Shop practice for home mechanics, use of tools, shop processes, construction of small machines. Contains a chapter also on theoretical mechanics and on miscellaneous information relative to shop work
A 1920 machine-shop manual by Raymond F. Yates, published by N. W. Henley in New York for amateur mechanics working at home benches. Line diagrams show lathe setups, work held on face and angle plates, calipers measuring castings, and tool angles, labelled in hand lettering with dashed leaders, alongside halftone photographs of clamps and machine heads.
