Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Machinery's Handbook is a workshop staple all across America, but there was also another book American Machinist's Handbook, that's since been largely forgotten.
This video chronicles the interconnected stories of these two iconic shop books.

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Colvin: 60 Years with Men, and Machines: archive.org/details/60yearswithmenma0000fred

1908 American Machinists' Handbook: google.com/books/edition/American_Machinists_Handbook_and_Diction/aRNJAAAAIAAJ

1915 Machinery's Handbook: books.google.com/books?id=VkEYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:-zxxF0uMzIgC

Old American Machinist magazines: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000552057

Old Machinery magazines: catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=machinery&searchtype=title

Moar History:
books.industrialpress.com/history-of-machinerys-handbook
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinery%27s_Handbook
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Machinists%27_Handbook

Alexander Luchars Bio 1911:
google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_New_York_city_and_State/o0sWAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PA688&printsec=frontcover

1912 Der Springer Werkstattstechnik:
google.com/books/edition/wt_spezial/cPR_BwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PP10&printsec=frontcover
google.com/books/edition/Der_Springer_Verlag/CMAkBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=alexander+luchars&pg=PA203&printsec=frontcover

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Fred Colvin
02:43 Alexander Luchars
03:10 Machinery Magazine
04:28 American Machinist Magazine
05:10 Locomotive Engineer Magazine
06:16 American Machinist's Handbook
07:29 Machinery's Handbook
09:28 What Happened to American Machinist?
10:44 Outro