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Guilloché: A History & Practical Manual Hardcover – June 28, 2017
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- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSchiffer Craft
- Publication dateJune 28, 2017
- Dimensions9 x 1 x 11.5 inches
- ISBN-10076435017X
- ISBN-13978-0764350177
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- Publisher : Schiffer Craft; 1st edition (June 28, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 076435017X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0764350177
- Item Weight : 2.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 9 x 1 x 11.5 inches
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What "Guilloché: A History & Practical Manual" delivers is a brief history of the art, with not much detail, and its decline in the aftermath of World War I. There are rudimentary explanations of the different styles of guilloche, and a number of older and contemporary examples. There are some pictures of machines from different eras which is something that I feel the book performed best, and while there are mentions of more contemporary machines (ie., less than 100 years old,) there is basically no evidence of them. The author includes redrawn sketches from old user guides, but problematically, they are literal translations from 19th century writers who were not especially aware how to communicate technical information in a clear manner. This blind idiot machine translation is where the book inflicts the most annoyances on its reader. For example: Cams and cam followers are not called such, they are rosettes and rubbers, even when the latter are made of leather (which, in the relevant photo in the book, is clearly not leather, but phenolic sheet,) and while "pattern bars" are not especially obtuse, referring to those and the rosettes/cams as means of programming the patterns the machine will create /might/ have been useful. In all fairness, the author of the book might not herself appreciate this, and based on comments scattered throughout the book, would likely benefit personally and professionally from reading a copy of something like "Rose's Modern Machine Shop 3rd Edition," published in 1914. (It is on Project Gutenberg, and has a chapter on programming cam driven machinery, as well.)
While a great picture book to whet an appetite, "Guilloché: A History & Practical Manual" lacks substance, and the text would have been much more useful--and readable--with assistance from an editor with previous experience in technical writing.



