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The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe - Donald De Carle
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Short Description
Focuses on the small precision lathe, past and present. This book covers basic construction, selection, care of and accessories for the lathe, as well as its uses. It includes information on lathes and accessories, the manufacture of which ceased many years ago. It features the directory of lathe, tool and material stockists.
Full bibliographic data for The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe
- Title
- The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe
- Authors and contributors
- By (author) Donald De Carle
- Physical properties
- Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 240
Width: 138 mm
Height: 216 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight: 630 g - Audience
- General/trade
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- ISBN 13: 9780709090038
ISBN 10: 070909003X - Classifications
- BISAC category code:CRA032000
BISAC category code:CRA020000
Dewey:621.942
LCification:NK
BISAC category code:CRA045000
BISAC category code:ANT010000
BICMainSubject:TGB
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:S9.1
BIC subject category:TDPB
BISAC category code:CRA018000
BISAC category code:ANT038000 - Edition
- 6, Revised
- Edition statement
- 6th Revised edition
- Illustrations note
- 70 photographs, 229 line drawings
- Publisher
- ROBERT HALE LTD
- Imprint name
- ROBERT HALE LTD
- Publication date
- 01 May 2010
- Publication City/Country
- London/GB
- Main description
- Now in its sixth edition, this book is the definitive work on the small precision lathe in the context of both the past and present. The bulk of the original text has been retained and covers basic construction, selection, and care of and accessories for the lathe as well as its uses. Fully updated, the final section also deals with the current scene based on extensive worldwide research. The directory of lathe, tool, and material stockists has also been completely revised.
- Biographical note
- Donald de Carle was a Fellow and Medallist of the British Horological Institute and Freeman of the City of London by virtue of being a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. He contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and was the author of many other horological works including Clock and Watch Repairing, Complicated Watches and their Repair, Practical Watch Repairing, Practical Clock Repairing, Watch and Clock Encyclopaedia, Clocks and their Value, Horology ('Teach Yourself Series'), Practical Watch Adjusting and Springing, Watches and their Value, etc. Donald de Carle died in 1989.