Synopsis
NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO AMERICAN MACHINISTS INTRODUCED A NEW DEPARTMENT. IT WAS TITLED "LETTERS FROM PRACTICAL MEN" AND IT FOCUSED ATTENTION UPON THE WEALTH OF PRACTICAL SHOP EXPERIENCES CONTRIBUTED BY AM'S READERS. FROM THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF AMERICAN MACHINIST IN 1877 READER'S CORRESPONDENCE HAS PROVIDED AN ONGOING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS HUGE MANUFACTURING SOCIETY WE CALL METALWORKING. ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO, WHAT HAS BECOME "IDEAS FROM PRACTICAL MEN" WAS RENAMED "PRACTICAL IDEAS" AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY WON THE ACCLAIM OF AM'S READERS. PRACTICAL IDEAS WAS COMPILED AS AN AID TO EVERYONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING METALS..OR METAL-RELATED MATERIALS-AS WELL AS FOR STUDENTS OF THESE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES. AMERICA'S METALWORKING INDUSTRIES EMPLOY SOME 10-MILLION PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM IN MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS. THIS BOOK OFFERS A SELECTION OF IDEAS WHICH CAN HELP THE MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE AS WELL AS MILLIONS MORE IN OTHER NATIONS. WHITHIN THESE PAGES ARE MORE THAN 500 SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS TO SHOP PROBLEMS. FROM THESE IDEAS, NEW ANSWERS MAY ARISE. PROBLEM SOLVING NEVER STOPS.
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