Machine Trades Printreading
Thorough Foundation for Understanding Prints used for Manufacturing and Machining

By: Thomas E. Proctor, J. David Holloway, Jonathan F. Gosse - 2nd Edition

This established reference text presents a thorough foundation for understanding prints used for manufacturing and machining. Machine Trades Printreading begins with with the basic techniques for representing three-dimensional objects, including print production, common dimensioning and tolerancing methods, and the associated math machinists frequently encounter. Next, the text presents special types of views needed to describe complex shapes and a discussion of various materials and their properties. Also covered are special machined features and components and their specifications.

This new edition incorporates a new design and organization and covers the following new or expanded topics:

• Standards organizations
• Metric dimensioning
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Alternative multiview arrangements
• Manufacturing processes
• Material classifications and properties
• Metric fasteners
• Gear ratios and specifications
• Numerical control processes and codes

Contents include:

• Prints
• Object Representation
• Shop Math
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing 
• Sectional and Auxiliary Views
• Detail and Assembly Prints
• Materials and Machining
• Threads and Fasteners
• Gears and Cams
• Numerical Control Documents
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Index

326 Pages, 228 illustrations, Soft-cover.
ISBN: 0826918670
ISBN-13: 978-0826918673
Published January 2005

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