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CNC Trade Secrets is from the author of the bestselling and universally praisedMachine Shop Trade Secrets. This new manual does for CNC machining what the first book did for conventional machining.

With this guide to proven CNC machine shop practices, you will be producing machine parts faster, with fewer errors, and with less labor. You’ll discover that you don’t have to know “everything there is to know” to make parts on CNC machines - just as, for example, you don’t have to know everything about Microsoft Word to write a letter. Whether you are a shop owner, machinist, designer, or hobbyist, you will find yourself referring to this manual again and again.   

James Harvey is a full-time machinist and plastic mold maker. He has made his living working in shops across the U.S. for nearly 40 years. His no-nonsense approach to listing machining rules-of-thu

Table of Contents
Introduction. Proper Planning. Get a Grip. Avoiding Crashes. Chamfering and Edge Dressing. More Help for Engineers. Becoming Familiar with CAD. Becoming Familiar with CAM. Becoming Familiar with Code. Fire Up a Machine. Odds and Ends. Index.

CNC Trade Secrets A Guide to CNC Machine Shop Practices

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      Publisher Industrial Press Inc.,U.S.
      Published 10 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780831135027
      978-0831135027
      ISBN-10 0831135026

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Overview

      CNC Trade Secrets is from the author of the bestselling and universally praisedMachine Shop Trade Secrets. This new manual does for CNC machining what the first book did for conventional machining.

      With this guide to proven CNC machine shop practices, you will be producing machine parts faster, with fewer errors, and with less labor. You’ll discover that you don’t have to know “everything there is to know” to make parts on CNC machines - just as, for example, you don’t have to know everything about Microsoft Word to write a letter. Whether you are a shop owner, machinist, designer, or hobbyist, you will find yourself referring to this manual again and again.   

      James Harvey is a full-time machinist and plastic mold maker. He has made his living working in shops across the U.S. for nearly 40 years. His no-nonsense approach to listing machining rules-of-thu

      Table of Contents
      Introduction. Proper Planning. Get a Grip. Avoiding Crashes. Chamfering and Edge Dressing. More Help for Engineers. Becoming Familiar with CAD. Becoming Familiar with CAM. Becoming Familiar with Code. Fire Up a Machine. Odds and Ends. Index.

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