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James Harvey has written an excellent book that fills a void in current metalworking instructional books. Most textbooks are aimed at the beginner in the machining trade and cover basic work practice admirably. What textbooks do not do is sit you down with a veteran of the trade who can fill you in on the tips and tricks that allow working faster, accurately and intelligently. What amazed me is at how all these tips are not recycled versions of the ones we are all familiar with (as published by Lindsay's books and others) but are new tips, all useful and pertinent to the tools and methods of today.”Nicholas Carter Written by an experienced machinist and plastic injection mold maker, this groundbreaking manual will have users thinking and producing like experienced machinists. Machine Shop Trade Secrets provides practical how-to” information that can immediately be put to use to improve ones machining skills, craftsmanship, and productivity. It is sure to be used and referred to time and again. 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.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | James Harvey | | Paperback: | 320 pages | | Publisher: | Industrial Press, Inc. | | Publication Date: | December 15, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0831132272 | | Product Length: | 10.58 inches | | Product Width: | 8.32 inches | | Product Height: | 0.8 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.86 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.6 inches | | Package Width: | 8.1 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 52 reviews |
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52 of 54 found the following review helpful:
 A Really Weird Book----But Highly Addictive Feb 22, 2006
By Philip C. Jones
This has to be the most unusual book I have ever read. Each chapter contains a number of separate numbered paragraphs. Each paragraph contains the author's thoughts about some specific aspect of machining. This organizational format is almost bizarre, but somehow strangely effective. This book has the best description I have ever seen on what cutters are best used for particular functions. I also really enjoyed the do's and don'ts on NC machining. I've gone through it twice now in one week and will probably read it a third time before long.
This is not the usual textbook on machining with numerous pages devoted to cutting theory that somehow never quite gets to the point of telling you what feed and speed to use to accomplish a specific task. Nor does it have an entire chapter telling you what a lathe is and how the various parts are named. The utility of many such treatises is probably exhausted once past the point of contributing to some academician's case for being awarded tenure. This one is really different. It really has a lot of good advice that's applicable to virtually any environment.
Some of the points the author makes may seem trivial at first (buy lots of tools, for example)as noted by at least one other reviewer. But if you take the time to read and understand what he's saying, you'll see there is some interesting and really decent advice here. Buying special purpose tools rather than the 6-in-1 kind, for example, not only produces better work, but helps avoid time consuming setups and reduces bad parts.
I've got a suggestion for the author for another book. He might organize it by "how to" topic. For example, "how to cut an interior keyway". There are lots of ways to do most of these things, ranging from simple hand tool methods to megacredit special purpose machinery. It would be interesting (for me at least) to see 4 to 5 ways presented for each "how to" with a brief discussion of their pluses and minuses.
24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Fills in the gaps few other books address Jan 16, 2006
By Norman Hamer
Machine Shop Trade Secrets provides tremendous value for it's cover price. I've been a home shop machinist for about 4 years now, and purchased half a dozen different books on the subject. This one stands out.
This book is not a reference volume, nor an introduction to machine tools. It is, however, a wide-ranging collection of tips, techniques and observations by a master machinist. None of the tips are deep, dark secrets given only to a chosen few, although his description of how to easily drill compound-angle holes without a universal vise comes close.
The material is clear, concisely written, and well-illustrated. He assumes that his audience has a basic familiarity with machine tools, and offers ways to use them which increase both accuracy and job speed. Some of the material is most relevant to working in a production shop, and some covers specialized tools and techniques. Most, however, is useful advice for a wide range of machining tasks.
I particularly enjoyed his section of advice for engineers specifying machined parts. He provides a number of clear observations about choices which seem to be equivalent from an engineering perspective, but which make producing the part much more difficult. This advice is just as relevant for a home shop machinist designing parts for their own project.
Throughout, the book is written to be accessible to the reader. He doesn't belabor observations which can be expressed in one sentence, nor does he skimp on explanations for more involved tasks. This book is the closest I've seen to having a friendly neighbor, who happens to be a master machinist, who is willing to come over and show you the easier ways to get good results.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Highly Informative. Nov 01, 2007
By David Wimberley
This is not a machining primer. It does give you unusual access to the mind of an obviously skilled and experienced machinist. The book obviously reflects a great deal of work and preparation. It is entertainingly laid out. The photographs are outstanding and numerous.
If you are anything but a seasoned machinist, this book is worthy of rereading many times. My son and I have separate shops in the same business. This is the only machining book that I felt compelled to buy two copies of, one for myself and one for my son.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Not so great to me... Feb 15, 2010
By Fuzzbean
I cannot understand the many rave reviews this book has received here. I'm a professional machinist with 22 years experience, and I simply was not impressed at all by this book. Of course it contains some good info, but my feeling was it was about 15% more-or-less useful, 65% obvious stuff I already knew, 5% simply made no sense, and 15% I disagreed with and think a different way is better. An example of the latter is the author's "correct" way of indicating in a rotary table... an impractical bunch of time-wasting hogwash for 99% of jobs with any kind reasonable tolerance. I never saw a cheap Chinese rotary table where the center hole was not true to the rotation axis within .0005" or so TIR, and I've used a bunch of them. In commercial shops I've worked in, getting something actually done was more important than playing theoretical games with a dial indicator. The one thing in the book that really intrigued me was the author's repeated mention of 6-sided single-flute homemade end mills. But then he never really went over how to make them, or explained how they can cut if the relief clearance apparently returns to zero 3 times per revolution. Well, maybe there is more useful in here from the viewpoint of a beginner... I don't mean to sound condescending, but just give some benefit of the doubt where I don't see that much value myself.
I recommend Tom Lipton's "Sink or Swim" book WAY over this one.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Practical advice instead of assorted facts Aug 17, 2005
By Vincent Kurpan
"vince_n_nancy"
This is one of the few books on machining that actually tells you what to expect from specific tools and methods. Too many other books simply describe various tools, methods, and fixtures with complete indifference.... like a dictionary. This book comes right out and tells you that this one works well and that one doesn't. It's almost as if he's actually done some machining :-)
Because it gives specific advice on tools it will save you some money not buying the wrong ones.
The book's format is rather strange with numbered paragraphs throughout. The first time I saw it I was just confused by it. The good thing about this format is that you can just pick it up and read a couple paragraphs whenever. It's very condensed so you get a lot of information in short doses.... and it's easy to skip sections that don't apply ro you.
If you have the machinery (Lathe/Mill) you really should have this book unless you already have a great deal of experience. It's well worth the price.
I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it could have gone a little further in some areas. I guess no book can cover everything you'd like.
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