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Preface
There are many books written on the sub• number of jobbing handymen under•
Concepts of Measurement
ject of measuring and marking-out prac• taking 'one off' or prototype work that is
tice but almost all of them are for the of no interest to the larger engineering
engineering student or professional concerns.
engineer. They assume that a well• A visit to any model engineering or
organised workshop is available and it craft exhibition will show that the Every time we go into our workshop to workshop can equal, and in some cases,
contains all the necessary equipment to amateur. with his basic and sometimes produce even the smallest component. or surpass, those produced in industry but
accomplish the successful conclusion of primitive equipment, can produce part of a component, we have to do some nevertheless there is one great difference
any exercise. This book is not written for magnificent examples of engineering form of measurement. It may be e com• between the home constructor and in•
these people elthough it is hoped they craft, demonstrating that it is not the plicated exercise requiring some form of dustry. The model engineer produces all
might find something of interest in it for tools that matter but how they are used. It sophisticated equipment, or it may be a the various components of any
them. It is primarily intended as a guide is hoped that this book will not only point mundane tesk calling for nothing more mechanism himself with the whole of the
to the man who wishes to produce the way but may also help the tyro to than an ordinary rule:; occasionally judg• project being done in the one workshop,
workpieces with limited equipment. This choose tools that will best serve his pur• ment of the eye will be all that is needed, by the same pair of hands, and using the
may not only be the model engineer pose. but consciously, or unconsciously, we will same measuring equipment for all the
working away in his garden workshop but be performing some act of measuring. components.
may also apply to the ever-growing Eckington 1985. I.R.L. There are a number of books aveileble This fact completely changes the whole
on the science of measurement, or, to give concept of measurement. For example,
it its correct name, metrology. but these consider the simple cylinder and its piston.
are basically for industry rather than the In industry the designer or draughtsman
model engineer or home machinist. The would have to consider the maximum and
needs of the back garden' engineer are minimum clearance that could be allowed
totally different from those in industry and for the correct functioning of the compo•