McGraw-Hill Machining and Metalworking Handbook

Mechanical Engineering, Jan 2000

McGraw-Hill Machining and Metalworking Handbook, second edition. Ronald A. Walsh. McGrawHill, 11 W. 19th St., New York, NY 10011. 1999. 1,683 pp. ISBN 0-07-068059-0. $79.95.

Chapters cover modern metalworking machinery, tools, and measuring devices; mathematics for machinists and metalworkers; modern calculator techniques; U.S. customary and metric (SI) measures and conversions; physical and chemical properties, characteristics, and uses of materials; fastening and joining techniques and hardware; machining, machine tools, and practices; American national standards; tooling, die making, molds, jigs, and fixtures; gears; antifriction bearings; cans and cam development, layout, and design; springs; power transmission systems; mechanisms and linkages; sheet metal practices and layout; hardening and tempering steels and nonferrous alloys; castings, moldings, extrusions, and powder-metal technology; plating practices and finishes for metals; practical pneumatics, hydraulics, air handling, and heat; and engineering design data. Also covered are safety practices in industry; societies, associations, institutes, and specification authorities; CAD/CAM, CAE, and CNC software systems; and modern engineering drawing practices.