Most of the handbooks and manuals I produce are in A5 format and are produced using an HP 2200 laser printer. With the older or damaged documents I may have to add my own text where the original is missing. A5 format was not in use when many of the originals were produced so occasionally what I produce is markedly different in appearance. I strive to keep the content as accurate as possible. These booklets are not intended to be facsimilies or true copies, they are to enable the understanding and use of an item.
American
Aircraft Sextants
A-6, A-8 Service and Operation Handbook £12.00 73 Page. Good but thin print.
A-10 Service and Operation handbook £ 9.00 Originals, American sourced, rough.
A-12 (Link) Operations handbook £ 10.00 Now cleaned up and easily read.
A-14 AN5851 Operations Handbook £ 6.00 very readable.
A-14 AN 5851 Service handbook £ 8.00 rebuilt, good.
Sextants; USAF Air Navigation £ 8.00 1960 good.
US Navy Ball Drop Sextant £ 7.00 Cleaned, re formatted copy of original. Good.
Kollsman Handheld Sextant operations MA1, MA2 £ 7.00 ea. Good condition.
Kollsman Handheld Sextant MA1 Repairs £ 8.00 Good condition.
Kollsman 28450, 1426 & 14710 Operation handbook £ 7.00 ea. Rebuilt OK.
Kollsman Periscopic. Repairs. Bubble and Pendulum versions £ 10.00 (1426 illustrated parts list £10).
Kollsman Mount A28460 00 001 Dated 1959 £ 10.00 Full service with some dimensions.
Astro Compass Mk II
Astro Compass Mk II AP1234D (1) £ 7.00 Ex. Nav's Bible. With AL43 good.
Astro Compass USAF 1960 (2) £ 8.00 good.
Astro Compass Mk II (British) Operating Handbook. (5) £ 6.00 British (probably Canadian printing).
Astro compass Spirti. Operating Handbook. (4) £ 5.00 American (almost word for word of British).
Astro compass Boes. Operating Handbook. (3) £ 8.00 American, Coloured ( more detailed).
British Aircraft Sextants
Bubble Sextant RAF Mk VIII Technical Handbook (6)
Bubble Sextant Mk IX Operating Handbook (7) Instruction booklet £ 6.00 Issued with Instrument.
Bubble Sextants Mk IXA Operation (9) £ 6.00 Issued with Instrument. Good.
Bubble Sextants Mk IXAM / BM Operation (12) £ 6.00 Franks, Glasgow, good.
Bubble Sextant Mk IX Technical details (8) £ 6.00 Issued for Nav's instruction. Good.
Bubble Sextants Mk IXA Technical details (10) £ 6.00 Issued for Nav's instruction Good.
Bubble Sextants Mk IXAM / BM technical details (13) £ 6.00 As above. Good.
Bubble Sextant Mk IXA Onwards. Technical details (11) £ 9.00 From Aust. and Brit. AP1234D. Good.
Bubble Sextants Mk IX Portable Collimator (55) £ 6.00 Used at station level, good.
Sextant Training Aid (54) £ 6.00 Used at station level. Good.
Bubble Sextant Mk IX series RAF service instructions (16) £ 6.00 Station level repairs.
Sextant Mk IX series, Bubble and other Repairs. (14) £ 9.00 My Own general repair guide. Good.
Mk IX BM Civilian Maintenance Handbook (15) £ 12.00 Post war Factory Manual.
Bubble Sextants Mk IXA On Technical details (11) £ 6.00.
Planisphere Mk 1 RAF (49) £ 5.00 Operation, Good. Missing transparancy.
Periscopic Sextant RAF Mk1 (17) £10.00 RAF Ops and Service. Good.
Sextant Periscopic Mk 2 (18) (RAF) £10.00 RAF Ops and Service. Good.
Mk IX series Spares (if available)
Mk IX series Rubber Eye Guard. (19) £ 8.00 Self made not original.
Incandescent Lamp for Mk IX Sextants £ 7.00. Original, used but Working. Style 232.
LED Lamp (specify Polarity) (21) £ 8.00 Self made.
Lightweight battery (only use with LED) £ 8.00 Self made.
Mk IX Series Mirror set. (20) £10.00 pair Self made.
Logging Tablet £ 1.50 Self made. (24)
Set of Red Filters £ 1.50 Self made, Waterproof. (25)
Prism Cover (Mk IX only) £ 5.00 Self made Clear.(More filtering required)
Marine Sextants
Freiburger Sextand handbook £9.00 As supplied with instrument.
Davis Master Sextant Handbook £ 8.00 As supplied with instruments. Good.
EBBCO Sextant Handbook £ 6.00 As supplied with instruments. Good.
Heath Micrometer Sextant Handbook £ 8.00 An intro to the micrometer sextant.
Magnetic Compasses Aircraft
Compasses a/c General Technical information £ 5.00 Good clean.*
Compasses Landing and Bomb aiming £ 5.00 Good clean.*
Compasses Marine Craft RAF £ 5.00 Good clean.*
Compasses Observers RAF £ 5.00 Good clean.*
Compasses Pilots plus E2 RAF £ 6.00 Good clean.*
Aircraft compass compendium, all above * in one cover £20.00.
Calibration and Adjustment of Aircraft Compasses. Good clean £ 7.00.
Compass P11 overhaul £ 7.00 good clean.
Magnetic Compasses
Compass Prismatic Mk III Operations £ 6.00 Military Training handbook. Good.
Compass Prismatic Mk III Overhaul £ 6.00 Collected from several sources. Good.
Compass Prismatic Mk VIII Operations £ 6.00 Military Training handbook. Good.
Compass Prismatic Mk VIII Short & Mason £ 6.00 Manufacturers issue with compass. Good.
Compass Prismatic MkIII or similar service handbook £7.00.
Compass Prismatic MkIII or similar Spares handbook £6.00.
Compass Prismatic US M1918 £ 5.00 Military Maintenance handbook. Good.
General, mostly military, items
Signalling Lamps RAF £ 5.00 Good.
Plan Rangefinder £ 5.00 RAF Good.
Drift Sights, RAF. £ 5.00 Good.
Heading Indicator Remote Compass. £ 5.00 Good.
Binoculars RAF WWII £ 5.00 Descriptive. Good.
Clark (Racal) Intermediate Pneumatic mast operations £ 6.00 Good condition.
Clark (Racal) T714 Pneumatic mast operations £ 6.00 Good condition.
Clark (Racal) T716 Pneumatic mast operations £ 6.00 Good condition.
Sankey Trailer drums REPAIR details £ 9.00 Cleaned up copy from eBay. Good.
Sankey Trailer drums OPERATIONS £ 8.00 Cleaned up copy from eBay. Good.
Sankey Trailer disks REPAIR details £ 9.00 Cleaned up copy from eBay. Good.
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Optical Instruments
Surveying instruments Catalogue, 1925 £20.00 1930s Catalogue all line drawings. Good.
Theodolite CT&S, V300 series Ops Handbook £ 6.00 As supplied with instruments. Good.
Theodolite CT&S, Tavistock Ops Handbook £ 9.00 As supplied with instruments. Good.
Tavistock Theodolite Articles £ 9.00 30s articles re new Tavistock. Good.
Theodolite H + Watts Microptic No. 1, Handbook £ 9.00 As supplied with instruments. Good.
Theodolite H + Watts Microptic No. 1, Repairs £10.00 Agents Manual 1st line service. Good.
Theodolite Watts Microptic No. 2, Military Handbook £10.00 Military Training manuals.
Theodolite CT&S No. 3, Military Handbook £10.00 Military Training manual.
Theodolite Wild, Military Handbook £10.00 Military Training manual.
Hilger and Watts Microptic Alidade Instructions £ 7.00 As supplied with instrument. Good.
Vernier Theodolite, Adjustment and Care. £ 7.00 Watts booklet. Good.
Watts Theodolite No2 brochure £ 5.00 Good illustration of optics. Good.
Watts Vernier Instruments Catalogue £ 5.00 Makers Cat. Good.
Geodimeter 140 / 142 Operators pocket book. £ 15.00 As issued with instrument.
Geiger Counters
Nuclear Measurements Corp. Model GS-3 £ 6.00 Geiger Counter. Operations with circuit.
Polish Geiger Counter DP-66 Handbook in English. £10.00.
Polish Geiger Counter DP-75 Handbook in English. £10.00.
Electrical / Electronic
BC221 Operation and repair (SCR211 P&T) £ 6.00 As supplied with Zenith SCR211. good.
Phillips Callpack 2000 manpack handbook £ 8.00 From Flip Book. Good.
Coutant PSU (A series ASC-AST) Manual £ 7.00 As supplied with PSU. Good.
Altai GDO Handbook. £
Signal Generator Marconi TF 2014A and 2015 Attenuator Cams. £25.00.
A full set of cams for either of these
signal generators. Produced in one piece. A different design so
they should be unbreakable.
Mechanical items
Myford ML7 Lathe Handbook Copy Original.
Good. £10.00
Myford Super 7 Lathe Handbook Copy Original Good £10.00
Myford ML10 Lathe Handbook Composite. Good. £10.00