Machining Fundamentals: From Basic to Advanced Techniques

This book is well-written, and does not waste the reader's time with useless, off-topic, or wordy writing. John Walker does an excellent job explaining different machines and processes as well as what items may be produces from those machines and processes. Very worthy reading or reference material.

From the moment I opened the cover of this book, I knew I had to own a copy. Over the years, I have compiled a fairly complete library of books dealing with machine tools and related topics. However, I have never run across a text which covers the subject with such depth and clarity as this fine text. Every page is not only filled with useful, practical information - but also beautiful color illustrations, charts, and photographs. Rarely have I seen a book in any field which has been so carefully designed and beautifully executed - the author of this book REALLY cared about the subject matter at hand. Although the book is not as complete a reference as, say - Machinery's Handbook, that is not it's purpose. If you are looking for a clearly written, well illustrated book from which to learn the art of machining - look no further! If I were to choose only one book from my library to recommend to a novice machinist, this is without a doubt the book I would choose - and that's the highest recommendation I could give to any text!

This is an excellent resource for someone who is just getting into machining work. I come from a CAD design background and wanted to know more about the actual processes of production, as well as tools used, etc. The book does a really solid job of covering everything from the proper use of a hammer to giving an overview of modern "high-tech" machining processes using lasers, water saws and so on. Many pictures and exceptional diagrams help to explain the text quite clearly. Done in textbook format with questions at the end of each chapter. It should be noted that while this is an overview of an immense amount of information, I though it did a pretty good job of being detailed and thorough on each subject.

Dear: Mr. Walker I am an instructor of Machining Technology and have used and studied your textbooks for a long time I wish to complimnet you on the latest edition of machining fundamentals, the text is super with the color illistrations and layout this was exactly what I was looking for in a textbook. the student workbook is also of good quality. however the instructors guide is beyond compare it is one of the best instructors guides that I have ever seen including the masters. the only complant that I have is with the testing software it is far better than nothing but is far below what I would have expected from you. you could have at least made it a Windows based program that is more user frendly and flexable for the instructor to use and edit to their pacific needs. Their is too many limits on the abilities of the software to use fonts, printers, layout of the test.ect. What I would like to see in the future editions is an improvement on the software maybe even include the text, illistrations, text questions, and a lot more project prints that relate to the text and program that will allow the students to be more compedent in the shop. Thank you for your time and effort. Thomas C. Leckey