Turning and Boring
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Machining beginners seeking to build basic concepts of turning and boring
- Researchers in the history of mechanical engineering and technical education who need classic craft literature
- Vocational school teachers and students using it as supplementary reading on traditional cutting processes
- Engineering and technical personnel interested in machine-tool operation who want broader background knowledge
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking guidance on CNC programming and operation
- Shop-floor operators looking for the latest cutting parameters and safety standards
- General readers with no mechanical background and no familiarity with English terminology
- Practitioners seeking knowledge of modern intelligent manufacturing systems
Reading tips
- Begin with the basic definitions and workpieces of turning and boring, then move on to the operational chapters.
- Read alongside a modern machine-tool manual and note outdated process parameters and equipment information.
- Use the diagrams to understand the relative motion of tool and workpiece; sketch simple figures if helpful.
- Treat operational content as conceptual understanding only; actual machining must follow current safety standards.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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FAQ
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Does the content help with learning CNC machining?
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About the author
Jones (Franklin Day Jones, 1879–1967) was an American mechanical engineer and technical editor. Public information about his education and career is quite limited; what can be confirmed is that he worked for many years as a writer and editor in the field of mechanical engineering and compiled manuals on mechanical design and engineering, providing practical reference materials for engineers and technicians. His representative work, Turning and Boring, deals with turning and boring machining and is a technical work on mechanical manufacturing processes, with an emphasis on practical operations and methods. Books of this kind are usually intended for workshop technicians and engineering students, and are written in a concise, practical style that reflects his approach as a technical editor. His work helped organize scattered machining experience into manuals and monographs that were easy to consult, and it has a certain significance for engineering education and the dissemination of technical knowledge.
