In demanding model making, the use of a machine tool is usually indispensable. With the lathe, workpieces can be machined safely and with the advantage of repeat accuracy.
Jurgen Eichardt, who can look back on a long experience as a "hogger", addresses this two-volume technical book to the already experienced model maker who wants to improve his work results step by step and use the many possibilities of a lathe for himself.
Volume 1 begins by covering general requirements for bench lathes, how to care for and improve work equipment, tools and materials, preparation for turning, and safety during work. In addition, the usual working methods, such as face turning, sliding headstock turning, turning between centers, and grooving and parting off are described in more detail. Jurgen Eichardt takes the reader with him into his hobby workshop and teaches him to marvel at the tiny prototypical model parts.
Numerous drawings, mostly to scale, photographs of tools and finished model parts as well as important technical tables complete the "ABC of the hobby turner".
