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Machine Shop Basics 3129  (Discontinued)Made in United States

Machine Shop Basics
  • Audel Machine Shop Basics, All New 5th Edition
  • By Rex Miller and Mark Richard Miller
  • 322 pages, softcover, 5¼" x 8¼"
  • ISBN 978-0-7645-5526-8
  • Copyright 2004
Part Number: 3129  (Discontinued)
Weight: 0.71 lb
$22.95 On Sale

Regularly $32.95

Here, fully updated to include new machines and electronic/digital controls, is the ultimate guide to basic machine shop equipment and how to use it. Whether you’re a professional machinist, an apprentice, a trade student, or a handy homeowner, this fully illustrated volume helps you define tools and use them properly and safely. It’s packed with review questions for students, and loaded with answers you need on the job.

Mark Richard Miller is a Professor and Chairman of the Industrial Technology Department at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas.

Understand basic machine shop practice and safety measures

Recognize the variations in similar tools and the purposes they serve

Learn recommended methods of mounting work in different machines

Obtain a complete working knowledge of numerically controlled machines and the operations they perform

Review procedures for safe and efficient use of cutting tools and cutters

Expand your knowledge with clear, step-by-step illustrations of proper equipment set-up and operation

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Chapter 1: Benchwork The Bench and Bench Tools; Vises; Hammers; Chisels; Flat Chisel; Hacksaws; Files; Scrapers; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 2: Precision Measurement and Gaging Micrometer Calipers; Vernier Micrometer Calipers; Vernier Calipers; Bevel Protractors; Dial Indicators; Gages; Effects of Temperature and Weight on Precision Tools; Electronic Caliper Depth Gages; Electronic Digital Micrometer; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 3: Materials Properties; Metals; Nonmetals; Tests of Materials; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 4: Abrasives Structure of Abrasives; Composition of Abrasives; Use of Abrasives in Grinding Wheels; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 5: Grinding Manufacture of Grinding Wheels; Bond Types in Grinding Wheels; Grinding Wheel Markings; Factors Affecting Grinding Wheel Selection; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 6: Cutting Fluids Coolant; Lubricants; Application of Cutting Fluids; Types of Cutting Fluids; Solid Lubricants; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 7: Cutting Tools Action of Cutting Tools; Materials; Shapes and Uses of Cutting Tools; Terms Related to Cutting Tools; Cutting Tool Angles; High-Speed Steel Lathe Tools; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 8: Cutter and Tool Grinders Importance of Tool Sharpening; Cutter and Tool Sharpening; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 9: Drills Drill Standards; Twist Drill Terminology; Types of Drills; Drill-Bit Point Design; Special-Purpose Drills; Socket and Sleeve; Using the Twist Drill; Speeds and Feeds; Clearance Drills; Drill Problems and Causes; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 10: Reamers Types of Reamers; Use and Care of Reamers; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 11: Taps Types of Taps; Tap Selection; Classes of Thread; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 12: Threading Dies Types of Dies; Use of Dies to Cut Threads; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 13: Milling-Machine Cutters Milling Operation; Classification of Milling Cutters; General Types of Milling Cutters; Care of Milling Cutters; Speeds and Feeds; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 14: Milling-Machine Arbors, Collets, and Adapters Arbors; Collets; Adapters; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 15: Broaches and Broaching Broaching Principle; Types of Broaches; Shapes of Broaches; Internal and External Broaches; Pull or Push Broaches; Care and Sharpening of Broaches; Broaching Machines; Broaching Operations; Summary; Review Questions

Chapter 16: Electrical Safety in the Machine Shop Power Sources; Motor Problems; Drum Switches; Safety in the Shop; Fire Extinguishers; Summary; Review Questions

Appendix: Reference Materials Miscellaneous Useful Facts; Metric Conversions; Water Factors; Weights of Steel and Brass Bars

Index