External Sites (Reference and Instructional Videos)

CNC Handbook

MIT Machine Shop Instructional Videos - The Gold Standard

1. Part Layout, Drill Press (Basic), Tapping
2. Drill Press (Advanced), Bandsaw
3. Part Finishing (Sanding, Grinding, Deburring, Polishing)
4. Manual Mill 1
5. Manual Mill 2
6. Manual Mill 3
7. Manual Mill 4
8. Manual Lathe 1
9. Manual Lathe 2
10. Manual Lathe 3

Mr Pete (Machining Videos)
Very good instructor ClickSpring Instructional Videos, very accessible.
Destiny Tool
Engine Turning
G-Code Tutorial
Glossary
Guerrilla Guide to CNC Machining
Learn CNC

Practical Machinist
That Lazy Machinist The Virtual Machine Shop
Tom Lipton (Machining Videos) Author of Metalworking Doing it Better and Metalworking Sink or Swim
University of Idaho Mindworks

Parts and Equipment

Bits and Bits *Makes engraving cutters, wax milling cutters, end mills and has diamond drag engraving bits.
Bridgeport Parts
Brownell's Gunsmithing Supplies (lots of hard to find tools even for non-gunsmithing...)
Discount tools
Fastener Express
Enco (Machining tools, equipment, and accessories)
Little Machine Shop
Maritool (Machine Tooling)
McMaster Carr
MSC Industrial Supply
Precision Balls
Monster Jaws (soft jaws for Kurt Vises)
Sherline Machines
Stock Drive Products *Good source of gears and other machine parts
Travers Tool Company

• Kit & Plan suppliers
  • Coles' Power Models
  • J.E. Howell Model Engine Plans
  • Elmer's Engines Free plans for model steam engine
  • Hemingway kits (model engines and workshop tooling casting kits
  • Metal Lathe Accessories Kits for Mill and Lathe tooling
  • PM Research, Inc model engine kits (steam, stirling, and internal combustion and miniature model machine tools
  • Rite Time Publishing source of a variety of books about clock making
  • Stuart Models model engine (steam) and miniature machine tools
  • Rappahanock Boat works Caution! Comes up as an unsafe website. Continue at your own risk
  • W.R. Smith Master clock maker with books/plans for a variety of clocks and telegraph keys

Machinist Information

Reference Materials

Public Domain Books on Machining
English and Metric Tap and Clearance drill sizes
Rake and relief angles for lathe cutting tools
Sharpening Lathe tool bits
Dimensions of standard tapers
End Mill Speeds and Feeds
cnccookbook.com blog

Government and Military Specifications and Training Manuals When you enter the website, select the “Library” button at the top and it will list all the document categories. Just searching for the term “soldering” will bring up 100’s of other documents.

Instructional Information

• Unit 1
  • Introduction to Machining
  • Introduction to Safety
  • Understanding Drawings
  • Introduction to the Drill Press
  • Introduction to the Lathe
  • Introduction to the Vertical Milling Machine
  • Introduction to Precision Grinding Machines
  • CNC Basics
• Unit 2
  • Careers in Machining
  • Measurement Systems and Machine Tool Math Overview
  • Layout
  • Tools, Toolholding, and Workholding for the Drill Press
  • Workholding and Toolholding Devices for the Lathe
  • Tools, Toolholding, and Workholding for the Vertical Milling Machine
  • Grinding Wheels for Precision Grinding
  • Introduction to CNC Turning
• Unit 3
  • Workplace Skills
  • Semi-Precision Measurement
  • Hand Tools
  • Drill Press Operations
  • Machining Operations on the Lathe
  • Vertical Milling Machine Operations
  • Surface Grinding Operations
  • CNC Turning Programming
• Unit 4
  • Precision Measurement
  • Saws and Cutoff Machines
  • Manual Lathe Threading
  • Indexing and Rotary Table Operations
  • CNC Turning Setup and Operation
• Unit 5
  • Quality Assurance, Process Planning, and Quality Control
  • Offhand Grinding
  • Taper Turning
  • Introduction to CNC Milling
• Unit 6
  • Metal Composition and Classification
  • Drilling, Threading, Tapping, and Reaming
  • CNC Milling Programming
• Unit 7
  • Heat treatment of metals
  • CNC Milling Setup and Operation
• Unit 8
  • Maintenance, Lubrication, and Cutting Fluid Overflow
  • Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Public Domain Books on Machining

• US Navy Machining Manual
• US Army Machinist Course - Milling Machine Operations
• US Army Machinist Course - Lathe Operations
• Gear Cutting in Theory and Practice
• Machinery Volume XXI
• American Machinist
• Gauge Block Handbook
• Make your own milling cutters
• Tap Drill Sizes
• Tapers and Threading
• Toolbit shaping
• Long Taper Turning Attachment