Machine Tool Operation: Part Pt, Drilling Machine Shaper and Plan Er, Milling and Grinding Machines Spur Gears and Bevel Gears, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

The preface of Part 1gives the reasons for preparing this text. Part 1deals with lathe work, bench work, and work at the forge. An attempt has been made in this volume (P art II) to organize the fundamental principles of construction and operation of theD rilling Machine, Shaper, Planer, Milling Machine, and Grinding Machine. A chapter embodying what every machinist should know concerning spur gears and bevel gears is included. Only fundamentally has this work anything to do with production. Special rapid production machines and tools represent various combinations of fundamental mechanisms, methods and processes. The purpose of this text is to discuss these fundamentals, and build a foundation for rapid production; the same sort of foundation that arithmetic builds for mathematical calculations. Perhaps a statement regarding the way in which the following text is presented and the reasons therefore should be made here. First: While there are a great many sizes, types, and kinds of each of the standard machine tools, and while the makers differ in details of design, the fact remains that the primary function, and the basic principles of construction and operation of the given class of machine, are the same regardless of the size or where it is made. Therefore, a well-known example of each of the machine tools under discussion has been selected and described, and typical mechanisms illustrated and explained in such a way as to bring out the general details. Second: The operators production, interest and progress are in proportion to his understanding of the basic principles of the construction of the machine he is running the special mechanical features, feed changes, speed changes, and adjustments of the machine. Consequently, these things have been discussed early in the study of the particular machine.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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