Sustainable Manufacturing
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How to Make a Treadle-Operated Wood-Turning Lathe
This machine would be a useful addition to any woodwork shop, enabling new products to be made without the use of electricity. It could be the basis for a village industry, and can be built by most small metal workshops and blacksmiths.
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How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a: Try square, Bevel square, Marking gauge , Cutting gauge, Mortise gauge, Panel gauge, Mallet, Bow drill, Bow saw, Coping saw, Fret saw and Hack saw.
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Scrap Metal Recovery
A case study of the development of a small business in Papua New Guinea involved in recovering a range of scrap, non-ferrous metals. An income-generating opportunity for hundreds of shanty town dwellers.
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Small-scale Soapmaking
Provides instructions on small-scale soap production methods. A practical introduction, with many illustrations, based on the author's experiences in Ghana.
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How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work
Gives full details on how to build and use a versatile machine for working sheet metal
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How to Make a Rolling Machine for Sheet Metal Work
This manual describes how to build a machine for rolling sheet metal into curves and cylinders and gives full dimensions and assembly instructions.
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How to Make Cutting Shears for Sheet Metal
This manual, which gives full dimensions, describes the making of a machine which would be basic equipment for any workshop producing items in sheet metal, items such as water troughs, fuel tanks, stove pipes, vehicles, and agricultural equipment.
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Managing Resources
The first three books of this series cover research, planning and pretesting of material, the design and production of artwork, and information about different printing processes. All these subjects are relevant to the person running a small printing unit, but this book deals with things that form p...
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Planning the Project
This is the first in a series of four related books. It deals with the thinking, planning and preparation that should take place before production of material begins. Whatever kind of material it is, it will take time and money. Producers will therefore want it to be worth the effort, and to do the...
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Printing Processes
This book gives information about printing processes relevant to small-scale production units. It concentrates on methods that can be used on your own premises, without a high degree of technical training. It aims to give useful but general information; for more specific details and for how-to-do-it...