Machine Tool Practices

For courses in Machine Shop, Machine Tool Technology, Machining Processes/Manufacturing Processes Technology, Industrial Technology, Industrial Mechanics, and Industrial Engineering at the undergraduate level Machine Tool Practices, 10th Edition, provides a richly illustrated, practical, and understandable treatment of machine tool technology and related subjects, including measurement and tools, reading drawings, mechanical hardware, hand tools, metallurgy, and the essentials of computer numerical control. Teaching and Learning Experience: Provides a richly illustrated treatment of basic machine tool technology and related subjects. The definitive text to successfully train computer numerical controllers and conventional machine operators, general machinists, and tool and die makers. Lends itself well to classes that take a combined lecture/laboratory approach, as well as those using it in a self-paced environment.

Table of Contents:
SECTION A Introduction Unit 1: Shop Safety Unit 2: Mechanical Hardware Unit 3: Reading Drawings SECTION B Hand Tools Unit 1: Arbor and Shop Presses Unit 2: Work-Holding and Hand Tools Unit 3: Hacksaws Unit 4: Files Unit 5: Hand Reamers Unit 6: Identification and Uses of Taps Unit 7: Tapping Procedures Unit 8: Thread-Cutting Dies and Their Uses Unit 9: Off-Hand Grinding SECTION C Dimensional Measurement Unit 1: Systems of Measurement Unit 2: Using Steel Rules Unit 3: Using Vernier, Dial, and Digital Instruments for Direct Measurements Unit 4: Using Micrometer Instruments Unit 5: Using Comparison Measuring Instruments Unit 6: Using Gage Blocks Unit 7: Using Angular Measuring Instruments Unit 8: Tolerances, Fits, Geometric Dimensions, and Statistical Process Control SECTION D Materials Unit 1: Selection and Identification of Steels Unit 2: Selection and Identification of Nonferrous Metals Unit 3: Hardening, Case Hardening, and Tempering Unit 4: Annealing, Normalizing, and Stress Relieving Unit 5: Rockwell and Brinell Hardness Testers SECTION E Layout Unit 1: Basic Semiprecision Layout Practice Unit 2: Basic Precision Layout Practice SECTION F Preparation for Machining Operations Unit 1: Machinability and Chip Formation Unit 2: Speeds and Feeds for Machine Tools Unit 3: Cutting Fluids Unit 4: Using Carbides and Other Tool Materials SECTION G Sawing Machines Unit 1: Using Reciprocating and Horizontal Band Cutoff Machines Unit 2: Abrasive and Cold Saws Unit 3: Preparing to Use the Vertical Band Machine Unit 4: Using the Vertical Band Machine SECTION H Drilling Machines Unit 1: The Drill Press Unit 2: Drilling Tools Unit 3: Hand Grinding of Drills on the Pedestal Grinder Unit 4: Operating Drilling Machines Unit 5: Countersinking and Counterboring Unit 6: Reaming in the Drill Press SECTION I Turning Machines Unit 1: The Engine Lathe Unit 2: Toolholders and Toolholding for the Lathe Unit 3: Cutting Tools for the Lathe Unit 4: Lathe Spindle Tooling Unit 5: Operating the Machine Controls Unit 6: Facing and Center Drilling Unit 7: Turning between Centers Unit 8: Alignment of the Lathe Centers Unit 9: Other Lathe Operations Unit 10: Sixty-Degree Thread Information and Calculations Unit 11: Cutting Unified External Threads Unit 12: Cutting Unified Internal Threads Unit 13: Cutting Tapers Unit 14: Using Steady and Follower Rests Unit 15: Additional Thread Forms Unit 16: Cutting Acme Threads on the Lathe SECTION J Vertical Milling Machines Unit 1: Vertical Spindle Milling Machines Unit 2: Cutting Tools and Cutter Holders for the Vertical Milling Machine Unit 3:Setups on the Vertical Milling Machine Unit 4: Vertical Milling Machine Operations Unit 5: Using the Offset Boring Head SECTION K Horizontal Spindle Milling Machines Unit 1: Horizontal Spindle Milling Machines Unit 2: Types of Spindles, Arbors, and Adapters Unit 3: Arbor-Driven Milling Cutters Unit 4: Work-Holding Methods and Standard Setups Unit 5: Machine Setup and Plain Milling Unit 6: Using Side Milling Cutters Unit 7: Using Face Milling Cutters on the Horizontal Milling Machine SECTION L Grinding and Abrasive Machining Processes Unit 1: Selection and Identification of Grinding Wheels Unit 2: Truing, Dressing, and Balancing of Grinding Wheels Unit 3: Grinding Fluids Unit 4: Horizontal Spindle Reciprocating Table Surface Grinders Unit 5: Work Holding on the Surface Grinder Unit 6: Using the Surface Grinder Unit 7: Problems and Solutions in Surface Grinding Unit 8: Center-Type Cylindrical Grinders Unit 9: Using the Cylindrical Grinder Unit 10: Universal Tool and Cutter Grinder SECTION M Computer Numerical Control and Other Advanced Machining Processes Unit 1: CNC Machine Tool Programmable Axes and Position Dimensioning Systems Unit 2: CNC Programming Unit 3: CNC Tooling Unit 4: Other Advanced Machining Processes Appendix 1: Answers to Self-Tests Appendix 2: General Tables Table 1: Decimal Equivalents of Fractional Inches Table 2: Inch/Metric Conversion Table Table 3: Tap Drill Sizes Table 4: Metric Tap Drill Sizes Table 5A: Tapers Table 5B: Tapers and Angles Table 6: General Measurements Table 7A: Density or Specific Gravity of Metals and Alloys Table 7B: Approximate Melting Points of Metals and Various Substances Table 8: Right-Triangle Solution Formulas Table 9: Wire Gages and Metric Equivalents Table 10: Cutting Speeds for Commonly Used Materials Table 10A: Feeds for High-Speed Steel End Mills Table 10B: Coolants and Cutting Oils Used for General Machining