What are some good Machining books?

[FishingMan]

Im looking to pick up some books on Machining. I just bought a lathe and next will be a mill.

 

[rmack898]

How to run a lathe, from South Bend. I don't have a link but google will bring it up.

Machinery's handbook is a must. I actually like the older editions better.

 

[rmack898]

There is also a 2 volume set called "Machine shop training course" by Franklin Jones that can be found cheap and has a wealth of goo information.

 

[pstemari]

Harold Hall, Lathe Work: a Complete Course and Milling: a Complete Course

Volumes 34 and 35 in the Workshop Practice Series.

That series is generally pretty good. Short, succinct, and well illustrated.

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[The Cobbler]

subscribed, thanks

 

[larry_g]

If you can find it at a library check out "Machine tool Reconditioning" It is a $100 book. From it you will learn the importance of how and why a machine is built. Understanding flat, square, straight, and wear will help you understand care and operation of the machine tool your working with.

Machine shop Practice, a 2 volume set by Moltrecht is a good set. There are different editions, all good. He also has some books out aimed at the hobbyist but I have not read them.

Another good read is The Machinist's Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard . I have the three volume set with the first book autographed to me. I bought them new and I'm blown away by what the asking price is now.

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[PAToyota]

The Machinist's Bedside Reader



An absolute wealth of information.

 

[dr_clyde]

Metalworking Sink or Swim by Tom Lipton is my favorite by FAR.

Machine Shop Trade Secrets by James Harvey is very good too.

 

[FishingMan]

I just ordered the other day Machinerys handbook large print. Ive had how to run a lathe and Machinist bedside reader. Now all i have to do is read them. Or kidnap this old Tony.lol thanks for the recommendations guys

 

[cmandp]

Machinery's handbook is great for general knowledge along with thread specifications, gears, materials etc.

An interesting, although a lot more in depth book for milling machines would be "A Treatise On Milling And Milling Machines" by the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company.

The latest version was updated sometime in the early 1950s. But it includes complete descriptions of how to do some quite complicated manual machining operations.

No longer in print but you can find PDFs for free online of the earlier versions (I think I have a 1916 printing for example).

 

[doctordirt]

I know that you mentioned books. But, have you given consideration to videos. Mr Pete222 found on YouTube has a series of vids. He also runs discounts periodically. I have a set not his, but can not remember the name and have misplaced them

 

[dogdog]

Machinery hand books is a must have if you are interest in those things... hard copy, mostly references, not how to...ssss...


Audel Machine Shop Tools and Operations is there also....


but non-book stuff... Youtube have some very good folks posting videos, but they are not basics and how to operate a lathe stuff...


this is "free" MIT have 10 volume videos on line for machining related videos / basics...

https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/142-machine-shop-1

as for paid stuff there is a great DVD volume out there that explains it even better... if you are willing to investing some $. It's a great video... covers everything...better than the MIT videos... I have to remember that name... I think it was a 3 volume or 5 or 6 just for lathe topics....


DVD from this guy " Jose Rodriguez ", I rented one from smartflix a while back and it was disappointing... I would not recommend.

these guys' videos are Great when I watched them...

all of Rudy Kouhoupt especially the bit sharping dvd / Grinding lathe tools....

like this video..
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003HEHNJM/?tag=atomicindus08-20

https://secure.villagepress.com/store/items/list/group/422

AGI Lathe - Darrell Holland sets
http://www.agivideos.com/preview/?id=2

This guy's video... also one of the top notch...
https://www.precisionmeasure.com/product/lathe-learnin-5-part-instructional-video-series/

 

[dogdog]

as for youtube.... you can search for these guys, they all have great videos, but again not a how to operate a lathe thing, but interesting things with machine shop tools related....

Mrpete222
oxtoolco
abom77
Keith Fenner

also
NYC CNC

 

[sanddan]

In addition to the books listed I've found I learned more by watching youtube videos. The best teachers are

Mrpete222, old high school shop teacher (at least reminds me of one)
oxtoolco, excellent, my personal favorite
abom77,
Joe Pieczynski, shop owner, excellent examples on machining and work holding for difficult applications. He also covers some CNC. Best tutorial on threading
Keith Fenner

I follow a lot more than this list, lots of great content on youtube. I tend to pickup many tips just watching how a pro does it. Learned Tig welding the same way. Better than reading a book, only thing better would be having someone in the shop in person.

 

[FishingMan]

Thanks for the replys guys. Got a bunch of books coming. Ive been wathing lots of youtube and a buddy of mine was a machinist years ago. Hes going to show me some things.

 

[stioc]

If I'd seen this earlier my recommendation would have been to just get the Machinery Handbook as a reference and then simply watch videos on Ytube. From my personal experience I have several books and for me none were all that earth shattering beyond what's freely available on the Internet.

Believe it or not Smithy actually had (still do?) a very good starter content on their website, including videos. I think I found it https://www.smithy.com/machining-help/machining-handbook

 

[rmack898]

I forgot to mention tool catalogs. MSC, Travers, etc. are a wealth of information.
You can learn an awful lot reading about tools you didn't know existed.

 

[EdT]

Reading all the books and watching all the videos is great, but if you've never cut a chip or busted a tool on an actual machine a lot of stuff in the books and videos will have little relevance for you. Kinda like leaning to figure skate by reading about it. So get yourself some free machining brass or 12L14 steel and try to make something with the lathe. It should be something simple. Say, a 3/4 " diameter x 1" long cylinder with a 5/8 diameter shoulder and a 3/8" hole through the middle of it. Make a sketch and try to make a part to match. I find that one of the most overlooked aspects of machining regardless of the machine is how are you going to hold onto the part while you machine it. When assessing the feasibility of making a part that is one if the first things I consider.

 

[FishingMan]

Ive made chips a long time ago. Books are for feed speeds,diam,specs etc. More info the better. Ive got plenty of stock to mess with.

 

[Griff93]

Mit used to have a really good set of machining training videos.

 

[gearhead1]

Machine Shop Trade Secrets

 

[Gizmosity]

For bare bones basics of many processes check out any textbook written by Victor E. Repp. I used one of his textbooks and recommend it often:

Machine Tool Technology.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0026715708/?tag=atomicindus08-20


I've bought them on Amazon for a few dollars. Shipping is sometimes more than the book. Well worth it.

 

[FishingMan]

Thanks for all the recommendations guys. Got a hell of a collection coming.