Milling: A Step-by-Step Introduction

Learn to use a milling machine with practical projects that build skill and confidence from the very start.

Milling: A Step-by-Step Introduction brings Harold Hall's beginner-friendly teaching style to the milling machine, guiding novice model engineers through machine tool operations with a carefully chosen series of practical projects. Developed from Hall's work in Model Engineers' Workshop magazine, this clear and accessible guide is designed to help readers learn by doing. As a renowned expert in model engineering, Harold Hall provides clear instruction that makes complex techniques approachable from the very beginning.

Detailing four minor projects and four major projects, this book introduces all the necessary techniques step by step, leading the reader from complete novice to confident milling machine operator. Each stage is presented in a practical, workshop-focused way so that skills build naturally from one project to the next, with projects that result in functional items for use in your own workshop.

• Begin with no prior experience and learn milling through a structured step-by-step approach
• Build confidence through eight practical projects including four minor and four major workshop projects
• Develop core machine tool techniques through hands-on metal work and model engineering practice
• Learn in a clear, progressive format that helps turn a novice into a confident operator
• Gain practical workshop skills that support future model making and more ambitious shop projects

At 112 pages, this guide is ideal for beginners who want a straightforward introduction to milling machine tools, as well as for model engineering readers seeking a dependable foundation in practical workshop methods and useful shop-made results.

Harold Hall worked as an electrical control systems engineer for thirty-five years before becoming editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine. He is the author of numerous books on workshop practice, including Metal Lathe for Home Machinists, The Metalworker's Workshop for Home Machinists, Milling for Home Machinists, and The Milling Machine for Home Machinists.

Alex du Pre is a lifelong model maker and model engineer who spends much of his spare time in his small home workshop. His work has appeared frequently in the modelling press and he has published a book on dividing techniques. Professionally, he is a naval architect and chartered engineer.