1943 How to Run Planers and Shapers – Tools, Typical Operations – reprint
Planers and Shapers: Construction, How to Run, Tools, Typical Operations, by John T. Shuman, originally published by the American Technical Society, Chicago, Ill., 1943. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Leesburg, VA, 2003. 5½ x 8½ softcover, 43 pages. Here is another excellent example of the training material that was created for the World War II industrial mobilization. Apparently the American Technical Society took its excellent eight-volume series, Machine Shop Work, extracted the sections most important to basic industrial metal-working processes, and issued a series of small booklets, of which this is one. Table of Contents: Planers How to Operate a Planer Clamping Accessories Planer Tools — Grinding and Setting Cutting Tools for Planers Care of a Planer Clamping Accessories Planer Tools — Grinding and Setting Shapers How to Operate a Shaper Methods of Holding Work Speed and Feed Suggestions for Shaper Work Care of a Shaper Please note that this is a PHOTOCOPIED reproduction of the 1948 original. The accompanying images were scanned from a reprint, not the original.
