Table of contents

Introduction	2
Equipment and tools	3
Micrometers and their use	6
Thread cutting	9
Heat treating tool steel	71
How heating changes the structure of tool steel	74
Heat-treatment of tool steel - 2	76
Making an electric heat-treat oven	79
Making cutting tools	86
Making the reamer or cutting tool ball cutter	89
Taper turning	92
Keyway cutter	94
Heat treating the reamer	96
Turning steel	100
Cutting tools and tool holders	105
Tool post grinder	109
Making the dies	111
Thread cutting in a lathe	115
Making bullet molds	119
Bullet sizes	123
Pistols and revolvers	126
Cartridge dimensions	127
Loading dies for a press	129