976-80 - Dividing Tools and Techniques
A new practical guide to dividing (indexing) in the workshop. Whether new to the process or looking to enhance your skills, this book will introduce you to a range of dividing methods and explains how to achieve the best results both with and without specialist dividing tools. With step-by-step instructions and photography throughout, this new book will help you achieve maximum versatility from a limited range of tooling, with methods that are applicable to other machining operations.
Dividing with the 'coordinate method' and using the lathe.
Dividing with gears and dividing plates.
Using the dividing head, the rotary table and the spin indexer.
Electronic dividing methods.
Illustrative diagrams.
A range of case studies to show application of practical techniques.
