Machinists' and Metalworkers' Pocket Reference (2000)

Chapter 1. Modern Metalworking Machinery, Gages, and Measuring Devices. 1.1 Modern Metalworking Machines and Methods of Metalworking. 1.2 Measuring Instruments. 1.3 Reading Scales, Dials, and Verniers. 1.4 Decimal to Millimeter Chart. Chapter 2. U.S. Customary and Metric (SI) Measures and Conversions. 2.1 Conversions for Length, Pressure, Velocity, Volume, and Weight. 2.2 Standard Conversion Table. 2.3 Temperature Systems and Conversions. 2.4 Small Weight Equivalents: U.S. Customary vs. Metric. 2.5 Torque Conversions. 2.6 Equivalent Units for Energy, Work, Power, and Force. Chapter 3. Materials: Physical Properties, Characteristics, and Uses. 3.1 Steels. 3.2 Tables of Common Steels, Alloy Steels, Metals, and Other Metal Alloys. 3.3 Mill Tolerances of Wrought Metals and Metal Alloy Stock Products. 3.4 AISI/SAE Steel Designations. 3.5 Hardness Tests and Hardness Number Conversions. 3.6 Plastics: Thermoplastics and Thermoset Plastics. 3.7 Elastomers and Their Properties. 3.8 Properties of Materials: General and Specific. Chapter 4. Thread Systems. 4.1 Thread Systems: American Standard and Metric Threads (60 degree V). 4.2 International Thread Systems. 4.3 Table of U.S. Customary Threads. Chapter 5. Fastening Devices - Properties and Dimensions. 5.1 Threaded Fasteners. 5.2 Pin Dimensions--Clevis, Cotter, SPring, Spiral, Taper, Dowel, and Grooved. 5.3 Set-Collars, Shims, and Arbor Spaces. 5.4 Retaining Rings and X-Washers. Chapter 6. Machining, Machine Tools, and Practices. 6.1 Turning and Boring. 6.2 Milling. 6.3 Drills and Drilling--Fluted, Spade, and Micro Drills. 6.4 Reaming. 6.5 Broaching. 6.6 Vertical Boring and Jig Boring. 6.7 Grinding, Lapping, Honing, and Superfinishing. 6.8 JIC and ISO Carbide Codes. 6.9 Cutting Fluids and Coolants for Machining Operations. 6.10 Drill-Rod Types and Sizes for Machining and Tooling Applications. Chapter 7. Tool Steels. 7.1 Tool-Steel Characteristics. 7.2 Identification and Classification of Tool Steels. 7.3 Heat Treatment of Tool Steels. Chapter 8. Sheet Metal Practices. 8.1 Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Sheets. 8.2 Machinery for Sheet Metal Fabrication and Gaging Systems. 8.3 Methods of Sheet Metal Fabrication. 8.4 Sheet Metal Flat Patterns. 8.5 Stiffening Sheet Metal Parts. 8.6 Design Criteria for Sheet Metal Parts. 8.7 The Effects of Cold-Working Steel Sheet Metal. 8.8 Bend Radii for Sheet Metals. 8.9 Shear Strengths for Steels, Metal Alloys, Plastics, and Composites. Chapter 9. Heat-Treating Steels and Nonferrous Alloys. 9.1 Definitions of Heat-Treating Terms. 9.2 Heat Treatment of Carbon Steels and Alloy Steels. 9.3 Heat Treatment of Tool Steels. 9.4 Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys. 9.5 Heat Treating Beryllium-Copper Alloys. Chapter 10. Electroplating and Other Finishes for Metals. 10.1 Electroplating Data and Specifications. 10.2 Plating MEtals: Characteristics and Properties. 10.3 Anodizing. 10.4 Coloring Processes for Metals, Alloys, and Phosphating Steels. 10.5 Phosphating, and Cleaning Solutions and Formulas. 10.6 Etching Metals. Chapter 11. Societies, Associations, Institutes, and Specification Authorities. 11.1 Standards Organizations and Their Acronyms. 11.2 Approval Associations and Their Trademarks. 11.3 Quality Control Systems and ISO 9000 Series. 11.4 Listing of ANSI Standards by Category. Chapter 12. Safety Practices in the Metalworking Industry. 12.1 Typical Industrial Hazards. 12.2 Safety Practices When Operating Machine Tools. Index