Thread: Free (legal) technical e-books site link

I came across this site in my wanderings around the web, didnt know if it had been mentioned before though..........

Mark's free (legal) technical e-books links

Many of these books are of order 100 years old but manual machining practice hasn't changed that much in that time period. Today we have CNC and better alloys. Also, back then they might be more likely to make a tool than buy one so the age of the books can be a benefit.

http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/ebooks/index.xhtml

ty tez

Originally Posted by Tez2

Many of these books are of order 100 years old but manual machining practice hasn't changed that much in that time period

say what? when was the last time you used a planer?

i came across one of those us army technical manuals in a PDF for the old SB's some good ideas in that thanks for the link to this site

My self havent used a planner since 1978.

Thanks for this link. The US army machining manual is very useful. So is their welding one, all 20 meg of it!

Fortunately, I can access this site at work ; )

Originally Posted by new_guy90

say what? when was the last time you used a planer?

I would not mind owning a planer, but I know I never will...There was a nice 6ft Rockford hydraulic went cheap in that John's Valves auction in Bendigo last year..