For getting to grips with a wide variety of machining operations the following publications are amongst the very best available::

MEIT001
"Machining For Toolmaking and Experimental Work" by the Engineering Industry Training Board. A detailed, easy-to-follow and well-illustrated course of instruction that covers: Turning, Milling, Shaping/Slotting and Surface Grinding with step-by-step guides. 150 pages.
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MEIT002
"Turning on the Lathe" by the Engineering Industry Training Board - an Instruction Manual for Engineering Craftsmen. A detailed, easy-to-follow and well-illustrated course of instruction with step-by-step guides. 141-pages.
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MEIT003
"Milling - an Instruction Manual for Engineering Craftsmen" by the Engineering Industry Training Board. A detailed, easy-to-follow and well-illustrated course of instruction with step-by-step guides. 147-pages.
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MEIT4mech
"Mechanical Fitting For Engineering Craftsmen" by the Engineering Industry Training Board
This covers, stage by stage, with excellent illustrations:
General workshop safety
Standard symbols
Marking out
Clamping techniques
Drilling and boring
Machine tapping
Hand grinding of tools
Scraping flat surfaces and bearings
Riveting
Lapping flat and internal and external curved surfaces
Inspection of machined parts
Fitting new assemblies e.g. bolting, dowelling, pegging, bushes, keys, aligning, balancing, pipe bending, pipe flanges, flaring pipes, gaskets, glands and seals, etc.
80 detailed pages with step-by-step instructions.
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MEITgrind
Grinding for Engineering Crafsmen
Detailed coverage of all aspects of workshop grinding techniques:
Safety
Planning the job
Selecting the wheel
Mounting the wheel
Balancing the wheel
Workholding - cylindrical, internal and surface work
Workholding for tool and cutter grinding
Surface grinding operations
Cylindrical Grinding operations
Internal grinding operations
Tool and cutter grinding operations
Inspection for cylindrical, internal and surface grinding
Common grinding faults and their rectification
A detailed, well-illustrated 175-page book
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MW200
Wood Machinist Training Manual - Construction Industry Training Board. A comprehensive guide to the safe use of: circular rip saws; Dimension saws; crosscut saws; surface planers; panel planers and thicknessers; setting out, marking out and cutting lists; hollow chisel morticers; chain morticers; narrow bandsaws; single end tenoners; vertical spindle moulders; high-speed routers belt sanders - and storage. 380 pages.
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MEIT004
Rotating Electrical Equipment Winding and Building Vo.2
Cutting
Bending Copper
Taping. Half-tapping, cross tapping, etc.
Binding coils, connections, ring supports, etc.
Tinning, brazing and soldering
Electrical Measuring Instruments
Assembly of rotor bars for squirrel cage motors
Commutator building
Fitting of Commutators to shafts
Shrink fitting of slip rings
Coil winding
Coil pulling
Pressing of field coils
Buffing
Ovens
Commutator seasoning
Fitting & adjustment of main poles and commutator poles
Static balancing
Dynamic balancing
Phase tests
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