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OverviewThe 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 normalise work-hardened metals, and even to create decorative finishes. Heat Treatment is a practical guide to this valuable range of workshop techniques and how to employ them safely and effectively. Featuring step-by-sep photography throughout, this book covers : . An overview of metals and their properties . Building a heat treatment oven for the home workshop . A practical guide to case hardening, flame hardening and tempering . Annealing and normalising techniques . Decorative finishes with colour case hardening, oil blacking and enamelling AUTHOR: Richard Lofting has been working with old machinery most of his life. He regularly writes in Tractor & Farming Heritage magazine and Heritage Commercials magazine, demonstrating repair techniques associated with these older vehicles and the correct procedures that should be followed. This is his fourth book for Crowood. 291 colour photographs Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard LoftingPublisher: The Crowood Press Ltd Imprint: The Crowood Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 21.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 26.00cm Weight: 0.662kg ISBN: 9781785004414ISBN 10: 1785004417 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 18 July 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRichard Lofting has been working with old machinery most of his life. He regularly writes in Tractor and Farming Heritage Magazine and Heritage Commercials Magazine, demonstrating repair techniques associated with these older vehicles and the correct procedures that should be followed. This is his fourth book for Crowood. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |