Thread Grinder
East Hartford, CT: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation, c1943. Presumed first edition and first printing thus. Three Ring Binder. No Title Page present. Various paginations. Illustrations. Front cover stained, soiled and torn at the three holes. Significant signs of moisture staining. Binder worn/soiled. Preface indicates that his text is an attempt to make understandable most of the complexities faced in present machine shop practices. This book should not only proved of value to you while you are in the status of a learner but you will find your text a source of reference in the future and we hope that it will serve as a first step in the pyramid of knowledge. This book is a result of the untiring efforts and sincere cooperation of the men from the Pratt & Whitney Division of the United Aircraft Corporation who voluntarily have acted as instructors in the Defense Training Center. No one can become a skilled machine tool operator just through reading a book. But life is far too short for anyone to become a skilled machine tool operator through the trial and error method. Thread grinder is usually used to produce accurate threads or threads in hard materials. The centerless thread grinder is used to make head-less set screws. This Manual has the following sections: Rules and Regulations of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft; The Machine Tools with which the School shop is equipped. Introduction to the Machines in the School shop; Small Tools with which the School shop is equipped; Small tools--uses and abuses; Safety precautions for the thread grinder operator; Important parts of the Style 31 Ex-Cell-O thread grinder; Lubrication; Coolants; Characteristics of the Grinding Wheel; Keeping the Grinding Wheel in Condition; Seeing, Hearing, and Feeling the Grinding; Work Holding Devices, Operation the Ex-Cell-O Thread Grinder, Speeds and Feeds, Tapers, Screw Threads, The American National Pipe Thread, and Terms relating to Heat Treating Operations. These sections are followed by a Thread Grinder Note Book. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Machine Tools, Manuals, Thread Grinders, Training Materials, Operator Training, Safety, Style 31 Ex-Cell-O, Coolants, Grinding Wheel, Holding Devices, Tapers, Screw Threads, Heat Treatment, Pipe Thread
[Book #85519]
Price: $250.00