Thanks to all for the great help on "how to" books. I have looked up articles and ordered books.
Another area that seems to be lacking is metal and machine shop layout. I find tons of stuff on wood shop layout but little on metal shop design.
By the way, my dad went to high school in L.A. in and industrial arts high school. His senior project was to design and build a three cylinder radial steam engine. We used to fire it up when we were kids. It stood about 10" tall with its turned oak base and its brass flywheel. We also looked through his notes and were impressed. Too bad there are not more of those classes available today for young people.
Jim
Another area that seems to be lacking is metal and machine shop layout. I find tons of stuff on wood shop layout but little on metal shop design.
By the way, my dad went to high school in L.A. in and industrial arts high school. His senior project was to design and build a three cylinder radial steam engine. We used to fire it up when we were kids. It stood about 10" tall with its turned oak base and its brass flywheel. We also looked through his notes and were impressed. Too bad there are not more of those classes available today for young people.
Jim