Danny Proulx's 50 Shop-Made Jigs & Fixtures

Book Description

Woodworkers take great pride in building shop-made jigs and fixtures that showcase their skill and craft. Now, in his final book, the late master woodworker, Danny Proulx offers a look into the jigs and fixture techniques perfected in his more than 30 years of woodworking experience in a book that includes:

-50 projects, each of which can be completed using scrap wood and simple hardware

-Step-by-step photos with clear, concise text and enlarged technical drawings for ease of reference

-An inclusive approach, allowing projects to be adapted to different brands of tools

Teaching woodworking tools a new trick or two is easy with the hints and insights in this book!

Customer Reviews:

You can't go wrong........2006-10-16

Make your woodshop safer and more effective by producing jigs and fixtures to work with in 50 SHOP-MADE JIGS & FIXTURES: JIGS AND FIXTURES FOR EVERY TOOL IN YOUR SHOP. All featured jigs can be easily made by even novice woodworkers, and can help with everything from sawing to routing. Advanced jigs even include a band saw fence that adjusts for blade drift, and a adjustable miter-gauge fence. Color photos accompany every step of the process, so you can't go wrong.

Diane C. Donovan
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The Metal Lathe (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap)

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Doesn't get any better than this.....
Interesting old-time approach to building stuff
Yes, you can build an accurate lathe
Clear, witty instructions for building your own metal lathe
An excellent tutorial for building a working lathe.

The Metal Lathe (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap)
David Gingery
Manufacturer: David J Gingery
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Customer Reviews:

Doesn't get any better than this............2004-04-12

One reviewer knocked this book for lack of color photos, "very" home-made look, 19th century approach, and requiring many hours of work, all true, and all total irrelevant, showing a total lack or understanding of the "spirit" of Gingery's books. Gingery's in his series and in the Lathe book, take you through many time honored, and nearly lost techniques of metal working. Just think of what you will learn, foundry work, metal casting, scrapping, drilling, machining. You actually can build a Lathe that is just as accurate as any comercial lathe on the market, it is (if properly built) a precision Lathe (.001) that you have made yourself. In fact the lathe will help to build itself, the only machine that can do that. If you are a very good scrounger you could make this for next to nothing. Sure you could go out and buy a small Mini-lathe, but then think of all the things you could learn by making it yourself. Not to mention, any accessory you can dream of, you can make yourself. My lathe is about 2/3 done, and I've learned more than I thought possible. Gingery's books are small and well written, very curt and to the point, but complete. All you need to know is there. Read carefully, he does not make a big deal of some of the most important parts, so skip a sentence and you'll miss a lot....

Interesting old-time approach to building stuff.......2003-01-26

This one of six books by the author, each building upon the previous one. The text details how to build your own metal lathe with a minimum of ready-made parts, based primarily on aluminum castings you make yourself (as shown in Book #1 of the series).

I did not build the lathe, but I did read this and his "How to Build A Milling Machine" book. The author takes the approach of using 19th century techniques and designs, showing how to emulate them with today's hardware store components. Sadly, the books lack any color photos. There are tons of drawings, and a couple of moderately clear black and white photos.

While interesting, the machines seem to appear VERY home-made when complete. It is also clear that many, many hours are required in the construction.

Although I did find the author's "can do" approach encouraging, I think you'd be better off saving your money for a ready-made lathe...

Yes, you can build an accurate lathe.......1999-10-04

Dave's books are fantastic. I have built the charcoal foundry, lathe, milling machine and electric furnace, and had a great time doing it. These books will teach you the common sense approach to metalworking and inspire you to do much more than you thought possible in the home shop.

Clear, witty instructions for building your own metal lathe.......1999-09-20

I bought the whole series of Gingery metalworking books, and have learned an unbelievable amount from all of them. I've build the furnace (although mine is powered by propane) and have nearly completed the construction of the lathe. Gingery (pronounced with hard g's, by the way, as in "gruff") writes with a down-to-earth style that makes it feel like your uncle or grandfather is sitting in the room with you, sharing his wisdom. The pithy writing style gave me more than one good chuckle as Gingery describes some mistake he made and what he learned from it during the writing of the books. Highly recommended!

An excellent tutorial for building a working lathe........1998-12-16

As a follow up to the excellent book, "Build Your Own Charcoal Foundry", David Gingery shows you how to use the foundry developed in the previous book to build an inexpensive working lathe. His clear step by step instructions make it easy to follow.

Charcoal Foundry (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap Book 1)

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Sand Casting condensed
Even easier than he makes it seem
Almost perfect book for beginner
a gem in the rough
A fun start to sand casting

Charcoal Foundry (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap Book 1)
David J. Gingery
Manufacturer: David J. Gingery Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Customer Reviews:

Sand Casting condensed.......2005-09-19

I'm using this book as a textbook for my metal casting class. There is much more to learn about casting than this book covers but it's still a great introduction to the basics of sandcasting.

Even easier than he makes it seem.......2004-01-08

This is Book 1 of a seven book series. I've only completed this one so far and it was even easier than I thought it would be. Gingery is obviously a hands-on type person and, while very knowledgeable, not very clear in some of his instructions and in the overall structure of the book. For instance, it took me two tries to fire the lid of my furnace because the difference between "curing" and "vitrifying" were not made sufficiently clear (fortunately it was just a matter of crumbling the first try up and adding more water). He also talks several times about "hair dryer hoses" and it took me a couple weeks to realize he was talking about an obsolete type of dryer that was available when he first wrote the book, back in the early 80s.

That said, this is not necessarily all bad. By poring over the whole book again and again, trying things out, going back to the book and doing research elsewhere, I learned a lot more than if he'd handed it all to me on a platter. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to try "something different" that was also cheap. It's really not hard to do--a friend could help you get it all done in a weekend. The only real difficulty is getting one's mind around new concepts and obtaining items you may never have even known existed before.

Almost perfect book for beginner.......2002-11-09

This is a wonderful book that is the first in the "Build a Metal Working Shop From Scrap" series. It goes over basic foundry processes and materials and finally the building and operation of a Charcoal fired furnace for melting aluminum. I built a furnace out of a garbage can from this book, but I haven't fired it yet. Unfortunately, the charcoal burns with a lot of smoke and there are a lot of ashes left over when you are done. Even with the disadvantages of the dirtyness, it is easier to work with than gas.

a gem in the rough.......2002-02-20

An amazing testament to one man's creativity and hard work, and an inspiration to other budding machinists and tinkerers. The instructions are relatively easy to follow, but be aware that the production values (lay out, graphics, editting) are quite rough.

A fun start to sand casting.......2001-05-31

David Gingery's charcoal foundry book is a fun place to start thinking about sand casting of metals. This book on the charcoal foundry is more like a "letter from a friend" describing his experience with metal casting. It is *not* a reference-material textbook on industrial foundries. Instead, it's a fun and accessible introduction to doing small "hobbyist" or "prototype" sandcasting.

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This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject of sculptured surface machining in terms of user needs, CAM software solutions and theoretical research results and issues. State-of-the-art capabilities of the best commercial CAM systems are compared to user needs, and advanced academic research is presented.
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Bandsaw Guide Book

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Bandsaw Guide Book.......2007-07-21

This is a must have book for anyone who uses a bandsaw. If you ever had a problem with your saw this book will help fix it!

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Roycroft Furniture & Collectibles: Identification & Value Guide (Identification and Value Guide)

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Top notch!!
Roycroft Furnitiure & Collectibiles

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This book is the most comprehensive guide to ever be published on this subject. The Roycrofters produced illustrated hand-bound books, Mission-style furniture, lamps, metal ware of black iron, copper, and bronze, as well as glass, ceramics, and leather. The furniture was mostly oak with hand-forged hinges, handles, and decorative but functional hardware. Divided into three sections, this collector's guide features not only Roycroft furniture but also books and copper and leather craft items. Hundreds of Roycroft items are illustrated that have recently been sold on the auction block, and all prices realized are given. AUTHORBIO: Larry Koon has published two titles with Collector Books, Roycroft Furniture Collectibles and Stickley Brothers Furniture. He is also the author of Lee Middleton Original Dolls Price Guide, published by Hobby House Press, and Annalee Mobilitee Dolls Price Guide, for Portfolio Press. He writes a week antiques column for the Marietta Times newspaper in Marietta, Ohio. REVIEW: This book ishas been long anticipated by collectors, and is sure to please. Large detailed photographs of Roycroft furniture, books, and craft items are featured. Histories of the Roycroft Chapel, Inn, foundry shipping building, copper shop, bank, blacksmith shop, plant, and book bindery are covered.

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Top notch!!.......2005-04-15

Excellent book. Very informative. Use the "Look inside this book" link for this book and view the gorgeous color pictures. Would recommend highly.

Roycroft Furnitiure & Collectibiles.......2004-04-11

This is one of the best books to ever be published on RoycroftFurniture. it not only lists furniture but hundreds of other items produced by roycroft and sold for top dollar on the auction block. and lists the auction houses that sold the items, this book deserves more than five stars, great book , and excellent author, worth much more than its retail price,,

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