Recommended books

Engineer to Win by Carroll Smith. He wrote a series of "____ to Win" books dealing with race car prep. Engineer to Win has no how-to machining, but lots of explanation of design engineering such as why you should radius shafts where the diameter changes, why grade 8 bolts are not always the best, why you shouldn't use bolts in single shear, and much, much more. It has a great deal of what I covered in my mechanical engineering education & I have had a copy at hand since it came out.
 
Don't discount the old resources. Sometimes you can find old text books that are a fountain of information. One I always have within reach is "Shop Theory - Henry Ford Trade School" c. 1934, 1941, 1942. Don't remember where I got it, but it's a keeper.

Another good one for lathe work is "Textbook of Turning", written around 1970, which you can download in pdf format from a woodworking forum at

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The books at the link by R.H Smith may impress you also https://archive.org/search.php?query=Advanced-machine-work

Textbook of Turning is also on archive.org in multiple formats (kindle, txt, pdf etc)
 
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I just got a book today in the mail called "American Machinist Handbook" This version was published in 1940. Just about any thing one could need to know is in this book it seems. Brazing every kinda gear and thread, punching pressures, heat treat, dies. Almost 1500 pages. I seen mention of it in one of the youtube vids and found it on ebay shipped for like 10 bucks

I have the second addition of the "American Machinists' Handbook" The fellow who it belonged to has his name and the date "Sept 19, 1920" that he received it. I found it in an old machinist box that an employer had in the back room when he told me I could have the box and anything in it. It is not in good shape but everything except the first couple pages of the index are there.
Thought about giving it to someone who wants it. But it isn't worth much in it's present condition. Other than knowledge.
 
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I have the second addition of the "American Machinist Handbook" The fellow who it belonged to has his name and the date "Sept 19, 1920" that he received it. I found it in an old machinist box that an employer had in the back room when he told me I could have the box and anything in it. It is not in good shape but everything except the first couple pages of the index are there.
Thought about giving it to someone who wants it. But it isn't worth much in it's present condition. Other than knowledge.

Electronic copies for you in a range of formats....enjoy

https://archive.org/details/americanmachini00suvegoog

https://archive.org/details/americana?and[]=american%20machinists
 
After the handbook , I recommend everyone reading the Ansi book on Geometric tolerancing and dimensioning . Novice as well as expert machinists and engineers will learn why things will or won't work . The cad cam programs will actually call out interference fits and such but most of us aren't fortunate enough to use these programs . I don't know if this book is available online . I have an extra copy if not , only requirement is return it when read . We could keep it moving around if we want too .

Is it this book your talking about? https://archive.org/details/Dimensioning_Tolerancing_Handbook
 
Nope...not the same book. I searched for this one before and could not find it. The title is just "American Machinist Handbook" by Colvin and Stanley
Try booksee.org
Some times you find books there that nowhere else are shown.
 
petcnc,

Thanks for the link. It was there. I could not find it anywhere else.
 
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