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    Default Free turning book download

    This was written in 1914 ..but the basics havent changed much . It is out of copyright. Turning and Boring by Franklin D. Jones - Project Gutenberg

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    Excellent - I just downloaded it to my ipad so it can be with me in the shed.

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    Thank you, I've put it on my kindle. No lathe yet, but if I'm a very good boy, santa has promised to get me one for christmas

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    Very interesting book. It's a shame there isn't a pdf version.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vernonv View Post
    Very interesting book. It's a shame there isn't a pdf version.
    I thought the same thing. Can the Kindle version be read on a PC?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vernonv View Post
    Very interesting book. It's a shame there isn't a pdf version.
    On a Mac, open it up in HTML and then PRINT, one of the options at this point is to save it as a PDF. It comes out at 7.3 Mb.

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    Download it as HTML then use PDF Creator to create the PDF

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    done as PDF..its almost 15meg...can send via sendit which is web based and wont drop out like outlook does to a lot of people

    PM me if you want a copy via email

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    I found an online EPUB to pdf converter, so problem solved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vernonv View Post
    I found an online EPUB to pdf converter, so problem solved.
    Which one did you use? Could you put up a link perhaps?

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    There's an EPUB plugin for Firefox that works a treat.
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    Hi guys, just did a quick browse on this book and with all due respect must say that (in my opinion) at most only 20 percent is really relevant to machining today. Turning between centres is really unheard of these days. The main reason this method was employed in earlier days was because of the limitations of the size of the headstock bearings and the hollow spindle size. The other main distinction between now and then is the tooling involved. ISO tooling inserts mean faster speeds, higher feed rates, and generally, but not always, better finishes.
    The other areas that are redundant are measuring equipment and gear selection for screw cutting.
    Also all the information on turret lathes. Forget it! Seriously, don't waste your brain power reading this stuff. No one these days is going to stand in front of a turret lathe and rotate a handle backwards and forwards like a monkey for $20.00 per hour.
    What I'm trying to say here is that if you have more than a few components to produce, CNC is the only answer.

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    Not all of us read it for actual immediate applications, some people just like reading for the historical perspective, same as a I like to read about 18/19th century sailing ships and technology.

    And if one wants to find some sort of indirect application, its only by appreciating what has been done in the past and where we have come from do we improve our bearings about where to go in the future without repeating the mistakes of the past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by erickendall View Post
    Hi guys, just did a quick browse on this book and with all due respect must say that (in my opinion) at most only 20 percent is really relevant to machining today. Turning between centres is really unheard of these days. The main reason this method was employed in earlier days was because of the limitations of the size of the headstock bearings and the hollow spindle size. The other main distinction between now and then is the tooling involved. ISO tooling inserts mean faster speeds, higher feed rates, and generally, but not always, better finishes.
    The other areas that are redundant are measuring equipment and gear selection for screw cutting.
    Also all the information on turret lathes. Forget it! Seriously, don't waste your brain power reading this stuff. No one these days is going to stand in front of a turret lathe and rotate a handle backwards and forwards like a monkey for $20.00 per hour.
    What I'm trying to say here is that if you have more than a few components to produce, CNC is the only answer.
    Looking at the amount of old lathes for sale world wide on epay and OZ-epay alone this book could prove invaluable to many.

    With out this we would not have CNC, we would be trying to teach monkeys to use Turret Lathes. Now we just teach them to load them. While someone sits in an office browsing the forum

    I know which machine and operator I'd prefer making parts accuracy wise anyway.

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    Fair enough BobL, you make some very valid points and I respect your reasons, but my perspective comes only from the practical "now" side on how to do modern day operations.
    I still stand by my earlier post. If anyone wants to learn modern day machining techniques, they should look past this outdated treatise.

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