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Drilling and boring

Here are entered works on the drilling and boring of holes in metal, wood, and other materials, as carried on in workshops, etc., for construction or manufacturing purposes. Works on the operation of cutting holes in earth or rocks, in order to determine the nature of the strata penetrated, or to furnish an outlet for water, oil, or gas are entered under Boring.

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• Machining

• Precision Hole Location for Interchangability in Toolmaking and Production; Including Woodworth Circular Tables (Bridgeport, CT: Moore Special Tool Co., c1946), by J. Robert Moore, contrib. by W. J. Woodworth and J. D. Woodworth (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute and Archetype Books, c1991), by David A. Scott (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• On the Art of Cutting Metals (New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ca. 1907), by Frederick Winslow Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting: Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding, Together with Related Methods and Materials Used in Metal Working and The Oxygen Process for Removal of Carbon, by Harold P. Manly (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Divers Manual 1948 (reprinted 1995), by U.S. Navy Training School (Salvage) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Course in Wood Turning (Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., c1919), by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Lathe-Work: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning (second edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1883), by Paul N. Hasluck
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Turner's Companion: Containing Instructions in Concentric, Elliptic, and Eccentris Turning; Also Various Notes of Chucks, Tools, and Instruments; and Directions for Using the Eccentric Cutter, Drill, Vertical Cutter, and Circular Rest; With Patterns and Instructions for Working Them (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1868) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• How to Lay-Out Turret Lathe Tools: A Handbook for Those Who Design Tools for Use on Turret and Capstan Lathes and Automatic Turning Machines (first edition; Coventry, UK: Alfred Herbert Ltd, 1917), by Alfred Herbert Ltd. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lathe and Its Uses: or, Instruction in the Art of Turning Wood and Metal (New York: J. Wiley and Son, 1868), by James Lukin
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google
• Lathe Work for Beginners (New York: N. W. Henley Pub. Co., 1922), by Raymond F. Yates
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Woodworking Technology (first edition; Bloomington, IL: McKnight and McKnight Pub. Co., c1961), by James J. Hammond, Edward T. Donnelly, Walter Fuller Harrod, and Norman A. Rayner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handwork in Wood (Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, c1910), by William Noyes
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Problems in Farm Woodwork: For Agricultural Schools, High Schools, Industrial Schools, and Country Schools (third edition; Peoria, IL: Manual Arts Press, 1919), by Samuel A. Blackburn (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., n.d.), by William Fairham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Course in Wood Turning (Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co., c1919), by Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Home Mechanics for Amateurs (New York: Munn and Co., 1907), by George M. Hopkins (multiple formats at Google)
• Woodworking for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906), by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Anarchist's Workbench (Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2020), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)

• Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork (South Kensington Museum Art Handbook #3; London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, ca. 1875), by John Hungerford Pollen (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork ("volume I" only volume published of this revised edition; London: Printed for HMSO by Wyman and Sons, 1908), by John Hungerford Pollen and T. A. Lehfeldt (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Auction on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, February 5, 6 and 7, at 2.30 O'Clock, in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Ave., Near Thirty-Fourth St., New York (1903), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by James P. Silo (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, November 6, 7, 8, 1902, at 2.30 O'Clock, at Copley Hall, Boston (1902), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by Frank A. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Carpentry and Woodwork (Chicago: McGowen-Maier and Co., c1911), by Edwin W. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• The Minbar from the Kutubiyya Mosque (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; et al., c1998), contrib. by Jonathan Bloom, Aḥmad Tawfīq, Stefano Carboni, Jack Soultanian, Antoine M. Wilmering, Mark D. Minor, Andrew Zawacki, and El Mostafa Hbibi (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• The Illustrated Wood Worker (1879) (full serial archives)

• The Furniture Gazette (partial serial archives)

• The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird and Co., 1850), by J. Stokes (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion (Philadelphia: H. C. Baird and Co., 1906), by J. Stokes (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Cabinet Making: Principles of Designing, Construction and Laying Out Work (Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids Furniture Record Co., c1913), by J. H. Rudd, contrib. by C. A. Zuppann and Walter K. Schmidt
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction, With 2,021 Working Drawings and Twelve Coloured Plates (London et al.: Cassell and Co., ca. 1907), by Paul N. Hasluck
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making: Being a New and Complete System of Lines for the Use of Workmen, Founded on Accurate Geometrical and Mechanical Principles (London: Printed for T. Kelly, 1826), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)

• The Anarchist's Design Book (expanded edition; Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2019), by Christopher Schwarz, illust. by Briony Morrow-Cribbs (PDF at lostartpress.com)
• The Stick Chair Book (revised edition; Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2023), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)
• The Anarchist's Workbench (Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2020), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)

• Intarsia and Marquetry (London: Sands and Co., 1903), by F. Hamilton Jackson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Peter Hunt's Workbook: With Text and Pictures (Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, c1945), by Peter Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)
• The Modern Wood Finisher: A Practical Treatise on Wood Finishing in All Its Branches (Chicago: Press of The Western Painter, 1901), by F. Maire (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Problems of the Finishing Room (fifth edition; Grand Rapids, MI: Periodical Pub. Co., c1922), by Walter K. Schmidt (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Up-To-Date Hardwood Finisher (2 parts in 1 volume; Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1904), by Fred T. Hodgson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing, and Polishing (Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1906), ed. by Paul N. Hasluck (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition, reprinted; New York: T. Audel, 1944), by International Association of Master Painters and Decorators, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition; c1922), by International Association of Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States and Canada, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Art of Wood Carving: Practical Hints to Amateurs, and a Short History of the Art (London: Virtue and Co., 1867), by George Alfred Rogers (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Manual of Wood Carving (revised edition; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1909), by Charles Godfrey Leland and John J. Holtzapffel (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903), by George Jack, ed. by W. R. Lethaby (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.