Elementary Blueprint Reading for Machinists

David L. Taylor is a former assistant principal at Bloomington High School North in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to being a school administrator, Mr. Taylor is certified as a Journeyman Tool and Die Maker and has more than 30 years’ experience in manufacturing, technical training, and training management. He holds a Master of Science degree in adult education from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in vocational–technical education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Taylor has taught machine trades and blueprint reading courses at the Erie #1 Board of Cooperative Education Center (BOCES), Howard G. Sackett BOCES Vocational Center, and Jamestown Community College, in New York State.

Preface.Unit 1 Industrial Drawings.Unit 2 Title Blocks.Unit 3 Lines and Symbols.Unit 4 Orthographic Projection.Unit 5 One-View Drawings.Unit 6 Two-View Drawings.Unit 7 Three-View Drawings.Unit 8 Auxiliary Views.Unit 9 Dimensions and Tolerances.Unit 10 Decimal Dimensions and Tolerances.Unit 11 Dimensioning Angles.Unit 12 Dimensioning Holes.Unit 13 Metric Dimensions.Unit 14 Full Sections.Unit 15 Half Sections.Unit 16 Revisions or Change Notes.Unit17 Counterbores, Countersinks, and Spotfaces.Unit 18 Fillets, Rounds, and Slots.Unit 19 Machining Symbols, Bosses, and Pads.Unit 20 Tapers, Chamfers, and Bevels.Unit 21 Necks and Knurling.Unit 22 Keyseats and Flats.Unit 23 Screw Thread Specification.Unit 24 Screw Thread Representation.Unit 25 Assembly Drawings.Unit 26 Fractional Parts.Unit 27 Decimal Parts.APPENDIX Standard Abbreviations.INDEX.