Synopsis 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 From the Back Cover 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 See all Product description
S**B
Five Stars
Very good
N**O
Incredibly useful and interesting book
Incredibly useful and interesting book, especially for a beginner level millwright! I'm the sole maintenance person at a grain elevator where we store, process, package and ship soybeans, so I work on everything from old and new grain processing equipment to air compressors to robotic/pneumatic packaging equipment, and this books covers that range. As I'm learning on the job, this book is exactly what I needed and is perfect to read while I'm getting the practical experience. I imagine it would still have a lot to offer someone with years of related experience, given the range and depth it covers. I've found through asking a million questions of every coworker with any mechanical knowledge and every contractor I work with, that a lot of people may know how to make things work but not always why they work that way, so if you have interest in that this book is also useful for that.
S**Z
Must have for someone learning the trade.
I have been a industrial mechanic for over 8 years, and one thing you learn, is no matter how much you know, you don't know anything in the grand scheme of things. Learning that is the single most important thing you can do, as being over confident in your abilities, and being a "know it all" will bite you eventually. Saying that, this book helps you fill in those gaps, makes you a better mechanic, and gives you TONS of information in a well written package. If you are just getting into the trade, or a 20 year vet, this book will have something for you. Some of the guys I work with have older revisions of this book, use it all the time, and have over 30 years in the company, it really is that useful.So to summarize, never believe you have nothing else to learn, and pick up this book to round out your resources. You wont regret it.
K**D
Helped me pass my assessment test.
VERY USEFUL! I bought this to study for a assessment test for a millwright position at US Steel.
P**K
Very Little Current Information.
Has photos of 1950s era welding equipment. Speculates that mig welding might become the most popular. I should have remembered these guys from my high school days. I thought they were lame then.
Q**R
The only bad thing (for me) is that the font is pretty ...
This is very helpful book! Very simple human's language. The only bad thing (for me) is that the font is pretty small, it's understandable why, but if you use this book somewhere with low light and your vision is not so great, you probably need to use glasses or even magnifier.
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