Everything you always wanted to know about metal/shop tools

[Christian]

but where afraid to ask

Bought a second hand lathe recently and while looking for info I stumbled across these army handbooks in PDF format. All downloadable for free, and they print out great. I'm of course interested in the lathe chapter (wich pretty much is a "lathe for dummies" course in 68 pages), but Appendix A: tables is full of invaluable reference info, I'm gonna print that out and wallpaper my shop with.

http://metalworking.com/tutorials/ARMY-TC-9-524/9-524-index.html

[plan9]

excellant site, thanks for posting it ,, i bet you could find the real thing for dirt cheap at a GUN SHOW...

[yorgatron]

wow,thanks for digging that up.i've had a lathe for years but i'm still a rank amateur-george

[Bruce Lancaster]

BTTT--I think practically everyone needs to see this, and the section of tables of drill&tap sizes and such is wonderful.
By the way, Christian, didn't you post a story about a problem with a certain domestic machine tool that went haywire a couple of years ago, spattering your kitchen...everyone wants to see that again...

[CTFuzz]

Neat site!........thanks

CT.