Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades

The techniques of depositing a thin metallic layer on an object for decoration, corrosion protection, electrical conductivity, wear resistance and so on have been known for many years but have been developed and improved to a remarkable extent in the...

"Hickman's Farriery" was first published in 1977 and has since been completely revised and updated to bring it into line with the latest developments in this field. The new edition demonstrates how traditional skills can be combined with modern science...

Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Tenth Edition has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design, operation defects and failures for over 40 years. For beginners, the book provides...

Electroforming is a technique used by jewellery makers as well as ceramicists and glass artists. It allows the manufacture of delicate and/or irregular shapes that would be difficult to achieve by other means, as well as repetition pieces (using moulds),...

Illustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is the type of reference guide a collector cannot afford to pass up. Covered in this newly revised book are candy containers, Italian glass ornaments, Santa figures,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944018054Author Philip T PriestleyFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint NawccPublisher NawccWeight(grams) 1465gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626541191Author Dean JudyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm)...

'A must-have for anyone interested in working with straw and an astonishing contribution to the preservation of this endangered craft.' Jay Blades MBE, Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts An engaging makers' guide to the history and craft of straw plaiting,...

This beautiful and exciting book presents the most stunning and important Omega watches. A range of over 100 marvelous photographs, informative text, and technical details document more than 60 years of fascinating wristwatch design of one of the world's...

Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the...

This comprehensive and detailed reference guide to Rolex sports model watches is an indispensable asset to watch collectors and dealers. The only work of its kind, it covers the history of the Submariner, Sea-Dweller, Explorer, GMT-Master, Turn-O-Graph,...

OverviewWritten for the experienced engineer as well as the student, this comprehensive reference presents the fundamental aspects of jig and fixture design in a readable manner. This is a Print-On-Demand title. It replaces ISBN 978-0-8311-0211-1.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783000638787Author Patrick WeinandFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Pw-Media24Publisher Pw-Media24Weight(grams) 757gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 13mm

Reliability-centred Maintenance is a process used to determine - systematically and scientifically - what must be done to ensure that physical assets continue to do what their users want them to do. Widely recognised by maintenance professionals as the...

A revered classic of American design delights anew with the freshness and ingenuity of its approach Bradbury Thompson (1911-1995) remains one of the most admired and influential graphic designers of the twentieth century, having trained a generation of...

In this follow-up to Making Small Workshop Tools (Workshop Practice Series No.14), the former editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine presents another collection of fifteen invaluable additions to the model engineer's armoury of tools and equipment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645142006Author Benjamin A WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Aus-Rescue Pty LtdPublisher Aus-Rescue Pty LtdWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978606312Author Summer HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Priced Nostalgia PressPublisher Priced Nostalgia PressWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm)...

An indispensable resource catering to enthusiasts and collectors of Barbie (R), this extensively updated and enhanced edition presents a wealth of new visuals and meticulously updated price points, all encapsulated within a conveniently portable format. ...

The Book of Fountain Pens and Pencils illustrates and describes over 700 never before illustrated pens and pencils. This companion book to Fountain Pens and Pencils: The Golden Age of Writing Instruments will excite collectors and dealers, while...

How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is "very"! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant...

The book provides ideas and practical information easily accessible to textile students and designers, but also for people new this area. ; Advice on generating ideas and expressing them visually; A cultural and historical background to surface pattern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565238657Author B. Terry AspinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel Publishing

A celebration of Irish thatch. The picturesque, white-washed thatched cottage is an iconic emblem of Ireland. The tradition reaches back in history to the ancient crannog and one-roomed labourers' cottages. Beautiful examples of this still-living...

Amateur repairers of clocks and watches grow in number every year as they discover the delights and challenges of the horological hobby. Often an initiate will begin with one of the classic books on the craft for the professionals, published by NAG Press...

Sketching User Experiences approaches design and design thinking as something distinct that needs to be better understood-by both designers and the people with whom they need to work- in order to achieve success with new products and systems. So while...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879335509Author M. T. RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Astragal PressPublisher Astragal PressWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982400326Author Summer HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Priced Nostalgia PressPublisher Priced Nostalgia PressWeight(grams) 424g

Capture great sound in the first place and spend less time "fixing it in the mix" with Ian Corbett's Mic It! With this updated and expanded second edition, you'll quickly understand essential audio concepts as they relate to microphones and mic...

This introductory guide and valuation of the world's most legendary wristwatches includes more than 200 photographs that trace the trends of man's favorite toy - and his only socially acceptable piece of jewelry - for more than 100 years. The finely...

This practical, informative and beautifully illustrated book will be essential reading for all those with a passion for mechanical clocks. It will be of particular interest to both amateurs and professionals alike who wish to work on clock cases and...

A knife is the most basic tool, and the average adult uses a knife almost every day. Yet there are very few individually made knives in existence, and few people who know how to make knives. Step by Step Knifemaking, by master knifemaker David Boye, is...

You know shoddy: an adjective meaning cheap and likely poorly made. But did you know that before it became a popular descriptor, shoddy was first coined as a noun? In the early nineteenth century, shoddy was the name given to a new textile material made...

The ability to perform heat treatments in the home workshop can be a very useful asset, enabling you to make, repair and maintain tools, to anneal and normalize work-hardened metals, and even to create decorative finishes. Heat Treatment is a practical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723777Author Dr. Paula SellsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 1306gDimensions(mm) 276mm...

Today letterpress is in revival and widely used in books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards, letterheads and so on. Letterpress designers like Alan Kitching or Jesus Morentin crave out their names in the computer-generated design...

This book seeks to preserve the memory of the coopers skills, tracing the history of the craft and describing and illustrating how a barrel was made.About the AuthorKen Kilby is a Vice-President and founder members of the Tools and Trades History Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941064269Author Timothy RemusFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Wolfgang PublicationsPublisher Wolfgang PublicationsWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm)...

A respected equine vet and farrier have joined forces to produce this manual for trainee and working farriers. This fully updated new edition for 2022, starts with a brief history of farriery, then looks at the legalities of the job and how to control...

First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clock makers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers,...