Audel Machine Shop Tools and Operations

Rex Miller (Round Rock TX) was a Professor of Industrial Technology at The State University of New York, College at Buffalo for over 35 years.  He has taught on the technical school, high school and college level for well over 40 years.  He is the author or co-author of over 100 textbooks ranging from electronics through carpentry and sheet metal work. He has contributed more than 50 magazine articles over the years to technical publications.  Mark Richard Miller (Kingsville, TX) is Associate Professor and Department Chairman of the Industrial Technology Department  at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas  teaching courses in plastics, metals, woodworking, computer drafting, quality and production control. He has co-authored six books with his father, publishes in trade magazines, and speaks at conferences.

• Acknowledgments viiAbout the Authors ixIntroduction xiChapter 1: Power Hacksaws, Power Band Saws, and Circular Saws 1Chapter 2: Basic Machine Tool Operations 25Chapter 3: Drilling Machines 39Chapter 4: Drilling Machine Operations 51Chapter 5: Vertical Boring Mills and Horizontal Boring Machines 83Chapter 6: Lathes 107Chapter 7: Lathe Operations 135Chapter 8: Cutting Screw Threads on the Lathe 167Chapter 9: Lathe Attachments 195Chapter 10: Turret Lathes 209Chapter 11: Milling Machines 233Chapter 12: Milling Machine Operations 241Chapter 13: Milling Machine Dividing Heads 267Chapter 14: Indexing Operation 281Chapter 15: Shapers 301Chapter 16: Planers 325Chapter 17: Slotters 341Chapter 18: Abrasive Metal Finishing Machines 353Chapter 19: Electroforming 365Chapter 20: Ultrasonics in Metalworking 379Chapter 21: Machine Shop Robotics and Electronics 389Appendix 405Index 427