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  1. #1
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    newbie...

    hi, i'm new to the forum, as well as machining in general. i recently started work in the sheet metal/fabrication industry and we have a small machine shop at work. this work has always intrigued me but as we do not do a whole ton of machining in our shop, there's not a million opportunities for me to learn what i would like to. obviously this forum is a great opportunity for learning, but does anyone have any great book ideas that kinda give alot of basics as well as advanced machining techiniques? also any blogs of anything of that sort that might have alotta cool lathe/mill maching tricks and how to stuff? any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

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    first stop:http://www.metalworking.com/tutorial...524-index.html
    another machine shop primer: http://web.mit.edu/2.670/www/Tutoria...scription.html

    a couple of my favorites:
    http://www.cnccookbook.com/
    http://www.5bears.com/index.htm

    what kind of sheet metal/fab do you do?

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    finished with those yet?

    Crevice reamer's site is good too: http://crevicereamer.com/Home_Page.html

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    i run a water jet and a lazer at the shop. we do alot of bracketry and such. we have a bridgeport and lathe, but most of the work centers around tap, countersinking and counterboring. nothing too in depth. thanks for the sites, etc. anyone else got some good ideas?

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