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Review: Valuable for both machining centers and lathes - I bought this text mainly for its treatment of cnc lathes. My training was only in cnc machining centers (mills), we used the Lynch text. I'll give you a simple calculation to engage you a little. The z coordinate moves along the axis of rotation of the shaft or workpiece with the x coordinate being the radial distance (signed) of the cutter from the axis of rotation. Say you'd like to cut a helix or screw threads on this rod or shaft, uniformly spaced of course. With one revolution of the shaft your screw would advance one thread and be at the beginning of the next one.You want t threads per inch (TPI). The distance advanced in one revolution is then (1/t) inches per thread or revolution.The rate the cutter must travel along the z direction is then (1/t)xRPM where RPM is the rotation rate of the shaft in revolutions per minute. This RPM will depend on the material of the shaft-cutting speed which you look up in the machinery handbook.This rate or feedrate you see then is in inches per minute. By the way x can be given a feedrate also for a taper say.This little blurb is just to give you some idea and get you thinking mechanically. Next for the review: You're assumed to know how to read prints and mainly how to picture in your mind or sketch the object from a standard 3 view orthographic projection drawing (front view, right side view, and top view). The front view actually gives y and z coordinates of the points of your object, right side view gives x and z, top gives x and y. This is why given two views you can draw the third using a miter line (inclined 45 degrees with respect to the y axis anywhere in the y-z plane). This is as bad as it gets and this of course pertains to a machining center. For a lathe a 2 view or even single view will suffice. The coordinate assignment which you can get right off the print as soon as you choose a convenient origin (called program zero) as explained above will be the coordinates used in your program. G codes give cutting tool movements with or without a feedrate from point to point. M codes give machine state like spindle rotates clockwise or counter clockwise or spindle stops and returns home. Enough-Send Cash! The author uses Fanuc control codes which is nearly standard as other controls may have some slight differences if any-you'll have to check the manuals. Tool movement codes are illustrated and clearly explained. Whole examples are given from print to program-quite good. A nice feature is the CD with the free 2 week trial of NCPlot software which allows you to enter your program on your pc and see the result when you run it. I would use this toward the end though if you don't plan on buying it. If you followed along so far mostly you could learn it self-study from this text. In truth there's software that reads print details from a SolidWorks file for instance and writes a good deal of the program for you. Still it's a good skill to learn, you'll need it to interpret what the CAM software is doing and to know where your input is required.
Review: Good book and full of ideas, facts, and CNC related Jargon - Totally awesome. I missed out on so much schooling when it comes to CNC and education directed at people loving craft mechanics and mathematics.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #119,336 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #9 in Industrial Technology (Books) #14 in Industrial Manufacturing #45 in Computer Programming Languages |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (433) |
| Dimensions  | 7.9 x 1.3 x 10.1 inches |
| Edition  | 3rd |
| ISBN-10  | 0831133473 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0831133474 |
| Item Weight  | 2 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 600 pages |
| Publication date  | November 26, 2007 |
| Publisher  | Industrial Press, Inc. |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Valuable for both machining centers and lathes
*by P***K on August 31, 2016*

I bought this text mainly for its treatment of cnc lathes. My training was only in cnc machining centers (mills), we used the Lynch text. I'll give you a simple calculation to engage you a little. The z coordinate moves along the axis of rotation of the shaft or workpiece with the x coordinate being the radial distance (signed) of the cutter from the axis of rotation. Say you'd like to cut a helix or screw threads on this rod or shaft, uniformly spaced of course. With one revolution of the shaft your screw would advance one thread and be at the beginning of the next one.You want t threads per inch (TPI). The distance advanced in one revolution is then (1/t) inches per thread or revolution.The rate the cutter must travel along the z direction is then (1/t)xRPM where RPM is the rotation rate of the shaft in revolutions per minute. This RPM will depend on the material of the shaft-cutting speed which you look up in the machinery handbook.This rate or feedrate you see then is in inches per minute. By the way x can be given a feedrate also for a taper say.This little blurb is just to give you some idea and get you thinking mechanically. Next for the review: You're assumed to know how to read prints and mainly how to picture in your mind or sketch the object from a standard 3 view orthographic projection drawing (front view, right side view, and top view). The front view actually gives y and z coordinates of the points of your object, right side view gives x and z, top gives x and y. This is why given two views you can draw the third using a miter line (inclined 45 degrees with respect to the y axis anywhere in the y-z plane). This is as bad as it gets and this of course pertains to a machining center. For a lathe a 2 view or even single view will suffice. The coordinate assignment which you can get right off the print as soon as you choose a convenient origin (called program zero) as explained above will be the coordinates used in your program. G codes give cutting tool movements with or without a feedrate from point to point. M codes give machine state like spindle rotates clockwise or counter clockwise or spindle stops and returns home. Enough-Send Cash! The author uses Fanuc control codes which is nearly standard as other controls may have some slight differences if any-you'll have to check the manuals. Tool movement codes are illustrated and clearly explained. Whole examples are given from print to program-quite good. A nice feature is the CD with the free 2 week trial of NCPlot software which allows you to enter your program on your pc and see the result when you run it. I would use this toward the end though if you don't plan on buying it. If you followed along so far mostly you could learn it self-study from this text. In truth there's software that reads print details from a SolidWorks file for instance and writes a good deal of the program for you. Still it's a good skill to learn, you'll need it to interpret what the CAM software is doing and to know where your input is required.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book and full of ideas, facts, and CNC related Jargon
*by _***T on June 14, 2025*

Totally awesome. I missed out on so much schooling when it comes to CNC and education directed at people loving craft mechanics and mathematics.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Super handy guide
*by C***D on June 9, 2025*

Super handy guide to fanuc programming.

## Frequently Bought Together

- CNC Programming Handbook, Third Edition (Volume 1)
- Fanuc CNC Custom Macros (Volume 1)
- CNC Control Setup for Milling and Turning (Volume 1)

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