商品簡介
This book provides information on some 300 American builders of planers, shapers, and slotters operating throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, and includes some 1,000 b&w illustrations of products from original catalogs and contemporary periodicals. Numerous machine accessories are also identified and illustrated. A glossary defines terms used in describing the various types of planers, shapers, and slotters and provides illustrations that help identify individual parts of machines. Cope is a machine tool and automation systems design consultant. There is no subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)