Machine Tool Practices 8th Edition - Table of Contents:

• SECTION A: INTRODUCTION
  • Shop Safety
  • Mechanical Hardware
  • Reading Drawings
• SECTION B: HAND TOOLS
  • Arbor and Shop Presses
  • Work-Holding and Hand Tools
  • Hacksaws
  • Files
  • Hand Reamers
  • Identification and Uses of Taps
  • Tapping Procedures
  • Thread-Cutting Dies and Their Uses
  • Off-Hand Grinding
• SECTION C: DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT
  • Systems of Measurement
  • Using Steel Rules
  • Using Vernier, Dial, and Digital Instruments for Direct Measurements
  • Using Micrometer Instruments
  • Using Comparison Measuring Instruments
  • Using Gage Blocks
  • Using Angular Measuring Instruments
  • Tolerances, Fits, Geometric Dimensions, and Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• SECTION D: MATERIALS
  • Selection and Identification of Steels
  • Selection and Identification of Nonferrous Metals
  • Hardening, Case Hardening, and Tempering
  • Annealing, Normalizing, and Stress Relieving
  • Rockwell and Brinell Hardness Testers
• SECTION E: LAYOUT
  • Basic Semiprecision Layout Practice
  • Basic Precision Layout Practice
• SECTION F: PREPARATION FOR MACHINING OPERATIONS
  • Machinability and Chip Formation
  • Speeds and Feeds for Machine Tools
  • Cutting Fluids
  • Using Carbides and Other Tool Materials
• SECTION G: SAWING MACHINES
  • Using Reciprocating and Horizontal Band Cutoff Machines
  • Abrasive and Cold Saws
  • Preparing to Use the Vertical Band Machine
  • Using the Vertical Band Machine
• SECTION H: DRILLING MACHINES
  • The Drill Press
  • Drilling Tools
  • Hand Grinding of Drills on the Pedestal Grinder
  • Operation Drilling Machines
  • Countersinking and Counterboring
  • Reaming in the Drill Press
• SECTION I: TURNING MACHINES
  • The Engine Lathe
  • Toolholders and Toolholding for the Lathe
  • Cutting Tools for the Lathe
  • Lathe Spindle Tooling
  • Operating the Machine Controls
  • Facing and Center Drilling
  • Turning between the Centers
  • Alignment of the Lathe Centers
  • Other Lathe Operations
  • Sixty-Degree Thread Information and Calculations
  • Cutting Unified External Threads
  • Cutting Unified Internal Threads
  • Cutting Tapers
  • Using Steady and Follower Rests
  • Additional Thread Forms
  • Cutting Acme Threads on the Lathe
• SECTION J: VERTICAL MILLING MACHINES
  • Vertical Spindle Milling Machines
  • Cutting Tools and Cutter Holders for the Vertical Milling Machines
  • Setups on the Vertical Milling Machine
  • Vertical Milling Machine Operations
  • Using the Offset Boring Head
• SECTION K: HORIZONTAL SPINDLE MILLING MACHINES
  • Horizontal Spindle Milling Machines
  • Types of Spindles, Arbors, and Adapters
  • Arbor-Driven Milling Cutters
  • Work-Holding Methods and Standard Setups
  • Machine Setup and Plain Milling
  • Using Side Milling Cutters
  • Using Face Milling Cutters on the Horizontal Milling Machine
• SECTION L: GRINDING AND ABRASIVE MACHINING PROCESSES
  • Selection and Identification of Grinding Wheels
  • Truing, Dressing, and Balancing of Grinding Wheels
  • Grinding Fluids
  • Horizontal Spindle Reciprocating Table Surface Grinders
  • Workholding on the Surface Grinder
  • Using the Surface Grinder
  • Problems and Solutions in Surface Grinding
  • Center-Type Cylindrical Grinders
  • Using the Cylindrical Grinder
  • Universal Tool and Cutter Grinder
• SECTION M: COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL AND OTHER ADVANCED MACHINE PROCESSES
  • CNC Machine Tool Progammable Axes and Position Dimensioning Systems
  • CNC Programming
  • CNC Tooling
  • Other Advanced Machining Processes
    • Appendix 1: Answers to Self-Tests
    • Appendix 2: General Tables
  • Decimal Equivalents of Fractional Inches
  • Inch/Metric Conversion Table
  • Tap Drill Sizes
  • Metric Tap Drill Sizes
    • A Tapers
    • B Tapers and Angles
  • General Measurements
    • A Density or Specific Gravity of Metals and Alloys
    • B Approximate Melting Points of Metals and Various Substances
  • Right-Triangle Solution Formulas
  • Wire Gages and Metric Equivalents
  • Cutting Speeds for Some Commonly Used Materials
    • A Feeds for High-Speed End Mills
    • B Coolants and Cutting Oils Used for General Machining
• Appendix 3 : Precision Vise Project Drawings
• Glossary
• Index