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Everything the apprentice or on-the-job professional needs to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is here.
Everything the apprentice or on-the-job professional needs to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is here.
	Includes over 760 illustrations and 70 tables in two volumes.
	
	• Offers sections on numerical control; grinding wheels (that includes the newest abrasive materials); single point cutting tools and tool wear; basic drilling machine setups; and formulas for estimating the power required for planing.
	• Provides detailed discussions on methods of setting up the workpiece on milling machines, horizontal boring machines, planers and shapers.
	Preface
	Preface to First Edition
	List of Tables
	
	Chapter 1 : Basic Metal Cutting Operations
	Chapter 2 : Basic Measuring Instruments
	Chapter 3 : Layout Work
	Chapter 4 : Drilling Machine, Twist Drills, and Auxiliary Tooling
	Chapter 5 : Drilling Machine Operation
	Chapter 6 : Engine Lathe Construction
	Chapter 7 : Single-Point Cutting Tools and Their Performance
	Chapter 8 : Turning on Lathe Centers
	Chapter 9 : Chucking Work
	Chapter 10 : Taper and Angle Turning
	Chapter 11 : Faceplate Work
	Chapter 12 : Screw Threads and Screw-Thread Measuring
	Chapter 13 : Cutting Screw Threads on a Lathe
	Chapter 14 : Turret Lathes, Production Lathes, and Vertical Lathes
	Chapter 15 : Precision Hole Location—The Jig Borer
	Chapter 16 : Metal Cutting Saws
	
	Appendix
	Index