Vacuum Pressing Made Simple

Vacuum Pressing Made Simple

Author: Darryl Keil

Publisher: Taunton Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1600853161

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In this step-by-step book and DVD, Keil explains and demonstrates how the vacuum press works; how to use it for veneering, wood bending and clamping; how to troubleshoot problems with the press; and how to maintain the equipment for effective, long-term use.


Advanced Veneering and Alternative Techniques

Advanced Veneering and Alternative Techniques

Author: Scott Grove

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764338465

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Wood veneer offers a wide range of artistic and creative freedom; the varied figures, colored grains, and shimmering textures of veneers, especially burls, offer an aesthetic not found in any other natural material. Scott Grove, award-winning artist and self-taught woodworker, takes you on a journey of working with veneer and shares his hands-on experience with milling, flattening, various cutting and seaming methods, traditional and non-traditional layout patterns, glues, pressing, and repairing. A special section dedicated to Grove's pioneered techniques, wavy contour seam and spiral match, is also included. Traditional and alternative techniques are reviewed with comparison examples. Step-by-step instructions are beautifully illustrated with photographs and renderings along with easy to understand explanations. Thirty years of experience, tips, tricks, and "what to look for" suggestions are sprinkled throughout this must-have book for intermediate to advanced woodworkers.


Flora & Ulysses

Flora & Ulysses

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 076366040X

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Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.


Spray Finishing Made Simple

Spray Finishing Made Simple

Author: Jeff Jewitt

Publisher: Made Simple (Taunton Press)

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600850929

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Jewitt, a well-known authority on wood finishing, combines his vast knowledge of the subject with the latest technology to produce this integrated book and DVD set. The author explains how to choose equipment and demystifies the spray-finishing process.


Basic Vacuum Technology, 2nd edition

Basic Vacuum Technology, 2nd edition

Author: A. Chambers

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780585254913

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Vacuum technology is widely used in many manufacturing and developmental processes and its applications grow in scope and sophistication. It is an inter-disciplinary subject, embracing aspects of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, chemistry, and materials science while having a broad foundation in physics. In spite of its technological importance, and perhaps because of its cross-disciplinary nature, substantial teaching and training is not widely available. Basic Vacuum Technology aims to give readers a firm foundation of fundamental knowledge about the subject and the ability to apply it. This book is an introductory text on how to use vacuum techniques. It provides a good grounding in the basic scientific principles and concepts that underlie the production and measurement of vacua. The authors describe how these are applied in representative low, medium, high, and ultra-high vacuum systems and explain the most important practical aspects of the operation of a large variety of pumps, components, and measuring instrumentation. The book introduces numerical methods for analysis and prediction of the behavior of vacuum systems in terms of the properties of their individual elements and enables readers to recognize and resolve problems with malfunctioning systems.


Veneering

Veneering

Author: Mike Burton

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781402726491

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Requiring no expensive machinery, veneering offers woodworkers tremendous opportunities for creativityand for using woods that may be rare, expensive, or structurally weak in their solid form.


Feedback Systems

Feedback Systems

Author: Karl Johan Åström

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 069121347X

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The essential introduction to the principles and applications of feedback systems—now fully revised and expanded This textbook covers the mathematics needed to model, analyze, and design feedback systems. Now more user-friendly than ever, this revised and expanded edition of Feedback Systems is a one-volume resource for students and researchers in mathematics and engineering. It has applications across a range of disciplines that utilize feedback in physical, biological, information, and economic systems. Karl Åström and Richard Murray use techniques from physics, computer science, and operations research to introduce control-oriented modeling. They begin with state space tools for analysis and design, including stability of solutions, Lyapunov functions, reachability, state feedback observability, and estimators. The matrix exponential plays a central role in the analysis of linear control systems, allowing a concise development of many of the key concepts for this class of models. Åström and Murray then develop and explain tools in the frequency domain, including transfer functions, Nyquist analysis, PID control, frequency domain design, and robustness. Features a new chapter on design principles and tools, illustrating the types of problems that can be solved using feedback Includes a new chapter on fundamental limits and new material on the Routh-Hurwitz criterion and root locus plots Provides exercises at the end of every chapter Comes with an electronic solutions manual An ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students Indispensable for researchers seeking a self-contained resource on control theory


Vacuum Flowers

Vacuum Flowers

Author: Michael Swanwick

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1504036506

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A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark is a recorded personality owned by corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone. When Rebel’s personality is uploaded to persona tester Eucrasia Walsh and burned into her brain, Rebel escapes the corporation and takes off across an exotically transformed solar system, hijacking Eucrasia’s body and becoming the most wanted fugitive in existence. A fast-paced technological thriller, Vacuum Flowers allows the reader to consider the implications of bioengineering while providing an entertaining and dynamic story. Reminiscent of the innovative work of Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling, this high-tech work of science fiction carves out a niche all its own with themes as relevant today as when it was first published.


Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How

Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How

Author: Taunton Press

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Published: 2014-11-17

Total Pages: 2421

ISBN-13: 1603764127

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From the experts at Fine Woodworking magazine, this complete and easy-to-follow resource has everything you need to know about the art of woodworking. Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How is the essential go-to book for every woodworking project imaginable, from building kitchen cabinets to refinishing a deck, from the vast cache of Fine Woodworking's projects and advice. Topics addressed in this book include: Types of Wood Building a Workshop Working and Finishing Wood Design and Styles Small and Large Projects Each section is further broken down into chapters that cover specific skills, projects, and crafts for both the beginner and the advanced woodworker. Featuring step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting guides and discussions, and an appendix of essential resources for supplies, tools, and materials, Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How is your one-stop-shop for trusted, tried, and true woodworking advice. This book is also a part of the Know-How series which includes other titles such as: Country Wisdom & Know-How Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How Craft Wisdom & Know-How Garden Wisdom & Know-How


Dust Control Made Simple

Dust Control Made Simple

Author: Sandor Nagyszalanczy

Publisher: Taunton Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1600852483

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Every woodworker knows that dust is dangerous to health; this book provides the professional guidance required to manage it. It covers all facets of dust control so that the process is truly demystified. This is required reading (and viewing) for all woodworkers who care about health and safety.