The Milling Machine for Home Machinists

The home machinist’s essential guide for choosing and using a milling machine.

- Over 150 color photos and diagrams illustrate essential accessories and the differences between the options
- Detailed knowledge to help you successfully choose, install, and operate a milling machine in your home workshop
- Clear explanations of the usage of each machine and accessory for the vast majority of applications in an active shop
- Discover your options for holding the many diverse shapes and sizes of work pieces you'll need
- Learn which method is best for any application—whether to use a vice or an angle plate, mount the piece directly onto the worktable, or produce a fixture specifically for the task
- Learn the right ways to cut metal and maintain your milling tools

The Milling Machine for Home Machinists provides the detailed knowledge you need to successfully choose, install, and operate a milling machine in your home workshop. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs and diagrams, it will help you to understand which accessories are essential, and which can be postponed until your activity demands it. The usage of each machine and accessory is explained in detail for the vast majority of applications in an active shop.

The real learning curve begins once your milling machine and its accessories are chosen and installed. Discover your options for holding the many diverse shapes and sizes of work pieces that will inevitably surface during your machine’s life. This critical task is by far the most important part of learning to use the machine.

Learn how to decide which method is best for any application—whether to use a vice or an angle plate, or mount the piece directly onto the worktable, or even produce a fixture specifically for the task.

With the work piece set up and ready for machining, the book goes on to show you the right ways to cut metal and maintain your milling tools.

Milling machines are an integral part of any hobbyist’s workshop, but the huge variety of machine styles and accessories can be overwhelming for beginners. From selecting the right machine and accessories to the finer points of use, The Milling Machine for Home Machinists will help to answer all of your milling machine questions.


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