Book - Dividing Tools and Techniques

Dividing Tools and Techniques - Hardback Book

By Alexander du Pre

• Hardback book
• 128 pages
• 212 colour photographs, 29 diagrams and step-by-step instructions.

A comprehensive hardback book, packed with illustrations, how to guides, dedicated to the practice of the essential workshop practise of dividing.

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 explains 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 and finally a range of case studies to show application of practical techniques.

Topics covered include

• Dividing methods.
• Dividing on the lathe.
• Using the dividing head.
• The rotary table.
• Electronic dividing methods.
• Range of case studies with practical applications.

Illustrated throughout.