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# Lathework: A Complete Course (Workshop Practice)

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Review: Metric, only. Overall a nice instruction book, though. - I have only just started reading it, so I only have only few comments so far: The book is all in metric. For a general introduction sold in an international market, I would expect a book to include both metric and imperial. If not, then a warning should be boldly stated. Having said that, I need to get comfortable with metric (hopefully, my backwards country will switch to metric sometime this century). And like the intro says, most things can be done with metric indicators and mics, so the imperial dials on my lathe shouldn't bother me too much. The drawings do not have tolerances on them. I always heard that a mechanical drawing is not complete without tolerances. It is a very important concept to learn. However, they DO talk about it in the text, but learning to read them from a drawing is important, too. Of the two more complicated "graduation" projects, one of them is a drill spindle to do auxiliary drilling on a part held in the lathe. I would be surprised if more than 5% of the readers of an introductory book would have a need for this. Maybe never need it. And, to use it requires skills not taught in this book - you need to build the entire superstructure to hold it (not described in the book), and buy and wire up an electric motor. End result is that 50% of the final two projects are probably not useful to the majority of users. And then the other one, I can buy much easier than go through the trouble of making it. But, I'll probably do it as an introduction to Morse and Jacobs tapers. Almost all of the earlier projects are things that will be useful around the shop, like machinist jacks, threading die holders, etc. I will very like make at least 80% of the projects in the book. It is well written and organized. Well illustrated with many drawings and many photographs. The language and style is clear and comfortable and easy to understand. I also got the Mill book 35. I'll review that when I get to it.
Review: A great book for home shop machinists - From the book. "The main aim of this book is to take the newcomer to turning from the novice stage through to an experienced beginner, achieving this by providing a range of projects each one primarily illustrating a particular process. Finally the book concludes with two guide advanced projects that will put to test the skills learnt in earlier chapters. " The book does just that. I found this book to be extremely helpful. In regard to other reviews, yes it is in metric dimensions. The author suggests using metric measuring equipment vs converting to imperial dimensions. I'm up in the air about that but I have completed two of the projects so far and I am working my way through the book. The part about checking your lathe to see if it turns parts parallel (and if it doesn't, how to dial it in) are worth the price of the book. Project #1 Having a scriber to mark out parts is great. Plus YOU made it. I now have a set of identical cylinderical squares. Thanks to project #2. Project #3 now Has my tail stock aligned within .0005" to the bore of my headstock. I really like Harold Hall's books. And I like the simple way he does things. My favorite part of the hobby is making tooling so his books are right up my alley. It's very rewarding. I can not recommend his books highly enough along with The Amatures Lathe by L H Sparey. They can really get your mind going about the endless possibilities of what you can make at home. [...] Harold also has a web site with his articles and some project drawings but the ones in the book can only be found in his books.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #862,827 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #333 in Metal Work (Books) #5,145 in How-to & Home Improvements |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (388) |
| Dimensions  | 5.75 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1854862308 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1854862303 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 196 pages |
| Publication date  | January 1, 2003 |
| Publisher  | Specialist Interest Model Books ltd |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Metric, only. Overall a nice instruction book, though.
*by A***R on January 16, 2020*

I have only just started reading it, so I only have only few comments so far: The book is all in metric. For a general introduction sold in an international market, I would expect a book to include both metric and imperial. If not, then a warning should be boldly stated. Having said that, I need to get comfortable with metric (hopefully, my backwards country will switch to metric sometime this century). And like the intro says, most things can be done with metric indicators and mics, so the imperial dials on my lathe shouldn't bother me too much. The drawings do not have tolerances on them. I always heard that a mechanical drawing is not complete without tolerances. It is a very important concept to learn. However, they DO talk about it in the text, but learning to read them from a drawing is important, too. Of the two more complicated "graduation" projects, one of them is a drill spindle to do auxiliary drilling on a part held in the lathe. I would be surprised if more than 5% of the readers of an introductory book would have a need for this. Maybe never need it. And, to use it requires skills not taught in this book - you need to build the entire superstructure to hold it (not described in the book), and buy and wire up an electric motor. End result is that 50% of the final two projects are probably not useful to the majority of users. And then the other one, I can buy much easier than go through the trouble of making it. But, I'll probably do it as an introduction to Morse and Jacobs tapers. Almost all of the earlier projects are things that will be useful around the shop, like machinist jacks, threading die holders, etc. I will very like make at least 80% of the projects in the book. It is well written and organized. Well illustrated with many drawings and many photographs. The language and style is clear and comfortable and easy to understand. I also got the Mill book 35. I'll review that when I get to it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book for home shop machinists
*by T***B on July 11, 2016*

From the book. "The main aim of this book is to take the newcomer to turning from the novice stage through to an experienced beginner, achieving this by providing a range of projects each one primarily illustrating a particular process. Finally the book concludes with two guide advanced projects that will put to test the skills learnt in earlier chapters. " The book does just that. I found this book to be extremely helpful. In regard to other reviews, yes it is in metric dimensions. The author suggests using metric measuring equipment vs converting to imperial dimensions. I'm up in the air about that but I have completed two of the projects so far and I am working my way through the book. The part about checking your lathe to see if it turns parts parallel (and if it doesn't, how to dial it in) are worth the price of the book. Project #1 Having a scriber to mark out parts is great. Plus YOU made it. I now have a set of identical cylinderical squares. Thanks to project #2. Project #3 now Has my tail stock aligned within .0005" to the bore of my headstock. I really like Harold Hall's books. And I like the simple way he does things. My favorite part of the hobby is making tooling so his books are right up my alley. It's very rewarding. I can not recommend his books highly enough along with The Amatures Lathe by L H Sparey. They can really get your mind going about the endless possibilities of what you can make at home. [...] Harold also has a web site with his articles and some project drawings but the ones in the book can only be found in his books.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Slow shipping, good condition on arrival
*by D***N on August 12, 2025*

The initial shipping estimate of a couple weeks was way off. I ordered two books on July 2 and they arrived today, August 11. It took 27 days to make the shipping label, another week until the package got to a shipping partner and two more days, a total of 9, before USPS got the package. Actual shipping was only 4 days. The books did arrive in excellent condition, no complaints. No comments on the content except to say that it will not help a home hobbyist set up a lathe initially. Several good topics on how to use the lathe are outlined in a format similar to the other Hall books.

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