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The purpose of this site is to describe and define, in predominantly qualitative terms, the principal of material removal by chip formation - as applied to Turning and Milling.

It also covers the basic principles of sheet metal cutting by shearing and briefly outlines some of the more fundamental aspects of modern machine construction.

To save you time I have included a brief description of each page on the Site Map.

This site was created from the content of an assignment for my HNC in Mechanical Engineering. It was supposed to be written in the form of a report to a senior manager with no technical expertise in the field of manufacturing.

Wherever you see the symbol further illustration is provided by a Flash movie (bear with me I'm teaching myself Flash too). Also, clicking some images will show a larger version, these are clearly marked where appropriate.

I am adding further parts over time so if you find it helpful please Add this site to your favourites and check back for updates.

Any comments or suggestions would be gratefully received, please feel free to e-mail me, or sign the guest book

(Update Nov 2002)This site was originally created as my first experiment with web authoring while working full time as a Production Engineer for a precision engineering sub-contractor in the UK. I used the content from this assignment as it was the largest piece of text I had created on my computer. I had almost forgotten about it, when I checked the webstats in mid October 2002 I noticed a large amount of hits (a big hello to the visitors from America and Canada). Since I am now redundant following the downturn in the telecomms and aviation markets I thought I should take the opportunity to finish the site off.

Much of the information needed for the writing of this assignment I found in Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Kalpakjian, Schmid and Schmidt. This is NOT a copy but I can thoroughly recommend this book - it covers everything from the smelt through super-finishing to inspection techniques. And yes, if you buy it or anything from Amazon after clicking the links on my site I get a (very) small commission.

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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this site the author can accept no responsibility for any loss, harm or damage howsoever caused by the use of the content of this site.