Newnes workshop engineer's pocket book

Front Cover......Page 1
Newnes Workshop Engineer’s Pocket Book......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Part 1: Conversion Tables and Workshop Calculations......Page 19
1.2 Conversion table: millimetres to inches......Page 21
1.3 Conversion table: minutes of arc to degrees......Page 22
1.4 Circles: areas and circumferences......Page 23
1.5 Twist drills: nearest equivalent sizes......Page 24
1.6 Wire gauge equivalents......Page 31
1.7 Mensuration of plane figures......Page 32
1.8 Mensuration of solids......Page 35
1.9 Taper systems (millimetre units)......Page 38
1.10 Taper systems (inch units)......Page 40
1.11 Chordal distances on pitch circles......Page 42
1.12 Useful workshop formulae......Page 44
1.13 Solution of triangles......Page 52
1.14 Sine-bar (principle)......Page 54
1.15 Sine-bar (use of)......Page 55
1.16 Sine-bar constants (250 mm)......Page 58
1.17 Measurement over precision balls and rollers......Page 74
1.18 Measurement of external tapers......Page 75
1.19 Measurement of internal tapers......Page 80
1.20 The dividing head – simple indexing......Page 84
1.21 Differential indexing......Page 87
1.22 Helical milling......Page 88
1.23 Cam milling......Page 92
1.24 Gear trains (simple)......Page 95
1.25 Compound gear trains......Page 97
1.26 Belt drive (simple)......Page 98
1.27 Belt drive (compound)......Page 100
1.28 Typical belt tensioning devices......Page 101
Part 2: Threaded Fasteners......Page 103
2.1 Introduction to threaded fasteners......Page 105
2.2 Threaded fasteners......Page 108
2.3 ISO metric hexagon head bolts (coarse thread): preferred sizes: product grade A and B......Page 114
2.4 ISO metric hexagon head bolts (coarse thread): preferred sizes: product grade C......Page 120
2.5 Hexagon head screws (coarse thread): preferred sizes: product grade A and B......Page 123
2.6 Hexagon head screws (coarse thread): preferred sizes: product grade C......Page 130
2.8 Hexagon nuts (coarse thread) style 1: product grade A and B (preferred sizes)......Page 135
2.9 Hexagon nuts (coarse thread) style 2: product grade A and B (preferred sizes)......Page 137
2.10 Hexagon nuts (coarse thread) style 1: product grade C (preferred sizes)......Page 139
2.11 Hexagon thin nuts (chamfered) – coarse thread – product grade A and B (also known as lock-nuts)......Page 140
2.12 ISO metric hexagon head bolts (fine thread): preferred sizes: product grade A and B......Page 141
2.13 Hexagon head screws (fine thread): preferred sizes: product grade A and B......Page 144
2.15 Hexagon nuts (fine thread) style 1: product grade A and B (preferred sizes)......Page 149
2.16 Hexagon thin nuts (chamfered) – fine thread – product grade A and B (also known as lock-nuts)......Page 151
2.17 Hexagon slotted nuts and castle nuts......Page 152
2.18 Marking threaded fasteners......Page 154
2.19 ISO metric hexagon socket head screws......Page 157
2.20 ISO metric screw threads, miniature series......Page 159
2.22 ISO metric screw threads: constant pitch series......Page 160
2.23 ISO pipe thread forms......Page 162
2.24 British Standard Whitworth (BSW) bolts and nuts......Page 170
2.25 British Standard Whitworth (BSW) tapping and clearance drill sizes......Page 172
2.26 British Standard Fine (BSF) bolts and nuts......Page 173
2.27 British Standard Fine (BSF) tapping and clearance drill sizes......Page 175
2.28 ISO unified precision internal screw threads, coarse series (UNC)......Page 176
2.29 ISO unified precision external screw threads, coarse series (UNC)......Page 179
2.30 ISO unified tapping and clearance drills, coarse thread series......Page 181
2.31 ISO unified precision internal screw threads, fine series (UNF)......Page 182
2.32 ISO unified precision external screw threads, fine series (UNF)......Page 185
2.33 ISO unified tapping and clearance drills, fine thread series......Page 187
2.34 BA thread form......Page 188
2.36 Model engineering threads (55° ME)......Page 191
2.37 Model engineer clearance and trapping drills......Page 192
2.38 Friction locking devices......Page 193
2.39 Positive locking devices......Page 195
Part 3: Cutting Tools (HSS) and Abrasive Wheels......Page 199
3.1 Twist drill sizes, metric......Page 201
3.2 Gauge and letter size twist drills......Page 215
3.3 Hand reamer (normal lead)......Page 218
3.4 Long flute machine reamers......Page 220
3.5 Machine chucking reamers with Morse taper shanks......Page 221
3.6 Shell reamers with taper bore......Page 223
3.7 Hand taper pin reamer......Page 227
3.8 Counterbores with parallel shanks and integral pilots......Page 229
3.9 Counterbores with Morse taper shanks and detachable pilots......Page 232
3.10 Detachable pilots for counterbores......Page 235
3.12 Countersinks with Morse taper shanks......Page 236
3.13 Single point cutting tools: butt welded high-speed steel......Page 237
3.14 Tool bits: ground high-speed steel......Page 242
3.15 Milling cutters......Page 244
3.16 British Standard centre drill (60°)......Page 270
3.17 Engineers’ files – popular stock sizes......Page 271
3.18 Miscellaneous files......Page 273
3.19 Hacksaw blades (high-speed steel – all hard)......Page 274
3.20 Bonded abrasives......Page 276
Part 4: Miscellaneous......Page 289
4.1 Washers......Page 291
4.2 T-slot profiles......Page 306
4.3 Dimensions of T-bolts and T-nuts......Page 308
4.4 Dimensions of tenons for T-slots......Page 312
4.5 Taper pins, unhardened......Page 315
4.6 Circlips. external: metric series......Page 318
4.7 Circlips, internal: metric series......Page 322
4.8 Toroidal sealing rings (O-rings) and their housings (inch series)......Page 326
4.9 Toroidal sealing rings (O-rings) and their housings (metric series)......Page 332
4.10 Riveted Joints......Page 352
4.11 Self-secured joints......Page 360
4.12 The hardening of plain carbon steels......Page 363
4.13 Types of soft solder and soldering fluxes......Page 367
4.14 Silver solders and fluxes......Page 369
4.16 Wood screw hole sizes......Page 371
Appendix 1: BSI Standards – sales order and enquiry contacts......Page 373
Appendix 2: Library sets of British Standards in the UK......Page 380
Appendix 3: Contributing companies......Page 387
Index......Page 389