Been a long time now but I hunted a lot of stuff down via googlie and search terms like lathe and .pdf (dot pdf)

Then I trawled through a load of frog sites to find the nuggets of gold

A small change in search terms can generate a lot of decent results sometimes, just takes time

edit: There's also a bunch of dvds on ebay where the free stuff has been downloaded and only costs a few quid

Edited By Ady1 on 17/01/2018 01:50:03

I second that !!

I have my own two volume bible to refer to as I am wholly self taught and most of my machining knowledge came from this book.
It’s called Machine shop practice by Karl Hans Moltrecht.
It’s an American book with lots of b+w photos of machines and set ups.
Date in the front shows 1979 but the photos look 1960s to me.
I always consult it before embarking on a new project.
Another fantastic book is Machine shop trade serets by James A Harvey another american tome. First printed in 2004 its much more up to date and full of hints and tips gathered by the writer over 30 years of journeyman machining. A lot of his work looks at speeding up monotonous work to make earning his money easier, but its all relevant and downright clever.
Never far away from me to look at and realise how much I have yet to learn.

And again for Moltrecht.

Mike