For apprentices and amateur metalworkers

This book is a practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more. Well-illustrated with concise technical diagrams, tables, and black and white photos, you ll learn all the tricks and gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork that will become second nature over the course of your career as a metalworker.

Importance of proper practices

Not only are these proper practices essential knowledge to get started in the industry, but they will also save you spoiled work and tools.