Countersinking Handbook
This unique handbook provides total coverage of issues related to countersinking and chamfering holes, including history of their use, design reasons, and basic cutter design. It features “how-to-use” details of the most used tools and techniques and complete information on the subject of countersinking holes of any size, including those over 10 inches in diameter. Its detailed approach to illustrating over 100 different tools designs is unparalleled in technical literature and is sure to be found useful by manufacturing engineers, shop foremen, and experienced users.

Features

  • Provides discussions of all cutter material variations and options, feeds, speeds and coolants, tool holders, and applications—including plastics, metals, wood, composites, ceramics, glass, and dental materials.
  • Discusses side effects of countersinking, including stress risers.
  • Includes optimum applications for specific tool use, gaging countersinks, economics, pressworking countersinks, non-traditional countersinking methods, and references to standards and other published works.
  • Contains case histories, practical tips, and information to make process selection easier.
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Countersinking Handbook
This unique handbook provides total coverage of issues related to countersinking and chamfering holes, including history of their use, design reasons, and basic cutter design. It features “how-to-use” details of the most used tools and techniques and complete information on the subject of countersinking holes of any size, including those over 10 inches in diameter. Its detailed approach to illustrating over 100 different tools designs is unparalleled in technical literature and is sure to be found useful by manufacturing engineers, shop foremen, and experienced users.

Features

  • Provides discussions of all cutter material variations and options, feeds, speeds and coolants, tool holders, and applications—including plastics, metals, wood, composites, ceramics, glass, and dental materials.
  • Discusses side effects of countersinking, including stress risers.
  • Includes optimum applications for specific tool use, gaging countersinks, economics, pressworking countersinks, non-traditional countersinking methods, and references to standards and other published works.
  • Contains case histories, practical tips, and information to make process selection easier.
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Countersinking Handbook

Countersinking Handbook

by LaRoux K. Gillespie
Countersinking Handbook

Countersinking Handbook

by LaRoux K. Gillespie

Overview

This unique handbook provides total coverage of issues related to countersinking and chamfering holes, including history of their use, design reasons, and basic cutter design. It features “how-to-use” details of the most used tools and techniques and complete information on the subject of countersinking holes of any size, including those over 10 inches in diameter. Its detailed approach to illustrating over 100 different tools designs is unparalleled in technical literature and is sure to be found useful by manufacturing engineers, shop foremen, and experienced users.

Features

  • Provides discussions of all cutter material variations and options, feeds, speeds and coolants, tool holders, and applications—including plastics, metals, wood, composites, ceramics, glass, and dental materials.
  • Discusses side effects of countersinking, including stress risers.
  • Includes optimum applications for specific tool use, gaging countersinks, economics, pressworking countersinks, non-traditional countersinking methods, and references to standards and other published works.
  • Contains case histories, practical tips, and information to make process selection easier.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780831133184
Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc.
Publication date: 03/02/2008
Edition description: Word
Pages: 372
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

LaRoux K. Gillespie is a consultant and writer on manufacturing issues. He retired in 2006 as a second level Manager in Honeywell’s Kansas City Division responsible for all plant product Quality issues and practices.

For 40 years LaRoux Gillespie balanced manufacturing production and research needs at the Kansas City plant. He and his staff were responsible for over 240 manufacturing research/process characterization efforts for a variety of precision parts and assemblies. In addition to directing $2 million of annual process development, and guiding new products into production, he also was active in plant environmental health and safety efforts .

Table of Contents

  • History of Countersinking
  • Design Reasons for Countersinking
  • Cutter Designs
  • Feeds, Speeds, Cutting Forces, and Tool Life, Driving and Holding the Tools
  • Applications
  • Product Material Issues
  • Surface and Subsurface Effects of Countersinks
  • Selecting the Best Tool Design
  • Inspection of Countersink Features
  • Economics
  • Pressworking (Dimpling) Countersinking
  • Other Means of Making Countersinks
  • Appendix A: Patents for Countersink-Related Items
  • Appendix B: Standards Related to Countersink
  • Appendix C: Countersink Cutter Design
  • Appendix D: Manufacturer Names and Contact Information
  • Index 
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