Machine Shop Books

[aixenmemphis]

Are there any basic machine shop books out there that you guys would recommend. I do not plan on buying a lathe or a mill but would just like to understand the process a little better.

 

[Rustystud]

The Machinist HandBook would be an real eye opener for starts.
I would suggest you buy a used one maybe ten years old. Brownells and Midway sell a number of Machining and Gunsmithing books. Gunsmithing Kinks, Machinest Bedside Reader would be others. There are some old publications by South Bend Equipment Company specific to the lathe and mill.

Rustystud

 

[Clark]

Machining fundamentals.

It was the text book at Highline Community College in the 1970s when my brother got a degree in machining and welding.

I recently got a copy and used it to learn.
So did the guy at real guns.
He wrote a review:
realgun book revew of MF by Walker