Product Review

This great book is an absolute must have for any Engineer, Draftsman or Mechanical drawing Student studying old style drawing techniques! This excellently written & illustrated book is a fantastic information source on technical drawing and mechanical design!

The object of this book is to enable the beginner to learn to make simple mechanical drawings without the aid of an instructor, and to create an interest in the subject by giving examples such as the machinist meets with in his every-day workshop practice.

It is the numerous inquiries from working machinists for a book of this kind that have led the author to its production, which he hopes and believes will meet the want thus indicated, giving to the learner a sufficiently practical knowledge of mechanical drawing to enable him to proceed further by copying such drawings as he may be able to obtain, or by the aid of some of the more expensive and elaborate books already published on the subject.

This book consists of fifteen chapters on everything you need to start self-taught mechanical drawing today. Includes over 325 different illustrations of mechanical drawings!

Chapters include.....

CHAPTER I - THE DRAWING BOARD
CHAPTER II - THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER III - LINES AND CURVES
CHAPTER IV - SHADOW LINES AND LINE-SHADING
CHAPTER V - MARKING DIMENSIONS
CHAPTER VI - THE ARRANGEMENT OF DIFFERENT VIEWS
CHAPTER VII - EXAMPLES IN BOLTS, NUTS AND POLYGONS
CHAPTER VIII - SCREW THREADS AND SPIRALS
CHAPTER IX - EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE
CHAPTER X - PROJECTIONS
CHAPTER XI - DRAWING GEAR WHEELS
CHAPTER XII - PLOTTING MECHANICAL MOTIONS
CHAPTER XIII - EXAMPLES IN LINE-SHADING AND DRAWING FOR LINE-SHADED ENGRAVINGS
CHAPTER XIV - SHADING AND COLORING DRAWINGS
CHAPTER XV - EXAMPLES OF ENGINE WORK