How To Do Metalwork Lathework Grinding & Drilling

The Practical Machinist Guide To Metal Lathework, Grinding, Drilling & More

In the first chapter of this 524 page book, the author dives right into the cutting tools used with lathes and planing machines. Chapter two goes on to describe proper cutting speeds & feed.

Boring and screw cutting are covered in the next two illustrated chapters. From there, the author moves on to lathe dogs, chucks and turning accentrics. A full chapter is devoted to hand-turning, which contains illustrations and in-depth instructions.

In the last half of the book, the author discusses milling and grinding machines and the tools used with them. He also covers laying out the work and then proceeds to desribe and illustrate the tools used. In the final chapters, he covers calculations and settings every machinist can use.

I'm not a machinist, but I believe that with the information contained in this book, I could get there from here. It's full of detailed drawings and superb instructions that take into account any lack of previous experience. It's a book I would want in my machine shop referrence library for sure.

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