Blueprint Reading for the Machine Trades

Being able to read and correctly interpret a blueprint is a necessary skill in the industrial world today. Designed in a workbook format, this newely revised 6th edition manual begins with the basics of blueprint reading and progresses to visualization and then to multi-view drawings. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, it includes charts, tables, a glossary of terms, and a mathematics appendix to help students comprehend material. This edition features expanded coverage of GDT, more information on profile tolerances and drawings produced in CAD. Designed for those in a manufacturing trade, this is a straightforward resource that helps prepare students to enter the industrial field of work. For individuals learning a manufacturing trade, such as machine operator, general machinist, and tool and die machinist.

Loran W. "Larry" Smith is currently employed as a professor at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario for the last 28 years and is also a ToolMaker Leader at the Ford Motor Company, Experimental Glass Division in Lincoln Park, MI for 11 years.  He is a member of the Technical Committee on Technical Drawings and Symbols (B159) of Canadian Standards Association.

 

Professor Smith has earned a Masters of Arts Degree in Education from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI and a Bachelor of Arts in Histoyr and English from Lawrence Technical University in Detroit, MI.  He also holds an Associates in Science Degree and many certificates including Senior Level Certification for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.