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SHIPFITTERS’ GUIDE—$2.
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Audels Shipfitters’ Guide
STEEL SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING
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The author has had twenty-five years’ experience as a shipfitter, and makes everything as plain as a pike-staff.
A mine of absolutely indispensable information for the man on the job.
Explains all about the Parts of a Steel Ship. A full list of terms used in shipbuilding and on board ship. Problems encountered in shipfitting. Work of the mold loft. Laying off plans to full size. The making of the template from the planning sheets to the placing of the finished plate on the ship—transferring—punching rivet holes—shearing—bending—Plan reading. How to lay the chalk line—repairing a template—method of lapping boards in template construction.
Loft work. Use of liners. Duplicating Bars or Angles. Lifting a bracket plate from the hull—lifting a bosom bar on the ship—beveling—lifting curved shell from the hull—method of obtaining template sets for curved plates—lifting boss plate from the hull—lifting a margin bar. Building a bulk freighter—launching a bulk freighter. Including practical helps, hints and suggestions for the practical shipworker.