Building Simple Model Steam Engines (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

Building Simple Model Steam Engines (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

The sheer simplicity of miniature oscillating steam engines has an enduring fascination for all marine and model engineers. This book shows how to build four model steam engines and features designs and plans that even a beginner will be able to

Building Simple Model Steam Engines (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

Since the publication of the first book, the author has designed and built several more engines ranging from a delightful little turbine to a larger engine in the style of the magnificent 'Steam Engines of the Highest Class' offered by toymakers before WW1. Fully detailed methods of construction

Simple Workshop Devices (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

Tubal Cain, who has enjoyed more than sixty years experience in designing and building engines and machines (in both full size and model scale) shares his experiences of making 52 ancillary lathe

Drills, Taps and Dies (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

In this book, Tubal Cain discusses drills and drilled holes and threading with taps and dies, primarily by hand. Imperial and metric sizes plus conversions are included together with all standard thread gauges, sharpening

Building a Portable Steam Engine: A Guide for Model Engineers (Webster Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Thispractical guide to constructing a model of 'the Lampitt'portable steam engine is essential reading for any model engineer with limited experience who wishes to build a model capable of carrying out real workThis practical, instructional book describes the construction of a model of 'the

Making Simple Model Steam Engines (Bray Stan)(Pevná vazba)

This book details the construction of a range of simple miniature steam engines and boilers. The projects, each of which can be completed with only a basic workshop, range from a single-acting oscillator to more sophisticated twin-cylinder double-acting engines and a variety of boilers. A final

Model Engineer's Handbook (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

This third edition comprises a compilation of tables, facts, procedures and data that the author has found invaluable in his model engineering activities including the use of data and calculations in both imperial and SI units. The book also contains helpful explanations of the hows and whys of

Spring Design and Manufacture (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

Few mechanics are entirely devoid of springs of one sort or another, but satisfactory operation rests on details such as spring strength and degree of movement. This book explains the property of each type of spring, plus essential materials and

Hardening, Tempering and Heat Treatment (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

A comprehensive exposition of the structure of steels and the effects of different heat treatments, particularly in respect of tools. With accurate colour temperature

Milling Operations in the Lathe (Cain Tubal)(Paperback / softback)

This book is a thorough and practical discourse on how to use the lathe for all types of milling work. Next to turning, the most valuable use of the lathe is for milling operations, either using the lathe itself to drive the cutters or by extending its scope by adding a separate milling

Bluebell Railway Recollections (Leppard Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Within this series there are, for example, tank engines, steam engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties besides! Some of these will be recognised both by young and older readers alike while others will be seen for the first

British Steam Fire Engines (Henderson Ronald)(Paperback)

This is the fascinating story of the development of early British steam fire engines by a renowned expert on emergency services vehicles and equipment. Ronald Henderson, a member of the Fire Brigade Society and an expert on steam engines, covers the history of the early inventions that coupled

Difference Engine (Gibson William)(Paperback / softback)

'A visionary steam-powered heavy metal fantasy. Gibson and Sterling create a high-Victorian virtual reality of extraordinary richness and detail' Ridley Scott, creator of

Indelicacy (Cain Amina)(Paperback / softback)

Cain (Saramago Jose)(Paperback / softback)

Truth Street (Cain David)(Paperback / softback)

Quiet Journal (Cain Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Competition Engine Building (Baechtel John)(Paperback)

The photos in this edition are black and white. The needs of a true competition engine are quite different than those of the engine under the hood of a typical commuter car. From the basic design needs, to the base component materials, to the sizes of the flow-related hardware, to the precision of

Introducing Model Traction Engine Construction (Haining John)(Paperback / softback)

The doyen of traction engine modelling explains and illustrates what is involved in the construction of working steam models (including workshop processes and tools needed) and outlines the history and variety of such

Four-Step Watercolour - 150 Skill-Building Projects to Paint (Bakasova Marina)(Paperback / softback)

An inspiring collection of subjects to paint in just four simple

Infinity Engine (Asher Neal)(Paperback / softback)

Mortal Engines (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

Serenade (Cain James M.)(Paperback / softback)

'Cain has established a formidable reputation of furious pace, harsh and masterful realism, tough, raw speech right out of the mouths of the people' SATURDAY

Multi-engine Piston (Robson David)(Paperback / softback)