Machine Shop Practice: Volume 1: Volume 1Hardcover, 1 January 1981

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.