1939 Oxwelders Handbook ebay not mine.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-Oxwelde...item5894203080If you OA weld or are interested, you want a copy, the older the better. It'll likely go cheap because the cover isn't perfect, but these are for reading!
Reply:Alright... I'm on it :-)None of y'all had better outbid me.  I'll scan and distribute if ya like.
Reply:Please do scan it and kudos for rescuing the canonical piece of OA welding literature for posterity.I'd have scanned mine but I don't have the gear to produce a quality book scan. That one's cheap enough to cut the spine if you scan that way.ESAB really ought to host a .pdf of that year or earlier on their site. Oxweld/Purox still make many of the torches shown! If you send me a .pdf I'll email it to their customer service.
Reply:Hrmmm, someone has placed a bid on it before I did... that's OK... I'll just pull the dik move and outbid him right at the end.
Reply:There will be more, so I wouldn't go over about twelve bucks.It IS a great read AND well-illustrated.
Reply:w123 please send me a copy too! looks like an awesome book! I won't bid against you.-AlexSears/Craftsman 230A Buzzy BoxSears/Craftsman 180A Buzzy BoxChicago Electric 80A InverterALL STICK...ALL THE TIME!I spent a lot of time with the square peg and round hole.
Reply:ArcSpark:  Absolutely!I love old shop books... sometimes it's incredible just how good the "old" school can be.  One of the treasures I got from my wife's grandfather passing away was an excellent set of standard machining references dated to the 30's.
Reply:There are several copies of this book at www.abebooks.com for under $10. I've sourced a many good welding books and vintage machinery catalogs through this site at a fraction of what they go for on FleaBay.____________________Retro_shopLincoln V300 ProLincoln LN-25 w/ Tweco #4 gunCobramatic 150-003 w/ push-pull gunMiller Dynasty 200
Reply:Excellent link! You sir, are the (Retro) man! I'll forward that link to anyone I know needing textbooks too.I'm buying the 1929 version for comparison.The 1939 is likely the ideal to scan since the gear is new enough to be "modern".Old welding books are neat. I didn't know until I browsed an old Davis-Bournonville book on the Internet Archive that "Radiagraph" electric track torches existed before 1920. They don't look much different today.Last edited by farmall; 05-26-2012 at 05:45 PM.
Reply:Someone bagged the 1929. Hope it was one of you folks!. 1928 on order.
Reply:Ahhh crap... my phone didn't pop up an ebay notice.  I forgot about this thing last night because the bossman worked me like a Hebrew slave and a hot shower, food, and cold beer consumed my brain.Sorry I dropped the ball.
Reply:No strain. Abebooks always has them. I like that site. Good way to find many book sellers.