{"product_id":"motor-bicycle-building-with-numerous-engravings-and-diagrams-paperback","title":"Motor Bicycle Building - With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul N. Hasluck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild a motor bicycle from the frame up. This 1906 workshop guide sets out every stage of the job, from casting the frame lugs to fitting the ignition coil.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul N. Hasluck was the father of the do-it-yourself book, and this volume belongs to the moment when a motor bicycle was still something a capable person could make on a bench at home. It covers the frame and its castings, the patterns to cast them from, the building of a 3 1\/2 h.p. petrol motor, spray carburettors for two sizes of engine, ignition coils, and a light-weight motor designed to be attached to an ordinary roadster bicycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a working manual rather than a history: dimensions, materials, and method, set down plainly and illustrated throughout with engravings and diagrams. \u003cem\u003eMotor Bicycle Building\u003c\/em\u003e remains the clearest surviving account of how the earliest machines were actually put together, and it is still worth having at the bench by anyone restoring one or making a part from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete instructions for making a motor bicycle frame, from patterns and castings through to final assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapters on building a 3 1\/2 h.p. petrol motor, spray carburettors, and ignition coils for it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA light-weight petrol motor designed for attachment to an ordinary roadster bicycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumerous engravings and working diagrams, reproduced from the original 1906 text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA short biography of Paul Nooncree Hasluck, master of technical writing and a name still trusted at the bench\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67866594836632,"sku":"9781408609385","price":48.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/4_WgcdLCap9781408609385.webp?v=1793580719","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/motor-bicycle-building-with-numerous-engravings-and-diagrams-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}