Cnc Trade Secrets

This book is about computer numerical control (CNC) machine shop practices. Features include: over 100 4-color photos throughout; easy-to-read steps for going from print to part using CAD/CAM equipment; useful techniques for holding and machining parts using CNC machines; ways to unravel the mysteries of using G-code; ways to avoid crashing; 3D CNC milling basics; what CNC machines can and cannot do; solidworks challenges to improve your modeling skills; ideas for how engineers and designers can help machinists get the job done; practical and proven machining tips and tricks. --

Written by an experienced machinist and plastic injection mold maker, this groundbreaking manual will have users thinking and producing like experienced machinists. it provides practical "how-to" information that can immediately be used to improve one's machining skills, craftsmanship, and productivity.

This book is about computer numerical control (CNC) machine shop practices. Features include: over 100 4-color photos throughout; easy-to-read steps for going from print to part using CAD/CAM equipment; useful techniques for holding and machining parts using CNC machines; ways to unravel the mysteries of using G-code; ways to avoid crashing; 3D CNC milling basics; what CNC machines can and cannot do; solidworks challenges to improve your modeling skills; ideas for how engineers and designers can help machinists get the job done; practical and proven machining tips and tricks. --

A Treasure Trove of Practical Tips and Tricks for CNC Machining! From the author of the bestselling and universally praised Machine Shop Trade Secrets comes a new manual that 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 towrite a letter. Whether you are a shop owner, machinist, designer, or hobbyist, you will find yourself referring to this manual again and again. In this manual you will discover: Easy-to-read steps for going from print to part using CAD/CAM equipment Useful techniques for holding and machining parts using CNC machines Ways to unravel the mysteries of using G-code Ways to avoid "Crashing" 3D CNC milling basics What CNC machines can and cannot do Solidwork challenges to improve your modeling skills Ideas for how engineers and designers can help machinists get the job done A potpourri of practical and proven machining tips and tricks And much more...

This CD-ROM contains the PDF version of Metalworking Sink or Swim. This collection of priceless tips, tricks, skills, and experiences from a veteran of the trade is presented in a way that captures the attention of users and engages them in the process of furthering the art. It includes shop-tested descriptions and illustrations of creative and unique skills and observations from almost 40 years in the metalworking trades. What's more, it offers enough material from several metalworking trades to start a great research and development shop. It is sure to be a valuable and time-saving resource for anyone involved in the fabrication of metal. Written by a shop peer from the perspective of having done the required work. Includes numerous photos and illustrative stories that help users easily understand the material presented and the techniques provided. Contains a chapter on flame straightening techniques. Offers many examples of special workholding techniques. Covers crossover skills like Welding/Machine, Sheetmetal/Welding, and Design/Management.

This is the book and the ebook combo product. Over its first two editions, this best-selling book has become the de facto standard for training and reference material at all levels of CNC programming. Used in hundreds of educational institutions around the world as the primary text for CNC courses, and used daily by many in-field CNC programmers and machine operators, this book literally defines CNC programming. Written with careful attention to detail, there are no compromises. Many of the changes in this new Third Edition are the direct result of comments and suggestions received from many CNC professionals in the field. This extraordinarily comprehensive work continues to be packed with over one thousand illustrations, tables, formulas, tips, shortcuts, and practical examples. The enclosed CD-ROM now contains a fully functional 15-day shareware version of CNC tool path editor/simulator, NCPlot(TM). This powerful, easy-to-learn software includes an amazing array of features, many not found in competitive products. NCPlot offers an unmatched combination of simplicity of use and richness of features. Support for many advanced control options is standard, including a macro interpreter that simulates Fanuc and similar macro programs. The CD-ROM also offers many training exercises based on individual chapters, along with solutions and detailed explanations. Special programming and machining examples are provided as well, in form of complete machine files, useful as actual programming resources. Virtually all files use Adobe PDF format and are set to high resolution printing.

James Harvey has written an excellent book that fills a void in current metalworking instructional books. Most textbooks are aimed at the beginner in the machining trade and cover basic work practice admirably. What textbooks do not do is sit you down with a veteran of the trade who can fill you in on the tips and tricks that allow working faster, accurately and intelligently. What amazed me is at how all these tips are not recycled versions of the ones we are all familiar with (as published by Lindsay's books and others) but are new tips, all useful and pertinent to the tools and methods of today. Nicholas Carter Written by an experienced machinist and plastic injection mold maker, this groundbreaking manual will have users thinking and producing like experienced machinists. Machine Shop Trade Secrets provides practical how-to information that can immediately be put to use to improve ones machining skills, craftsmanship, and productivity. It is sure to be used and referred to time and again.

This unique reference features nearly all of the activities a typical CNC operator performs on a daily basis. Starting with overall descriptions and in-depth explanations of various features, it goes much further and is sure to be a valuable resource for anyone involved in CNC.