American Machinists' handbook

**morrisman** · 3rd March 2014, 09:47 PM

Hi

I just picked up a 1945 edition of this " bible " . It is printed on very fragile thin paper , somewhat like rice paper in nature .

The authors are Colvin and Stanley . The last chapters are a "Wartime data supplement " , these refer to emergency wartime steel , whatever that is . The book is over 1500 pages , about 3" thick . A lifetime of reading

Mike

PS the steel refered to is Amola steel . And, Ampco metal was a cheaper substitute for bronze apparently

**Ben Dono** · 5th March 2014, 09:31 AM

That book sounds like a good find!

'Wartime steel' ....well, it sounds pretty tough! Can't say I have ever heard the term before. It's a good bit of info to know!

**oohsam** · 5th March 2014, 10:35 AM

I did some research on wartime steel.
It seems that in 1943, they released Pennies made from steel instead of Copper. The copper was needed for world war 2 to make ammunition and military equipment. These were referred to as "Wartime Steel"....

Interesting stuff.
Has this book you have been turned into a digital copy ? Would be such a waste to lose a book of such nature.

**oohsam** · 5th March 2014, 10:40 AM

Never mind, did some more research....

Here'es the free ebook!

http://books.google.com.au/books/about/American_Machinists_Handbook_and_Diction.html?id=4Q8LAAAAIAAJ

**morrisman** · 5th March 2014, 11:46 AM

The later editions of the book include info on carbide tooling and are generally more informative

ABE books has quite a few copies of various editions ............. the firstedition was published in 1908 .

**RayG** · 5th March 2014, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by oohsam

Never mind, did some more research....

Here'es the free ebook!

http://books.google.com.au/books/about/American_Machinists_Handbook_and_Diction.html?id=4Q8LAAAAIAAJ

Different book I think, the one Mike's talking about is Machinery's Handbook this one... this is the Bible... http://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Han.../dp/083112900X

Not sure why he's calling it the American Machinist's Handbook?.... unless.... here is a link to a pdf the 1914 edition http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodw...ndbook1914.pdf

It parallels the true Bible, Machinery's Handbook..

Ray

**racer123** · 5th March 2014, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by oohsam

Never mind, did some more research....

Here'es the free ebook!

http://books.google.com.au/books/about/American_Machinists_Handbook_and_Diction.html?id=4Q8LAAAAIAAJ

How do you read the book on google books? The doesn't seem to be a download link?
Regards
David

**oohsam** · 5th March 2014, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by racer123

How do you read the book on google books? The doesn't seem to be a download link?
Regards
David

You can download them as a PDF. I've attached some images showing what to click.
Cheers

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**oohsam** · 5th March 2014, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by RayG

Different book I think, the one Mike's talking about is Machinery's Handbook this one... this is the Bible... http://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Han.../dp/083112900X

Not sure why he's calling it the American Machinist's Handbook?.... unless.... here is a link to a pdf the 1914 edition http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodw...ndbook1914.pdf

It parallels the true Bible, Machinery's Handbook..

Ray

Hmmm...That's odd. The book morrisman mentions is the same authors.

All good!

**RayG** · 5th March 2014, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by oohsam

Hmmm...That's odd. The book morrisman mentions is the same authors.

All good!

Nope, different editors. American Machinist Handbook is Fred H. Colvin and Frank A. Stanley, while Machinery's Handbook is Erik Oberg (1881–1951) and Franklin D. Jones (1879–1967)

Wikipedia clarifies some of the confusion.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...ts%27_Handbook

Ray

**DSEL74** · 5th March 2014, 04:16 PM

Could be this one http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...k_similarbooks

Wartime data supplement to the American machinists' handbook

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...s_similarbooks

**Machtool** · 5th March 2014, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by RayG

Nope, different editors. American Machinist Handbook is Fred H. Colvin

The Amtil magazine, has been running extracts from his autobiography. I have a hard copy in front of me, Feb 2014. Its the second installment, so there must be one in the January edition.

"60 years with men and machines" This extract is to do with his visit to Japan in 1929. Its on page 88 of the Feb issue.

Stuffed if I can find the Jan or Feb issues. http://www.amtil.com.au/AMT-Magazine 2011 thru 2013 are viewable.

Regards Phil.

**_fly_** · 5th March 2014, 06:13 PM

you can get it from the archive
https://archive.org/details/americanmachini00stangoog
1914 edition

And you can download it on the left side, PDF mobi etc.

**PDW** · 5th March 2014, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by RayG

Nope, different editors. American Machinist Handbook is Fred H. Colvin and Frank A. Stanley, while Machinery's Handbook is Erik Oberg (1881–1951) and Franklin D. Jones (1879–1967)

Wikipedia clarifies some of the confusion.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...ts%27_Handbook

Ray

Funnily enough I was looking at a 1940 copy of American Machinist Handbook today, in a second hand bookshop. They wanted $25 for it. As I have a later copy of Machinery's Handbook I didn't buy this one, though it has some historical interest. There were other books I wanted more (Narrowboats of England being one of them).

PDW

**racer123** · 5th March 2014, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by oohsam

You can download them as a PDF. I've attached some images showing what to click.
Cheers

img0505.jpg

img0507.jpg

Very strange mine doesn't have that option.
I have the my library
, help and advanced search choices but no download pdf.
David

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