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Is this THE machinist handbook everyone is always talking ab

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Your car should be old style
Your clothes rather new
Your chopper - a tasteful mix of the two.
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Post by curt »

now that's some nice info there thanks for posting
ever notice when you hit somethin or someone with a hammer you feel instantly better
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[quote="justin caise"]259 pgs or so, in PDF...
Yep , that's it ! Most usefull book I have ever owned !
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It looks like it starts on page 749. Alot of info is missing, but still good stuff
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Machinery hand book is a good one
South Bend's "How To Run a Lathe" is another lauded as the best
Vol 1 MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE by K.H.Moltrecht yet another
Manual of lathe operations and machinist tables Atlas-Craftsman My favorite.
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Post by railroad bob »

The Amateur's Lathe by L H Sparey comes highly recommended also.
Originally published in 1948, and reprinted as late as 2007.
Includes a chapter about milling, shaping and Grinding on a lathe.
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man, i do miss having my copy of the machinist's handbook. i also had a CNC programming book that was stellar. I can't think of the name of it at the moment but I'll look it up and edit this comment when I get the information.

oh! and thank you for the link to that pdf! that's awesome to have now!
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