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Title: An elementary survey of machining
Review: This is a basic introductory textbook of machining. It explains what most machine tools are and how they work in simple language and padded with copious, though often uninformative pictures (e.g. the cover page for the chapter on CNC machining shows a picture of an old manual Bridgeport). It also includes some elementary instructions on common machining operations like using a center finder, cutting threads on a lathe, etc. However, it is much too brief to be considered an actual manual of machine shop practice.It is in textbook format and has simple questions at the end of each chapter. It seems like it would be a suitable overview text for a high school machine shop class. I think the title, "...from basic to advanced techniques" is misleading. There are no advanced techniques here, unless you consider the several paragraph descriptions of things like EDM and explosive forming to be advanced techniques.
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