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Milling for Home Machinists (Fox Chapel Publishing) Project-Based Course Builds Skills with 8 Projects for Clamps, Parallels, an Angle Plate, a Dividing Head, a Milling Cutter Sharpener, and More

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Your complete introduction to milling!A project-based course to understanding milling and the milling machine8 projects help you gain skills and build expertise, from making an angle plate and grinding tool holder to clamps, parallels, boring heads, and moreBeginner-friendly guide assumes no prior knowledge, working through the process of using a home shop mill from beginning to endExtensively illustrated with full workshop drawings and photos for each projectMilling for Home Machinists is a project-based course that provides a complete introduction to milling and the use of the milling machine. It assumes no prior knowledge and works through the process of using a home shop mill from beginning to end.Inside, you'll advance through a series of practice projects that teach you how to use the milling machine and develop essential skills through practical application. The book takes beginners through all the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations. A getting started section reviews the necessary tools and equipment. Four minor and four major milling projects provide the opportunity to gain basic skills, and then use that expertise to build a series of useful and increasingly complex tools. Each task is designed to develop essential milling machine skills that you will use again and again!The eight projects are extensively illustrated and photographed, with full workshop drawings accompanying the text. Projects carefully progress in difficulty from easy to intermediate, and each tool you'll make is used in later projects. Each project introduces new techniques and information, and most major milling procedures are covered by the end of the book.After completing this course, you will have amassed a wealth of practical skills and a range of useful workshop tools and equipment. Milling machine owners with more advanced skills will find new ways to expand their workshops. The wide range of projects provides you with items that are both useful and interesting to make, including an angle plate, clamps, parallels, boring head, dividing head, a grinding tool holder, and an excellent milling cutter sharpener. Some of the items—such as the grinding rest and its accessories—are not available commercially, making this book even more valuable for workshop owners of all skill levels.With Milling for Home Machinists, you'll not only get a training manual on using the milling machine, but also receive practical instruction on how to apply the knowledge that it presents. This is also a useful companion book to Metal Lathe for Home Machinists. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fox Chapel Publishing; Illustrated edition (June 1, 2012)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1565236947


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 43


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 0.51 x 8.33 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #394,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #42 in Metallurgy Materials Engineering #67 in Machinery Engineering (Books) #155 in Metal Work (Books)


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  • well written
I converted my shop from woodworking to metal fabrication and am learning a new skill. Many machinists you tube channels recommended books by Harold Hall and I find his books well written and cover the topic in an easy-to-understand style. Reference books are necessary but deal with charts and conversion tables etc. but not how to use the equipment. These books are great for the hobby machinist. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024 by Dave Zehner

  • I like this book.
At first blush, the reviews of this book appear very mediocre. But if you actually read them, the main complaints are that this book is too advanced for the absolute beginner, the writing style is hard to follow and the book is just reprinted material from the practice series. I agree with all of those sentiments, however, Mr. Halls work is outstanding. Has anyone even tried any of the projects in this book? I'm a hobbyist who took a machine shop class a few years ago, so I have the basics. I think having basic instruction prior to this book is a really good idea because you do need some understanding of how the equipment works before using it. Luckily there are a ton of videos out there on youtube to get one started. My personal feeling is that the writing style is a bit hard to follow owning to Mr. Hall being located in the UK, but not impossible. The projects are also written in metric, so it can be an added challenge if you have an Imperial machine and Imperial cutters/tooling, but you can do some conversions of the plans ahead of beginning. It should also be noted that a lathe is needed for some of the work in this book, but I suppose it's assumed you'd get one well before buying a mill (King of the shop tools, and all that.) I built the boring head outlined in this book. I have not built the dividing head yet, so I marked out the dial using a technique Mr. Hall describes in Practice Series #37. The result was a very high quality tool that will be around a lot longer than I will be. To sum up, the projects in this book are useful items designed to improve your skills with each project becoming more complicated. Materials and sizing are listed in British designations and metric, plans are well illustrated and not difficult to follow. Certainly for the cost, it's well worth having. Mr. Hall has a website with a lot of information and plans. You can get a feel for his writing style there. Good luck with your projects! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2014 by Ryan C

  • Good starter book
If you have a mini-mill for hobby work, this is a great book to get you started
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2024 by sean bise

  • Again new cover old text.
Here again, this is nothing more than a slick reprint of a previous work from the Workshop Practice Series, with no mention of said series. The preface isn;t even updated. But; if you do not have it (make sure) in your library, it is an excellant addition, full of great information.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2013 by Charles R. Dalton

  • very happy
yes it is reviewing a lot of stuff I am currently learning in class with working on mills. I love having information on hand to review if I feel I am becoming stale in machining prompt delivery as well :) I cannot complain
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013 by Natasha Saguini

  • Another great book by Harold Hall
Been reading his stuff for a few years and if you are looking for good quality well written and thorough books he is definitely where to go to get up to date and accurate info every time.
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014 by Rbeckett

  • great refresher course
exactly what I expected...packaging was excellent... publication quality is very high grade for a paperback printing.
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017 by Amazon Customer

  • This a good source to set information fast.
I am reading these books to become s hobby machinist.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019 by Nicholas Ratcliff

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