Thomas B. Da

Find the answer every time

Here, in concise, straightforward language, is the guidebook your father trusted, completely overhauled and updated for the first time in three decades. Clearly organized to help you find what you need, it covers tools, drawing and sketching, measuring and connecting, installation, bearings, motor maintenance, electrical devices, structural steel, and more. Everything about the newest equipment is here, as well as information vital to maintaining the older machinery still found in many shops.
* Apply the right method of installation for various types of machinery and equipment
* Install, repair, and maintain chain drives and V-belt drives
* Perform preventive and predictive motor maintenance
* Understand and maintain wet and dry pipe sprinkler systems
* Troubleshoot and repair pumps, air compressors, fans, and blowers
* Create and use sheet metal patterns
* Sharpen hand saws, band saws and circular saws