Hola, SuperForest!
A few years back I got my grubby paws on a copy of Lindsay’s Technical Books Catalog, and my life has never been the same since.
With the knowledge contained within this catalog, you could build and operate your own machine shop by hand.
First, you build yourself an aluminum smelting charcoal foundry out of an old bucket. Then, one by one, you cast the parts needed to make a metal lathe. You use the metal lathe to make a drill press, then both machines to build a metal shaper, then use everything to build a metal milling machine. And on and on!
And what do you use to make all of these wonderful toys?
(image via schools.nlsd.org)
Melted aluminum cans!
That’s right. Using only some old cans and your smart hominid mind you can build yourself a working metal shop, all with the help of Lindsay’s technical books. If this sounds like an ad, it totally is. I love these old coots and the science they’re handing down, but they don’t have to pay me a penny to say so.
Check out Lindsay’s Technical Books.
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