Which brings us to the book itself, and its general format. A sequence of special topics, each chapter is designed to be self-contained, assuming knowledge of Volume 1. Ordering reflects relative importance. Each chapter begins with hollered objectives and concludes with its own references. None has student exercises but most have worked-out examples, dominated by discrete machining and drilling processes.
Most tables are in the Appendix.
The typeface is clean, but paragraphs begin without any indents or extra vertical space. On reading closely, I find myself classifying chapters into strong, weak, and mixed ones. Pyzdek writes at his best. His prose is cleanly written and to the point, and his section headings express a logical framework. Among the weaker chapters, I number those on SPC with small runs, continuous and batch process, multiple streams, automated manufacturing, and process-control planning.