Books on fitting

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Although there are plenty of books on machine shop practice,
foundry work etc. there don't appear to be any good books on fitting.

I still resort to an ancient "The Motorcyclist's Workshop" and fading memory from my RAF apprenticeship as an airframe fitter.

Any suggestions?

Bob

[lancelot]

Hello Bob,
I would think that it would all hang on how the word or term ''fitter'' is defined, and in what context, as in Carpet... fitter...Kitchen...fitter...e/t/c., as I can verify when I went to sign on, being out of work many years ago,I eventually reached the counter to be asked what trade I was applying for, ''FITTER'' I responded.
''what kind'' she said, ;D
N o, to be serious, I think that the closest book to describe ''Fitting'' as it would apply to metalworking with hand and machine tools, the understanding of drawings, and the final ''Fitting'' together of all the bits and pieces, would be ...THE MODEL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP MANUAL by GEO. H. THOMAS...or any well written and illustrated book on locomotive building.
I hope this helps,
All the best for now,
John.

[spurley]

Hi Bob

You might want to consider these other books: Model Engineering, A foundation course by Peter Wright. ISBN1-85486-152-2. Model and Miniature Locomotive Construction. by Stan Bray (ISBN:0953652378) or Model Locomotive Construction. by Martin Evans (ISBN:085242602X). They all cover a lot of what we need for building model locomotives or, in the case of the first one, good general information. They are available either from www.abebooks.co.uk or can be found on ebay. I think the Stan Bray and Peter Wright books are also still available new.

I have a copy of all of them and generally have a read of each one in turn for any new job I might be tackling and then try to use the method best suited to my skills and equipment.

Cheers

Brian