Tool & Cutter Sharpening: No. 38 (Workshop Practice Series)

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This well written book is an excellent introduction to the subject of tool and clutter grinding. It has good advice for those with a humble bench grinder to those aspiring to a dedicated precision setup. The writing style is clear and grammatically sound, however those who have grown up with modern, informal (lightweight) communication may find they have to concentrate a little harder..! The value in this style of writing is that a lot of information is conveyed efficiently. Although a modern readership may have come to expect full colour photos and 3D renderings, the monochrome pictures and diagrams do the job well enough if one remembers that it is the advice and technical content which is important, not how good it looks on the coffee table..! A good, compact, and valuable book at a very (very) reasonable price. Well worth it..!

Bought as a set for my garage workshop, great little book full of useful information.

If you want to sharpen your own drills, lathe tools and milling cutters then this is the book for you. Clear diagrams and good hints.It's weak on woodworking tools so I'd go elsewhere if that's what you want to do.As another reviewer say's the book with apostrophe's s'cattered all over the place is'in dire need of proofreading and sentence's are often muddled up.If you can make sense of the last sentence then you'll be alright.

Having tried to sharpen drills and lathe tools on the bench grinder in the past without having much of a clue what I was doing I can now see why the results were less than satisfactory. This book explains all you need to know, it's more complicated than it looks. The book covers sharpening of all the tools encountered in the home workshop, not just drills and lathe tools, but also milling cutters, slitting saws and woodworking tools to. For less than the price of one decent cutter it should repay the investment in no time at all. Oh, and all the pages were correct in my copy.

Just what I needed to confirm what I knew and tell me what I didn't. Only criticism is that most times whan a photo or diagram was referred to it was on another page. Sometimes, several pages away. Some diagrams were difficult to work out.

Very useful and informative book - except that I bought it hoping for advice on sharpening a tool-bit for a flycutter, and it is silent on this topic! Otherwise it's a mine of very useful information, and a valuable addition to my technical library.

Small gift for the father and his never ending collextion