Machine Shop Trade Secrets: A Guide to Manufacturing Machine Shop Practices
by James Harvey

ISBN: 0831132272
ISBN-13: 9780831132279
Format: Paperback, 320pp
Publisher: Industrial Press

Paperback, April 2005
Online price: $39.95
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Also recommended: Frank M. Marlow's Machine Shop Essentials: Questions and Answers


SYNOPSIS
Written by an experienced machinist and plastic injection mold maker, this groundbreaking manual will have users thinking and producing like experienced machinists. Machine Shop Trade Secrets provides practical "how-to" information that can immediately be put to use to improve ones machining skills, craftsmanship, and productivity. It is sure to be used and referred to time and again.

Users will discover ways to:

• Work faster
• Select, make, and grind cutters
• Surface grind blocks, pins and shapes
• Cut threads, knurl parts and eliminate warp
• Choose realistic feeds, speeds and depths of cut
• Remove broken taps, drill bits and other hardware
• Apply proven CNC techniques to maximize output
• Improve surface finishes and hold tighter tolerances
• Assist engineers with design and manufacturing issues
• Improve indicating skills and develop a "feel" for machining.

... James Harvey has written an excellent book that fills a void in current metalworking instructional books.
- Nicholas Carter, Cartertools.com

Jim's approach to the content is no nonsense, hands-on, which I found appealing for the shop environment.
- Steven Gray, Steve's Old Engine Shed

Most of what you find in this book you don't find in standard texts on machine work or metal working.
- Jock Dempsey, Anvilfire.com

The writing style is akin to having had a friendly and very informative conversation with an "old pro" machinist.
- Dr. Ray Sommer, Ph.D., R.A. Sommer’s Hobby Machine Shop