Patternmaker's Manual (Download)

Patternmaker's Manual (Download)

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Product No: PM8600; ISBN: 978-0-87433-351-0

Published: 1986; Reprinted: 1994, 2006, 2008, 2011

The classic “Patternmaker's Manual” serves as a handy reference for practicing patternmakers or as an instructional text for students. It is a unique publication containing a wealth of information that cannot be obtained in any other single reference. Contains 25 chapters, 15 appendices.

Keywords: Patternmaking, Education, Training, Basics

Contents

  • 1. Apprentice Patternmaker Training
  • 2. Safety in the Pattern Ship
  • 3. Patternmaking Equipment
  • 4. Selection of Lumber for Wood Patterns
  • 5. Supplementary Pattern Materials
  • 6. Descriptive Elementary Projects
  • 7. Pattern Allowances
  • 8. Wood Pattern Construction
  • 9. Pattern Coatings and Release Agents
  • 10. Pattern Material Wear Studies
  • 11. Tooth Gearing Patterns
  • 12. The Marine Propeller
  • 13. Pattern Construction with Plaster and Gypsum Cement
  • 14. Plastics in Patternmaking
  • 15. Production Pattern Equipment
  • 16. Coreboxes
  • 17. Coreblowing Equipment
  • 18. Engineering Aids for Sealing Coreboxes against Blow-by
  • 19. Use of Machine Tools in Wood Patternmaking
  • 20. Use of Machine Tools in Metal Patternmaking
  • 21. Photoengraving as a Patternmaking Technique
  • 22. Pattern Equipment for Centrifugal Casting of Large Irregular Tubes
  • 23. Manufacture of Engineered Castings
  • 24. Pattern Storage
  • 25. Basic Pattern Layout