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MICROFICHE A project of Volunteers in Asia Shop Tactics by: William Abler Published by: Running Ezess 125 South 22nd Street .: Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA Paper copies are $ 4.00. Available from: Whole Earth Household Store Building D Fort Mason Center San Francisco, CA 94123 USA And from: META Publications P.O. Box 128 Marblemount, WA 98267 USA Reproduced by permission of the Running Press. Reproduction of this microfiche document in any form is subject to the same restrictions as those of the original document. The Common-Sense Way of Using Tools and Working with Woods, Metals, Plastic, and Glass by William Abler Running Press Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Copyright 0 1973 Running Press Copyright 0 1976 Running Press All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions Printed in the United States of America Distributed in Canada by Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., Ontario 123456789 First digit on left indicates the number of this printing Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Abler, Bill. Shop Tactics. A revision of The Sensuous Gadgeteer, published in 1973. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Workshop recipes. 2. Woodworking tools. I. Title. TT153.A24 1976 664’.08 76.26967 ISBN O-91 4294-64-4 Paperback ISBN O-91 4294-63-6 Library binding Art direction, Jim Wilson Cover illustration by John O’Leary Interior illustrations redrawn from author’s originals by Bob and Sandy Bauer Interior design by Clare Brooks Typography: Helios and Univers, by Type Design Innovations, Philadelphia Cover printed by Harrison Color Process Lithographers, Willow Grove, Pa. Printed and bound by Port City Press, Baltimore This book may be ordered directly from the publisher. Please include 2% postage. Try your bookstore first. Running Press 38 South Nineteenth Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 As you are abouttodiscover,Shop Tactics is not an ordinary how-to book. In its first edition, there was no table of contents. We were fearful that any table of contents might give you, the reader, a less than accurate impression of what this book is about: for it was written as a continuous stream of ideas in the form of a conversation between one gadgeteer and another. Thus presentedon!yasaguideforquickreferenceand is not meant to bea , the Table of Topics below is spec :ific outline of the contents. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PLANS AND DRAWINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 WOOD AND WOODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 “orthAme,kan Woods. Pine . Cedar. Oak. Maple. Walnut l Tropkal Woods l Rosewood. Teak l Mahogany l Ebony l Llgnum Vlfae TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Claw Hammer l Stones 8 Sharpening l Sharpening Knives * Hacksaw 6 Tungsten Carbide Win, Saw . Ball Peen ffenoner . Chfsels . Plane l Odlls 8 S/la l Power OrNls l Drldlng Procedures l Files 6 Rasps l Screwdrivers & Screws l Nuts 8 Bolts l Tin Snips l Wood Saws l V/Ire Coflers . Pliers 6 Locking Pliers . Vfse Grips MATERIALS _............................_..._.._..._.._..t.......... 29 Abrasives Quartz, Gamer, & Emery Sandpaper l GuaN Sand l Silkon Carbide l Gem l Grlndlng Wheels l Maklng e Knife l Cut-Off Wheel l Tungsfen Carblde . Diamond l Wood Scraper Alombwm . Lead. Copper. Worklng wfth Copper l Seamless Copper, Silver, or Gold Ring l Enamel on Copper, Silver 0, Gold l Copper ASoys l Sass . Bronze . Iron and Steel Plexfgles l The Deyllght Test l Wnyl Adfwslves Epoxr Glw l Solder (Ek~lricel Soldering) . Sbucturel Solderhag . Silver Solder MOLDSAND CASTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Wax l Clay l Plaster l Thin Parlftlon Method l Appiylng Plaster. Plaslkene l Lost Wax CasUng 0 MolUpk Ouplkates 0 Armatures l D/met Molds. Epoxy. Lher Molds 0 Slurrfes 0 Fiber RebIforcl~ ACCURACY. COMPARISON. AND MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 ~wnentendCom~~On l ffenglngeDoor* Working wIthPlate Gless l FletSwleces l VulUpk Pkwe l Bmckek & HIwee l Symmetry About e Line l Stmlghfnesr ? Mess Pmdoclkn l Avereghw l Sfenclls l lndlnct Stencil l Dks l Slmulteneous OrUlhtg l Jfgs l Ddflhs!~ 0” a