A gauge or gage is a device used to make measurements, or in order to display certain dimensional information. A wide variety of tools exist which serve such functions, ranging from simple pieces of material to large and complex pieces of machinery. This volume contains a detailed handbook on the design, construction, and use of these tools, as well as the various ways they can be used in manufacturing. Contents include: "Gage Making; Fundamentals, Practice, Development and Efficiency of the Tools," "Accurate test and Inspecting Gages, Electric and Other Measuring Machines Together with Special Indicators for Inspecting Duplicate Work," "Lathe, Planer, Surface and Universal Gages and Indicators," etc. Many vintage books like this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the subject of metal work. First published in 1908.

Concise yet comprehensive, this highly acclaimed training manual and reference provides the many phases of inspection work and their application to today's manufacturing operations through a practical down-to-earth presentation. Discusses a range of manual and automatic measuring devices along with their specific functions and the specialized functions involved in their use. Analyzes the methods and duties of inspectors. Appropriate for use by inspection supervisors, plant managers, quality control engineers and subcontractors. Includes SPC and other data analysis methods for manufacturing applications. Provides detailed discussions of available measuring and quantitative systems. Compares important measuring and gaging systems. The Need and Function of Inspection in Industry How Specifications Aid the Inspector Tolerances and Allowances How Standards Aid the Inspection Basic Principles and Techniques of Measurement Comparison and Fixed Gages Surface Plate Methods and Equipment Optical Measuring and Inspection Equipment Gaging and Inspection of Screw Threads Special Measuring and Inspection Problems Gage Checking and Calibration Measuring in Millionths Coordinate Measuring Machines Automatic Gaging Nondestructive Testing

The creation of a Fifth Edition is proof of the continuing vitality of the book's contents, including: tool design and materials; jigs and fixtures; workholding principles; die manipulation; inspection, gaging, and tolerances; computer hardware and software and their applications; joining processes, and pressworking tool design. To stay abreast of the newer developments in design and manufacturing, every effort has been made to include those technologies that are currently finding applications in tool engineering. For example, sections on rapid prototyping, hydroforming, and simulation have been added or enhanced. The basic principles and methods discussed in Fundamentals of Tool Design can be used by both students and professionals for designing efficient tools.

MACHINERYS REFERENCE SERIES. NUMBER 64- GAGE MAKING AND LAPPING. In the following pages of this book are compiled a number of articles relating to gage making and lapping. These articles have been contributed from time to time to Machinery by various writers. In some cases the opinions expressed differ slightly as to the best practice, each writer describing the methods with which he personally has had most experience or best success. CONTENTS Principles of Gage Making, by F. E. SHAILOR. The Manufacture of Gages. Lapping Flat Work and Gages, by F. E. SHAILOR. The Rotary Lap, by A. J. DELILLE. MiscelIaneous Laps and Lapping Operations. Originally published in 1910. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.