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Tools: Hand, non-Electric and Old Time
A treatise on Belts and Pulleys
-Embracing full explanations of fundamental principles; proper disposition of pulleys; rules, formulas (1885)
Axe Manual of Pete McLaren
Barn Implements and Machines:
a practical treatise 1884
Basic Machines and How They Work
Build a Homestead Forge and Fabricate Your Own Hardware
Choosing the Correct Type of Fire Extinguishers for Your Homestead
(article)
Crosscut Saw Manual
(June 1977 Revised December 2003)
Cutting Tool Engineering Technology Transfer
October 2009 Vol 61 Issue 10
Equipping the "ideal" Homestead
in the 21st century (article)
Farm Efficiency: How it depends on efficient Equipment for living
(1916)
Farm Shop Practice
1939
Farming Technology Then & Now
(a history lesson for grades 4-6 that is well worth the read!)
Fundamentals Of Machine Tools
TC 9-524
Guideline to Buying a Used Homestead Tractor
(article)
Handy Farm Devices & How to Make Them
(1910) 308 pgs
How to Build Your Own Farm or Garden Tractor
Land Clearance Alternative Techniques for Removing Trees & Bushes
Make Your Own Farm Tractor from Salvaged Automobile Parts & Adding the Plow Attachment
(can't find this online so here it is)
Pioneer Farming Lesson 9-Tools
Precision Measuring and Gaging
OD1642
Precision Measuring Instruments
OD1401
Sharpening Small Tools
Small Workshop Compressor Plans:
Old Magneto Provides Parts for Building Small Workshop Compressor from Workshop Hints (not online anymore and I don't see a copyright, so here it is)
Soil Working Equipment-Cultivators, Animal drawn
(IS 3342 1998)
The Iron Founder:
a comprehensive treaties on the art of moulding. Including chapters on core-making; loam, dry-sand, and green-sand moulding, etc (1892)
Tools for Agriculture:
A buyer's guide to appropriate equipment Introduction 1985
Welding on the Farm:
Selecting a Welding Unit for the Farm
(article)
Welding, Cutting & Heating Guide Set-up
and safe operating procedures
Oxy-fuel Welding Equipment
Victor 244 pgs
5 Easy Homebrew Tools to Make Yourself
An Ax to Grind: A Practical Ax Manual
Apartment Workshop
by Joesph Whitehill in Popular Mechanics Jan 1952
Band Saw Operations OD1646
Barnetts Manual of Bicycle Repair
Buffalo Forge Company
(Forges, Blowers, Metal Working Machines, Wood Workers, Drills General Catalogue No 801 1929)
Care of Farm Dairy Equipment
(1965)
Construction and Efficacy of a Quartz Crystal-Tipped Hand Drill
(article)
Crosscut Saw Tools-New Tools for Old Saws
Cutting Tools: Worked by Hand and Machine
1882
Equipment for the Farm and the Farmstead
(1917)
Essential Tools and Equipment for the Small Farm
(article)
Farm Shop and Equipment
March 1953
Farming and Construction Equipment Manuals
(37 downloadable articles)
From Junkpile to Tractor for Fifty Dollars
(using Model T parts) (I can't find this online so here it is)
Handbook of the Elements
Handy Farm Devices & How to Make Them
(1996) 150 pgs
How To Look After A Regrigerator
Lathe Operations
Machine Shop Calculation OD1640
Machine Shop Tools And Methods
1905
Make Your Own Hydraulic Press
Metal Properties, Characteristics, Uses and Codes
OD1643
Milling Machine Operations
OD1644
Planning Farm Machinery Replacements
(1957)
Primitive Tools: Making and using them
Simple Working Models of Historic Machines
(easily make by the readers) 1968
Oilseed Processing for Small-Scale Producers
ATTRA 12 pgs
Smokehouses and Hog Slaughtering Equipment
(1943)
The Iron Founder
(supplement) A complete illustrated exposition of the art of casting in iron. Also, the founding of statues; the art of taking casts, pattern modelling; useful formulas and tables (1893)
Tools for Homesteaders, Gardeners and Small-Scale Farmers:
A Cataloge of Hard-to-find Implements and Equipment
Welding Operations course
OD1651
What Size Farm Tractor Do I Need?
Woodwork Tools and How to Use Them
1922
A Periodic Table of the Elements
Los Alamos National Laboratory (I cannot find this extended version (716 pgs) online and although copyrighted it states: "
The public may copy and use this information without charge
" and the notice about this copyright is in the document, so here it is)
Basic Blacksmithing:
An introduction to toolmaking with locally available materials 1993
Buying a New or Used Tractor: What to Look For
(article)
Courses of study in Agriculture and Minimum of Required Equipment
for the Farm-Life schools of North Carolina (1915)
DIY Shop Forge
Has Electric Blower
Elementary Forge Practice;
a text-book for technical and vocational schools (1917)
Farm Blacksmithing
(1910) 108pgs
Farm Machinery Housing:
with suggestions for farm shops and shop equipment (1952)
Farm Shop Equipment:
Its usefulness on California farms (Volume C443 1954)
Field Tests for the Common Mineral Elements
by George H. Roseveare Bulletin 175 University of Arizona 1966 (not online anymore, so here it is)
Handy Farm Devices & How to Make Them
(1912) 304 pgs
Home Built Spot Welder Works Three Ways
How to Select a Compact Tractor (article)
Louden Tools:
Hay unloading tools, barn and garage door hangers, dairy barn equipment, litter, feed, merchandise, and milk can carriers, horse stable equipment, cupolas, ventilators, drains, etc., hardware specialties (general catalog no. 46 Nov 1916)
MultiMachine, an open-source machine tool
Practical Mechanics
1883
Principles of Drafting and Shop Drawing
OD1641
Small-Scale Oilseed Processing
ATTRA 24 pgs
Oilseed Processing for Small-Scale Producers
ATTRA 16 pgs
Solar Powered Hand Tools
(article)
The Farmers' and Mechanics' Manual:
with many valuable tables for machinists, manufacturers, merchants, builders, engineers, masons, painters, plumbers, gardeners, accountants, etc. (1868)
The Operation, Care and Repair of Farm Machinery
(1932)
Top 20 Homesteading Tools
(article)
Two-ton Screw Press from scrap parts
Welding, Cutting & Heating Guide Set-up and safe operating procedures
(I can't seem to find this 68 page guide by Victor and don't see a copyright so here it is)