American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book of Machine Shop and Drawing Room Data, Methods and Definitions

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McGraw-Hill book Company, Incorporated, 1914 - Machine-shop practice - 673 pages

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Contents

Dimensions of Wrought Iron Welded Tubes Briggs Stand
43
Relation of Reamer Tap Die and Gages in Briggs System
49
37
53
Drill Troubles and Pointers
55
Tap Drill Sizes for Regular Threads
62
Table of Over and Undersize Allowances for Tapping
67
Drill End Lengths
68
Dimensions of Stove Bolt Taps
75
Measurement of Files
80
Fluxes for Lead
87
Gear Teeth Shapes of
93
Table of Tooth Parts Circular Pitch 100ΙΟΙ
102
Fellows Stubtooth Dimensions
108
Dimensions of SquareThread Taps
113
Table of Pitch Diameters of Standard Gears III114
114
Bevel Gear Parts I 20
121
Laying Out 45deg Spiral Gears
127
Spiral Gears Formulas and Rules
134
Speeds and Feeds for Gear Cutting
140
Spiral Shell Cutters
146
Milling Heart Shaped Cams
152
Indexing
168
Table for Indexing Angles 190191
190
Cutter for Milling Teeth in Double Angle and Spiral Mill
194
Table of Standard TSlot Cutter Dimensions
200
Formula for Machine Time on Turned Bored or Faced
206
Selection of Suitable Wheels
212
Limit Gage Sizes for Finished Ground Work
218
Shapes of Wheels 224225
224
Care of Polishing Wheels
230
Ring Gage and Other Work
234
Data on Natural Stones
243
Spring Die Sizes
248
Tap Lengths Number of Flutes and Width of Lands
249
Finding Diameters of Circular Forming Tools
255
Table of Cutting Speeds and Feeds for Screw Stock
261
Diagrams and Formulas for Blank Diameters for Plain
267
Shape and Spacing of Teeth for Square Holes
273
BOLTS NUTS AND SCREWS
279
Fillister Head Cap Screws P W Standard
285
Diagrams of Basic Maximum and Minimum Screw
291
Proportions of Key Heads
337
Measuring Tapers
341
Finding the Disk Diameters
344
Morse Taper Short Shanks 350351
350
Sellers Standard Tapers
356
Table for Computing Tapers Corresponding to Any Given
362
Tool for Laying Out Angles Accurately
368
Collars
370
Single End Ball Handles
376
Thrust Collar Bearings 382383
382
Chords of Arcs from 10 Minutes to 90 Degrees 388389
388
Lengths of Circular Arcs
398
Quick Way of Estimating Lumber for a Pattern
403
Stubs Steel Wire Sizes and Weights
410
Weights of Steel and Iron Bars per Linear Foot
416
Driving Power of Leather Belts
422
HorsePower Transmitted by Manila Rope
425
Tables of Circumferential Speeds 431435
431
Power Required by Rotary Planers
437
Power Required by Hammers
438
STEEL AND OTHER METALS
444
Effect of Composition on Strength
451
Fahrenheit and Centigrade Thermometer Scales
455
STEAM HAMMERS AND DROP FORGING
460
Table of Safe Loads for Eyebolts
469
Metric and English Conversion Tables
475
Decimal Equivalents of Fractions Below 12 in
480
Equivalent of Inches in Decimals of a Foot 486487
486
Squares Cubes Square and Cube Roots of Numbers from
492
Areas and Circumferences of Circles from 1 to 100 502507
502
Areas and Circumferences of Circles from 100 to 1000 508513
508
Circumferences and Diameters of Circles
514
SHOP TRIGONOMETRY
520
Practical Examples
526
Table of Sines and Cosines 540551
540
Table of Secants and Cosecants 552563
552
DICTIONARY OF SHOP TERMS
565
Definitions and Illustrations of Shop Terms 564656
656
Briggs Standard Pipe Threads
658
Making the Fluxes
669
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Page 572 - The module is the pitch diameter in millimeters divided by the number of teeth in the gear. Pin Gear — Gear with teeth formed by pins such as the old lantern pinion. Also formed by short projecting pins or knobs and only used now in some feeding devices. Quill Gears — Gears or pinions cut on a quill or sleeve. Skew Gears — See Helical. Spiral Gears — (Fig.
Page 442 - Government in 1866. The three principal units are the meter, the unit of length; the liter, the unit of capacity; and the gram, the unit of weight. Multiples of these are obtained by prefixing the Greek words: deka (10), hekto (100), and kilo (1,000).
Page 443 - NOTE — The gram is the weight of one cubic centimeter of pure distilled water at a temperature of 39.2° F. ; the kilogram is the weight of 1 liter of water; the ton is the weight of 1 cubic meter of water.
Page 440 - " " loose, in irregular fragments, .... 96 Magnesium, ............ 109 Mahogany, Spanish, dry 53 " Honduras, dry, 35 Maple, dry, 49 Marbles, see Limestones. Masonry, of granite or limestone, well dressed, ..... 165...
Page 441 - Liverpool, fine, for table use 49 Sand, of pure quartz, dry, loose 90 to 106 " well shaken . 99 to 117 " perfectly wet ; 120 to 140 Sandstones, fit for building 151 Shales, red or black 162 Silver 655 Slate 175 Snow, freshly fallen 5 to 12 " moistened and compacted by rain 15...
Page 21 - Society for the Encouragement of National Industries," with the following modification adopted by this Congress. I. The clearance at the bottom of thread shall not exceed -fa part of the hight of the original triangle. The shape of the bottom of the thread resulting from said clearance is left to the judgment of the manufacturers. However, the Congress recommends -rounded profile for said bottom. 3. The table for Standard Diameters accepted is the one which has been proposed by the Swiss Committee...
Page 441 - 175 Snow, freshly fallen . . . . . 5 to 12 " moistened and compacted by rain . 15 to 50 Spruce, dry 25 Steel 490 Sulphur 125 Sycamore, dry 37 Tar 62 Tin, cast 459 Turf or Peat, dry, impressed . . . 20 to 30 Walnut, black, dry 38 Water, pure rain or distilled, at 60° Fahrenheit 62>^ " sea 64 Wax, bees 60.5 Zinc or Spelter 437.5 Green timbers usually wci^l1 from one-fifth to one-half more than dry.
Page 153 - ... will be apparent by considering the result obtained when the spindle is in a vertical position and also the effect when it is in a horizontal position. When a cam is milled with the indexhead set at 90 degrees or in a vertical position, the lead of the cam or its rise for one complete revolution will be the same as the lead for which the machine is geared. For instance, if a combination of gearing is used that advances the table 0.67 inch during one revolution of the spiral-head spindle, the...
Page 441 - Sand, of pure quartz, dry, loose, . . . , . . . 90 to 106 " well shaken, . . . . . . . . . .9910 117 " perfectly wet, 120 to 140 Sandstones, fit for building, ......... 151 Shales, red or black, 162 Silver, 655 Slate, 175 Snow, freshly fallen, 5 to 12 " moistened and compacted by rain, . . . . . . 15 to 50 Spruce, dry 25 Steel, 490 Sulphur . 125 Sycamore, dry, ............ 37 Tar 62 Tin, cast 459 Turf or Peat, dry, unpressed, . . . . . . . . 20 to 30 Walnut, black, dry, 38 Water, pure rain or distilled,...
Page 24 - Thread is an adaptation of the most commonly used style of Worm Thread and is intended to take the place of the square thread. It is a little shallower than the Worm Thread, but the same depth as the square thread and much stronger than the latter. The...

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