About the Book
An efficient, well-equipped workshop will cut costs and save valuable time at busy periods. The high cost of new farm machinery and ever-increasing repair bills create the need for a workshop on most farms and horticultural holdings.;This enlarged and revised second edition of "Farm Workshop" is a straightforward guide to establishing and running a workshop, from planning the building and selecting tools and materials, to details of workshop techniques. Numerous drawings and photographs aim to help describe virtually every piece of equipment likely to be required, its purpose and how to use it. Safety is emphasized throughout the text.;The book is intended to be of use to farmers and growers seeking to improve their repair facilities and to keep their machinery working at its best. The text is also intended to be of use to agricultural students working for nationally recognised examinations.
Table of Contents:
The farm workshop - the site and building stores safety fire prevention; workshop hand tools - spanners, screwdrivers, hammers, pliers and grips, punches, chisels, files, hacksaws, hand drill, tinships, bolt cutters, taps and dies, reamers, measuring tools, micrometers, marking tools; workshop power tools - electric and compressed air driven hand drills, bench and pillar drills, twist drills, grinders, power hacksaws and band saws, compressors, extension cables; general workshop equipment - benches, vices, shearing machines, lifting tackle, pullers, battery chargers and testers, jump leads, washers and cleaners, lubrication equipment, generators, special tools; the workshop stores - nuts and bolts, rivets, keys and pins, washers, gaskets and seals, other small items ordering spare parts; materials in the farm workshop - ferrous metals - cast iorn, steel, heat treatment of steel, identifying types of iron and steel non-ferrous metals, other materials including plastic; soldering and welding - soldering welding-manual metal arc welding, MIG and MAG welding, plasma cutting, oxy-acetylene welding and cutting, welding safety; dealing with corrosion - cleaning equipment - wire brushes, abrasive sheets, cleaners and washers, rust prevention, painting wood preservatives; farm plumbing - tools, pipe bending tools, pipe dies, pipe freezing kit, other plumbing tools, pipe fittings, plumbing with copper pipe and polythene pipe, taps, ball valves and automatic drinkers, installing pipework, frost protection; working with metal - riveting, forging, home-made tools, sheet metalwork; general repair work - problems with nuts and bolts, broken studs, screws and pins, bearings, brushes and seals, power take-off shafts, sharpening, vee-belt drives, other types of belt, chain drives, overload devices, seven pin trailer plug, electric motors, tractor and engine repairs, ruel economy, injectors, cooling, setting valve tappets, misfiring, starting problems, clutch, wheels and brakes, adding weight - water ballast, tyres, chain saw maintenance.
