Triangulation - Applied to Sheet Metal Pattern Cutting - A Comprehensive Treatise for Cutters, Draftsmen, Foremen and Students: Progressing from the Simplest Phases of the Subject to the Most Complex Problems Employed in the Development of Sheet Metal Patterns with Practical Solutions of Numerous Problems of Frequent Occurrence in Sheet Metal Shops

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Read Books Ltd, Sep 6, 2017 - Crafts & Hobbies - 280 pages
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to triangulation as applied to sheet metal pattern cutting, originally designed for the use of cutters, draughtsmen, foremen, and students. With detailed diagrams and a wealth of useful information, this volume will be of considerable utility those with an interest in sheet metal work. Contents include: "Elementary Principles", "A Simple Transitional Fitting", "The Oblique Cone", "A Transitional Fitting From Rectangular to Round Which Makes an Offset", "A Twisted Transitional Fitting", "The Pattern for the Frustum of an Oblique Cone", "A Transitional Fitting From Oblong to Round", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work. First published in 1917.
 

Contents

A Simple Transitional Fitting
11
The Oblique Cone
16
A Transitional Fitting From Rectangular to Round Which Makes an Offset
19
A Twisted Transitional Fitting
23
The Pattern for the Frustum of an Oblique Cone
27
A Transitional Fitting From Oblong to Round
37
A TwoPronged Fitting Which Can Be Made in One Piece
40
Some Principles of Orthographic Projection as Applied to Triangulation
44
A ThreePieced Tapering Elbow
71
The Ships Ventilator
79
On the Tapering Elbow to be made in Any Number of Pieces
87
A Transitional Elbow in Rectangular Pipe
94
A Transitional Elbow From Round to Elliptical
99
The Helical Elbow
108
When It Is Required That a Round Pipe Should Join the Frustum of an Oblique Cone
118
A Branched Fitting Commonly Known as Breeches
118

The Representation of Objects Upon the Vertical Horizontal Profile and Oblique Supplemenary Planes of Projection
45
The Pattern for a Fitting Whose Ends Are Not in Parallel Planes XII The Pattern for a Fitting Whose Ends Are Not in Parallel
49
Planes Second Demonstration
55
A Transitional Elbow From Round to Rectangular
59
A Transitional Offset From Round to Rectangular
66
A Simple TwoPronged Fitting
118
A TwoPronged Fitting Whose Prongs Are Unequal
118
On the TwoPronged Fitting When It Is Required That the Prongs Radiate at a Given Angle to the Main Stem
118
On a Fitting With Any Number of Prongs XXVII The Right or Scalene Cone Considered in Securing
118
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