This antique volume contains a detailed guide on metalworking, including demonstration lessons of all tools and principles ordinarily used in a manual training course. Directions are given for the methods of holding the various tools, and detailed illustrated instructions for making out and drawing the exercises, are also provided. Much of the information contained within these pages is timeless, and will be of much value to modern readers as an introduction to metalworking. The chapters of this book include: The Vice, The Fire and Filing, The Scribe and Scribing, Straight-Edge, The Engineer's Square, The Shears and Shearing, Wing Compasses and Spring Dividers, The Centre Punch, The Hammer, The Chisel and Chipping... and more. This volume was first published in 1903, and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on metalworking.