Machine Shop Trade Secrets: A Guide to Manufacturing Machine Shop Practices

Editorial Reviews
Review
"...James Harvey has written an excellent book that fills a void in current metalworking instructional books." -- Nicholas Carter, Cartertools.com

"It’s bound to save you time, and trouble and give you the inside edge on lots of procedures ..." -- Roy

"Jim's approach to the content is no nonsense, hands-on, which I found appealing for the shop environment" -- Steven Gray, Steve's Old Engine Shed

"Most of what you find in this book you don't find in standard texts on machine work or metal working." -- Jock Dempsey, Anvilfire.com

"The writing style is akin to having had a friendly and very informative conversation with an "old pro" machinist." -- Dr. Ray Sommer, Ph.D., R.A. Sommer’s Hobby Machine Shop

Product Description
You will discover ways to:

* Work faster.
* Select, make, and grind cutters.
* Surface grind blocks, pins and shapes
* Cut threads, knurl parts and eliminate warp.
* Choose realistic feeds, speeds and depths of cut.
* Remove broken taps, drill bits and other hardware.
* Apply proven CNC techniques to maximize output.
* Improve surface finishes and hold tighter tolerances
* Assist engineers with design and manufacturing issues.
* Improve indicating skills and develop a “feel” for machining.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
As machinists, how often are we asked to produce hardware that was needed "yesterday?" The fact is, quite often as shop personnel try to keep "squeaky wheels" greased. Squeaky wheels come at us from all sides. Production people count on machinists to keep lines going, research and development people count on machinists to keep new product programs on track, maintenance people count on machinists for repair parts and so on.

The bottom line is when people want parts; they want parts. They don’t want excuses or anything else. That's one of the beauties of being a machinist. Your responsibilities are clear and simple. If you can get people their blessed parts, they'll go away.

Most people, including myself, don’t want to work any harder or faster than we have to. At times though, when the crisis monkey is on us, we have to get the lead out and get going. Crisis machining can be fun once in a while and generally speaking; any glory to be had usually comes from helping someone through a crisis. If nothing else, it can be a nice change of pace. The hours tend to go by quickly when your working on a "hot" job.

The following suggestions may help you work quickly. Keep in mind that doing a job correctly has to be your first priority... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.