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Machining For Dummies
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Machining For Dummies

by Kip Hanson
November 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
312 pages
8h 54m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 13

Looking toward Tomorrow

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Meeting customer demands promptly

check Making more money with less effort

check Managing from the couch

check Securing the network

check Providing tools with intelligence

check Analyzing productivity

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

—ISAAC NEWTON

I discuss a lot of cool stuff throughout this book. Things like cutting tools and cast iron, computerized machine tools, friendly robots that work alongside humans, and what it’s like to machine parts for a living. At least some of these topics have little to do with the actual mechanics of metal cutting, but rather discuss ways to make machining processes more efficient (and enjoyable).

It is my hope you’ll grab onto some of these ideas and run with them. If your shop (or future employer’s shop) is like most, there’s a lot of low hanging fruit out there, and you don’t ...

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