By Frank M. Marlow
Illustrated by Pamela J. Tallman


A comprehensive and detailed presentation of manual machine tools and methods, machine shop know-how and practical shop tips. Machine Shop Essentials is for machinists, engineers, model makers, R & D lab technicians, instrument makers, prototype builders, product designers and gunsmiths who need to make prototypes, models or spare parts, or need to modify existing equipment. This book can also be used to gain a basic understanding of machine tools before moving on to computer-controlled machine tools.

More than half the book is devoted to small and medium-size lathes and milling machines, such as Levin jewelers' lathes, Sherline miniature lathes and mills, Clausing lathes, and Bridgeport-style vertical milling machines. It examines how these machines are constructed, their cutting tools and accessories and how to use them.

This back-to-basics book contains all the information needed for a fundamental understanding of machine tools, and presents this information in the same straightforward, easy-to-read question-and-answer format used in the author's two successful welding books: Welding Essentials and Welding Fabrication & Repair.

Machine Shop Essentials Includes:
• Over 500 clear, concise drawings.

• Step-by-step instructions for many common machine shop operations, including typical problems and their solutions.

• Shortcuts, specialized tools and tips from expert machinists on indispensable shop-made tools that will quickly expand the user's capabilities.

• General shop safety issues and special precautions for each machine tool.

• A review of basic precision measuring and marking tools and methods.

• How to incorporate purchased components such as bearing, gears, snap rings and roll pins to quickly make sophisticated and durable devices.

• How to heat-treat steel in the machine shop.

• Guidelines for avoiding metal fatigue failures.

• Cutting, drilling, and shaping plastic, rubber and glass.

• Safety precautions and equipment for each machine tool.

• A comprehensive machine shop glossary.

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Weight	3.00 lbs
Price:	$44.95