ILLUSTRATED SOURCEBOOK of MECHANICAL COMPONENTS

Abstract

T P RE FACE he major mission of this sourcebook is to intensify and highlight the importance of typical mechanical components by illustrating their versatility, innovative applications, history and artistry. Hopefully, this presentation will stimulate new ideas by giving the reader a graphic kaleidoscopic view of mechanical components, as well as an appreciation for their geometric grace and adaptability into complex mechanisms. The contents of this presentation have many sources. We searched legions of past journals and publications for articles about creative uses of mechanical components and selected only the best for inclusion in this book. Many of these classic ideas were originally printed in Product Engineering, a great magazine which ceased publication in the mid-1970s.