Hammers Blueprint Reading Basics, 4th Edition

Warren Hammer’s Blueprint Reading Basics has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opportunities to practice what they learned. With this historic revision, new author Charles Gillis has updated the entire package, replacing ALL figures with CAD-generated artwork, adding new illustrations, representing metric drawing practices alongside English, and including content from drawing standards such as Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Engineering Drawing Practices, Welding Symbols, Orthographic and Pictorial Views, Surface Texture, Undimensioned Drawings, and Types and Applications of Engineering Drawings, among others.

• Material has been rearranged for better presentation and an improved reader experience.
• Chapters on views, dimensions, surface finish, threads, and gears have been expanded, while new material on splines and cam prints has been added.
• Brand new chapters covering welding symbols and welded parts, sheet metal parts, and cast, forged, and molded plastic parts will be of particular interest to readers working with these processes.
• Each chapter contains a thorough explanation of the topic at hand, accompanied by detailed professional drawings, review questions, and corresponding worksheets.
• This groundbreaking work now features a broad presentation of metric drawing standards and internationally recognized symbols, making it a truly global reference.

Preface

Chapter 1 : The Basics of Manufacturing Prints
Chapter 2 : The Reading of Manufacturing Prints
Chapter 3 : The Total Manufacturing Print
Chapter 4 : Views
Chapter 5 : Dimensions
Chapter 6 : Tolerances
Chapter 7 : Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Chapter 8 : Surface Finish
Chapter 9 : Threads
Chapter 10 : Machine Terms and Manufacturing Processes
Chapter 11 : Casting, Forging, and Molded Part Prints
Chapter 12 : Welding and Sheet Metal Prints
Chapter 13 : Gears, Splines, and Cams
Chapter 14 : Types of Manufacturing Prints
Chapter 15 : Answers

Index