We think you’ll find what you are looking for in our large selection of books and DVDs for home shop machinists. Interested in live steam? Stirling engines? Kozo’s books? Rudy Kouhoupt DVDs and books? How about Jose Rodriguez videos? We’ve got you covered! We have a good selection of titles with machining projects. These include milling machine projects, lathe projects and mini-lathe projects, shaper projects, and more!
Here at Artisan Ideas you will find a large range of publications. They are selected to appeal to all machinists, from beginners to the experienced. Books and DVDs on hobby projects, shop tooling, and machining procedures will help you get the most out of our hobby.
So whether it’s model live steam locomotive plans you are interested in, or honing your skills on the milling machine, we always try to have something on our shelves that will help you.
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INSTRUMENTS OF AMPLIFICATION BY H.P. FRIEDRICHS: FUN WITH HOMEMADE TUBES, TRANSISTORS, AND MORE
$21.95Softcover, 300 pages, 150 photos
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BUILDING THE RIO GRANDE K-27 VOLUME 1 BY KOZO HIRAOKA
$69.95The Building the Rio Grande K 27 Volume 1 is a large hardcover book based on long-running serial in Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading magazine. The publishers say “this is the most comprehensive text on building a live steam locomotive ever published“.
Hardcover, 400 pages
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The Gunsmith Machinist Set by Steve Acker: Books I and II
Original price was: $86.00.$81.00Current price is: $81.00.Obtain both hardcovervolumes at a savings!
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The Home Shop Readers’ Tip Books 1 and 2 by The Home Shop Machinist
Original price was: $13.90.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.Purchase both together and save!
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WORKING STEAM ENGINES: PLAN SETS BY RUDY KOUHOUPT
$19.95Working Steam Engines: Plan Sets by Rudy Kouhoupt provides detailed plans for the Walking Beam Engine, Model Marine Engine, Open Column Steam Engine, Model Mill Engine, Enclosed Crank Steam Engine, and a Model Horizontal Steam Engine. The content exclusively consists of drawings to assist you in constructing these diverse engines.
Spiralbound, 104 pages, illustrated.
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Steam and Stirling Set: Engines You Can Build (Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
Original price was: $129.00.$103.25Current price is: $103.25.Hardcover, 576 total pages, illustrated
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BASIC VISE WORK HOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR THE MODEL 3960 MINI MILL WITH JOSE RODRIGUEZ (DVD)
$19.95Basic Milling Vice Work Holding Techniques. Universal DVD, 33 minutes
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The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye
$46.00The Electromechanical Arts of Weston Bye is comprised of seventeen articles of varying length by Weston Bye, writing under his nom-de-plume of ‘The Mechatronist’ in The Home Shop Machinist and Digital Machinist magazines between 2003 and 2013.
Hardcover, 224 pages, color photos
