Bolt, Nut and Rivet Forging is a detailed look at the machines behind early twentieth-century fastener production, from plain bolt and rivet headers to continuous-motion headers and nut forging machines.
First published in 1914, Douglas T. Hamilton surveys the main types of bolt heading machine and explains the operation of plain bolt and rivet machines, the successive steps in heading a bolt, and the various types of bolt header dies. Further sections describe the construction of the National wedge-grip bolt and rivet header, the hammer type of bolt header, the stock required for bolt heads, and the continuous-motion bolt and rivet header with automatic feed.
This volume will appeal to anyone with an interest in old machinery and the development of industrial metalworking, and makes a fine addition to collections of allied literature.