• 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.

Everything the apprentice or on-the-job professional needs to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is here.

• Basic Metal Cutting Operations
• Basic Measuring Instruments
• Layout Work
• Drilling Machines, Twist Drills and Auxillary Tooling
• Drilling Machine Operations
• Engine Lathe Construction
• Single Point Cutting Tools and Their Performance
• Cylindrical Turning
• Chucking Work
• Taper and Angle Turning
• Faceplate Work
• Screw Threads and Screw Thread Measurements
• Cutting Screws on a Lathe
• Turret Lathes, Production Lathes and Vertical Lathes
• Precision Hole Location - the Jig Borer
• Metal Cutting Saws

Introduction to Machine Tools

Machine Trade Opportunities

Safety

Measurement

Layout Tools and Procedures

Hand Tools and Bench Work

Metal-Cutting Technology

Metal-Cutting Saws

Drilling Machines

The Lathe

Milling Machines

The Jig Borer and Jig Grinder

Computer-Age Machining

Grinding

Metallurgy

Hydraulics

Special Processes

Appendix of 20 Tables