range Catalogue. 45 pages.

LANG Lathes and Other Machine Tools - 16th Edition Full-range catalogue covering machines made circa late 1930s to early 1950s. 160 beautifully-illustrated pages showing all the various types of lathe - standard, toolroom, boring & facing, production, capstan, Wickman, etc.

F44 Fischer (George Fisher +GF+). Explanatory catalogues explaining the function, tooling and one-off applications for Fischer lathes.

LEVIN LATHES - Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual and Data Pack. LEVIN (USA) Precision lathes: Full Lathe & Accessory Catalogue. Dated 1950. 32 pages. LEVIN (USA) Precision lathes: Full Lathe & Accessory Catalog. Dated 1954. 36 pages. This is the first of the improved "glossy-photograph" editions.

SUNDERLAND GEAR PLANERS: Very detailed Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue with an explanation of the Sunderland gear-generation system. 55 pages.

PITTLER: a set of three Catalogues that covers the complete range of traditional Pittler lathes and their many interesting accessories: 1) All-Models Catalogue Circa 1900. Descriptive Price List, Screwcutting, Spiral Cutting and division charts for the Pittler Universal Milling & Turning Lathes Models B and C.

HORNAMILL Milling Attachments. A Data Pack consisting of: Operating Instructions for the 3-way Lathe Attachment, Catalogue for the 3-way Milling Attachment, Powered Milling Attachment to Convert Horizontal Milling Machines into a Vertical Miller. 13 pages.

ATLAS Lathes full-range Catalogue No. 8 (1934) including the 9-inch "all-belt" drive lathes, the first of the later 10-inch models with backgear, the cheaper "Unit Plan" lathes, the first wood-turning lathes, the company's drills, presses and pictures inside the factory. 32 pages.