How industries can compete.....

1.  When advanced ideas and forward thinking solutions are tailored 
only towards our business goals, we focus and accomplish one thing.....
promoting and producing  well made, quality products.  Well done,  but...

2.  When all of our exchanges and our masterly, professional books 
and communications  are drafted,  reviewed, and with good intentions distributed, 
they still focus on one thing again:  Promoting and producing well made, 
quality products.
3.  And...When advanced ideas and forward thinking solutions are brought 
about  and offered to those who have the tools, or those who 
have the money or experience, we have another thing. Better progress, 
less waste, possibly more, and improved products by finding tested, 
proven ideas.  Proven ideas....that's usually the key.

This E-book contains a bibliography with complete word search capabilities.  Some of the 
keywords related to IMM are words: manufacture, economics, duplication, machine history, lathes, 
mills, technology, enlightenment, duplicate, interchangeable, factory, industrial politics, gaging, 
standards, fixtures.  The book will automatically search out these words and direct you to the 
corresponding chapter.  It also contains many drawings and unique graphic and historical 
illustrations of jigs, and machines. 

The book covers the history of machines and culture responsible for the largest and fastest 
economic boom in the history of the world. It explains what, where, when, why, and how the Industrial 
Revolution came about. The important science, social, economic, and political aspects are studied here 
also. It is not a course in machine technology, economics, or science, but goes to the historical root of 
matters that gave birth to manufacturing.  

Connections? There may be no other book available 
with the economic clarity of IMM....

Machines can duplicate, and people began to realize that. It soon became wiser to build machines 
than to build just tools and consumables, so sophisticated machine makers began showing up onto the 
scene in the mid-18th Century. Machines can be made to make things. Their popularity became very 
significant to engineers. Engineers soon put more value into machines than into products that did not 
duplicate. Factory engineers also began to look at machines for their abilities to work with very few 
restrictions. The word soon spread that machines could be arranged to duplicate parts consistently, 
and abundantly, with little human error. The idea was that this would create more jobs, by making 
things systematic, mistake-proof, and increasing capacity. Initially, it put many out of business, but in 
England’s case, it created the Industrial Revolution.  Machines gave them massive capabilities, and 
production grew along with expanding cottage industries, and administration jobs. Some countries 
mistakenly came to look upon it initially as "too progressive."   They failed to justify the "New 
system" which was to become the new world standard.  The manufacture of mechanical devices 
was also complimented by an assortment of new scientific and mechanical 
achievements...read which ones.

The origin of precision machines and 
jig-making is covered in "Ingenious Machines."

This e-book is not a technical manual for manufacturing. It is for metal workers, engineers, and 
woodworkers who want to know the history and many of the techniques of and for mass production. Knowing history is like armor for any craftsman.  We have very limited texts and useful material concerning the beginnings of industry. Also, civilization without history ceases to have identity. Without identity there is no solid purpose; without purpose, creativity can wither. Learning history, and elusive stories and techniques fertilize the imagination and give confidence, respect, and meaning for the use of machine tools. History can give you many role models to inspire ambition and integrity.  

We could all be doing a 1,500 piece puzzle, but here is a book 
 about the methods whole  industries learned to compete.....IMM.

  Economics was the driving force for efficiency. The book explores things for example; How do 
you systematize a production shop?   What was the role of jigs and fixtures in metal working and woodworking?  Want to know what are the most common mistakes made in modern metal, woodworking, and manufacturing shops? What are the traits of a successful metalworker, or woodworker?  One trait is an unshakable concentration of completing masterful work. The book is filled with insight into the traits of 
the little known masters of the Industrial Revolution. 

The Royal London Society was founded around 1662, and the French Academy of Science shortly 
after. These societies were founded for men of science to promote it's integrity and it's 
advancement. Ben Franklin won a medal by the English Royal Society in 1753. These are only 
the more "Well Known" facts, but the book is filled with the obscure, less known history, facts, 
and many profound details of industry that is rarely discussed. The instruments of precision, the 
great books, and the great places where the machines were thought of and developed.  You will 
see that this book reveals quite a bit of insight and awareness of the philosophy, and the 
ambition behind the machine and industry.


"About Ingenious Machines and Methods"
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