David J. Gingery books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others: …
Dave designed this furnace especially for the home shop foundry. Very quiet in operation. Easy to light and simple to operate. The body and lid raise for safer crucible handling. Operates on natural or bottled gas. Costs only a fraction of the price of a commercially built unit and it will melt aluminum, brass and even gray iron.
If your hobby is amateur radio or electronics you will often need coils in a variety of size, type, specification, etc.. Coils are no longer as easy to find as they were 20 years ago so you will have to wind your own. …
The Sheet Metal Brake is also known as book 7 from the best selling 7 book series, 'Build Your Own Metal Working Shop From Scrap'.
I almost left this one out of the series and I would have if it were not for my friends who tell me they are always wanting to bend some sheet metal for a project. …
Now that you have a machine shop you need accessories for the machines. This manual will show you how to tool up your shop to produce the things you want. Making your own tools and accessories is rewarding both in product and pleasure, and it helps greatly to develop your skill. An angle plate, a set screw chuck and an expanding arbor are only the beginning. …
Gingery is famous for its "Build Your Own Metal Working Shop From Scrap", which details how to build reasonably and completely a low cost machining workshop, often with scrap metal and other items. …