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BillTodd:

--- Quote from: Jasonb on November 15, 2010, 12:12:39 PM ---As said the commercial kitchen worktops are as flat as we are likely to need, I measures a bit a few months ago as someone was asking on a woodworking forum about using them to flatten plane soles, over a 12" length I had less than 0.0005" movement on a DTI.

Jason

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Exactly Jason, that's the critical bit ;) You should measure it .

Lew_Merrick_PE:

--- Quote from: AdeV on November 16, 2010, 06:15:36 AM ---
I find Amazon to be invaluable in this cases. Searching for that title (as keywords) with both authors brought a couple of potential hits:

"American Machinist Grinding Book: Modern Machines and Appliances, Methods and Results" - Hardcover (1912) by Fred H. Colvin and Frank A. Stanley (I presume you meant Fred Colvin - can't find anything written by a Frank Colvin)

or

"Modern Toolmaking Methods - a Treatise on Precision Dividing and Locating Methods, Lapping, Making Forming Tools, Accurate Threading, Bench Lathe Practice, Tools for Precision Measurements, and General Toolmaking Practice" by Franklin D JONES (Hardcover - 1915)

2nd hand copies of both available in the UK, I've not tried the States.

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The first sign you're getting old is that aspirin becomes your drug of choice. The second sign is that your mind loses its grip -- that's why I stay away from terminals and airports...

Modern Toolmaking Methods is the book of which I was thinking. I had the awesome experience of sitting between Frank Jones and LeRoy Grumman at an ASME dinner meeting a long time ago. It was one of those, "I wish I could have recorded..." evenings.

Majorstrain:

--- Quote ---"Modern Toolmaking Methods - a Treatise on Precision Dividing and Locating Methods, Lapping, Making Forming Tools, Accurate Threading, Bench Lathe Practice, Tools for Precision Measurements, and General Toolmaking Practice" by Franklin D JONES (Hardcover - 1915)

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It's available to download as a PDF scanned by Google Books. Size is 11.4MB

Here is the direct link to the PDF
http://ia360625.us.archive.org/1/items/moderntoolmakin00jonegoog/moderntoolmakin00jonegoog.pdf

or the referencing page from open library.
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6577345M/Modern_toolmaking_methods

Look under the READ heading in the top right of the page.

Cheers,
Phil

Rob.Wilson:
:bugeye: 40 quid for a hard copy

I only pay'd a few quid for a first addition 10 vol set :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

I think Camden steam do a reprint

Rob

AdeV:
Rob, that's a really nice looking set. Any chance you could scan them? :lol:

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