Other Best old books

[P.T. Bridgeport]

I'm wondering if you can suggest a great old book from the golden age of hobby metalworkers. You know, like the old SB "How to Run a Lathe" and "Model Engineer" magazine.

I've got two in my collection which may be of interest, both from 1942. The first is Shop Theory - Henry Ford trade School, and the second is Audels Machinists and Toolmaker's Handbook.
There is a lot of good info in each. Lindsay Publications did a reprint of Shop Theory, which may make it easier to find than Audi's.

 

[StevSmar]

I’m the odd person out here as I sold my three volumes of the Bedside reader as I really didn’t care for them.

I think I might be in the same camp as you. I received the new volume 1 Bedside Reader and am not sure what to make of it.

If I’d wanted a fiction story with an engineering bent, I’d have read something by Nevil Shute

 

[Tomc938]

I've got two in my collection which may be of interest, both from 1942. The first is Shop Theory - Henry Ford trade School, and the second is Audels Machinists and Toolmaker's Handbook.
There is a lot of good info in each. Lindsay Publications did a reprint of Shop Theory, which may make it easier to find than Audi's.

Someone told me about the Ford book. I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds interesting from what I heard.