Machine Shop Training Course, 5th Edition, Volume 1

Packed with facts and rules that students can put to use in the shop and toolroom, they include everything from underlying principles, to standards, to calculations for every specific task in shop training. Together, they provide an outstanding treatise on machine shop practice. No classroom or workshop where apprentices are being trained can afford to be without these valuable combination text and reference guides.

Covers fundamental principles; methods of adjusting and using different types of machine tools - with typical examples of :

• Work-measuring instruments and gauges
• Cutting screw threads by different processes
• Thread grinding
• Gear cutting
• Precision toolmaking methods
• Typical shop problems with solutions
• Miscellaneous facts relating to the art of machine construction and much, much more

Chapter 1 : Principles Underlying All Metal-Cutting Operations
Chapter 2 : Lathes and Their Principal Mechanical Features
Chapter 3 : Turning Cylindrical Parts in Lathe
Chapter 4 : Taper Turning in Lathe and Taper Attachments
Chapter 5 : Chucks and Faceplates; Drilling and Boring in Lathe
Chapter 6 : Single-Point Tool Forms and Tool Grinding
Chapter 7 : Principles Governing Speeds and Feeds for Metal Cutting
Chapter 8 : Cooling and Lubricating Fluids for Metal-Cutting Tools
Chapter 9 : Screw Thread Standards and Their Application
Chapter 10 : Cutting Screw Threads in the Lathe
Chapter 11 : How to Calculate Change Gears for Thread Cutting
Chapter 12 : Measuring Pitch Diameters of Screw Threads
Chapter 13 : Turret Lathes and Machines of Automatic Type
Chapter 14 : Vertical Boring and Turning Machines
Chapter 15 : General Practice in Drilling and Reaming Holes
Chapter 16 : Precision Methods of Spacing or Locating Holes
Chapter 17 : Cylinder Boring and Precision Jig Boring
Chapter 18 : Controlling Accuracy in Interchangeable Manufacture
Chapter 19 : Different Classes of Fits for Assembled Machine Parts
Chapter 20 : Calipers, Micrometers and Other Measuring Instruments
Chapter 21 : Fixed Gages for Checking the Sizes of Duplicate Parts
Chapter 22 : Gaging tapering Parts and Measuring Angles
Chapter 23 : Precision Gage Blocks and Their Application
Chapter 24 : Generating Surfaces and Angles by Precision Methods
Chapter 25 : Engineering Standards Applied in Machine Building
Chapter 26 : How to Read Blueprints or Mechanical Drawings
Chapter 27 : Miscellaneous Rules and Formulas

Shop Safety
Index