Machine Shop Practice (Classic Reprint)

The purpose of this book is to set forth the elementary principles of machine shop practice. The subjects are arranged in the simplest and most logical order. The measuring tools are first illustrated and explained as to form and use. The hand and the machine cutting-tools are next described.. Finally the machines, alone and in combination with the tools, are treated. Of course not every machine known to the trade is considered but the principal machines are described 9.nd their uses are explained. Correct methods in the handling of tools and in the opera- tion of machines are emphasized. Only mechanical drawings are used for illustrations because they are used exclusively by the machinist in his work. The student should, therefore, from the first lean to read and use such drawings. All higher mathematics is excluded. The mathematical calculations are confined to the use of simple arithmetic, which should easily be comprehended by the student or apprentice old enough to learn machine shop practice. Some data, applicable to general machine shop work and useful both to the student or apprentice and to the machinist on the job, are added in the appendix. These tables are not original but have been compiled from many sources. The author is indebted toP rofessor Robert J. Peters of the Carnegie Institute ofT echnology for many valuable suggestions and for criticism and arrangement of the final copy, and toM r. Warren A. Emery for assistance in the preparation of the drawings.
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