Basic Machining Reference Handbook

• Includes expanded chapters on numerical control and computerized operations.
• Contains additional speeds and feeds tables, general troubleshooting concepts, and a basic review of relevant computer terms and applications.
• Emphasizes the hands-on concept of developing and refining skills, along with knowledge of metals and machining processes by means of application.
• Offers tips on checking material hardness, ensuring that temperature variations won't put parts out of tolerance.
• Reviews and presents metals and heat-treating with emphasis on aspects most important to machining.
• Presents checklists containing considerations involved, the steps and functions required, and the most appropriate sequences.
• Includes a checklist of stock and the steps involved, along with a review of both basic machining steps and the axes and other factors pertinent to N/C control and operation needed to complete the program.

A comprehensive, yet easy-to-use "memory jog" for experienced machinists, as well as a reference for programmers and anyone else with an interest in machining processes.

• Measurement Standards
• Cut-off
• Turning and the Lathe: Definition and History
• The Milling Machine
• Sensitive, Gear-Head, and Radial Drill Presses
• Grinding
• Steels, Alloys, and Other Materials
• Numerical Control and CNC
• Cost Per Cut in the Computer Age
• Index