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Hammer's Blueprint Reading Basics

by Charles Gillis

A practical guide to reading engineering drawings

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A practical guide to reading engineering drawings

Charles Gillis’s fourth edition organizes blueprint-reading instruction around the conventions and components found in mechanical and manufacturing drawings. Topics include orthographic and pictorial views, dimensions and tolerances, surface texture, threads, gears, welding symbols, sheet metal, and cast, forged, and molded plastic parts. The book also addresses metric practices alongside English measurements and includes internationally recognized symbols. Chapters pair explanations with professional drawings, review questions, and worksheets, giving the material a reference-and-practice structure for classroom or independent study. New coverage includes splines and cam prints, while several existing subjects have been expanded.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students learning to interpret mechanical or manufacturing drawings
  • Instructors seeking chapter-based teaching and practice material
  • Draftspeople, inspectors, machinists, and mechanical engineers who use engineering drawings

Themes

Blueprint and engineering drawing interpretationDimensioning, tolerancing, and drawing conventionsManufacturing processes and component drawingsPractice through review questions and worksheets

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Overview

Warren Hammer's Blueprint Reading Basics has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opportunities to practice what they learned. With this historic revision, new author Charles Gillis has updated the entire package, replacing ALL figures with CAD-generated artwork, adding new illustrations, representing metric drawing practices alongside English, and including content from drawing standards such as Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Engineering Drawing Practices, Welding Symbols, Orthographic and Pictorial Views, Surface Texture, Undimensioned Drawings, and Types and Applications of Engineering Drawings, among others.
Material has been rearranged for better presentation and an improved reader experience. Chapters on views, dimensions, surface finish, threads, and gears have been expanded, while new material on splines and cam prints has been added. Brand new chapters covering welding symbols and welded parts, sheet metal parts, and cast, forged, and molded plastic parts will be of particular interest to readers working with these processes.
Each chapter contains a thorough explanation of the topic at hand, accompanied by detailed professional drawings, review questions, and corresponding worksheets, making this an ideal reference for students and instructors alike, and a must-have for mechanical engineers, draftspeople, inspectors, machinists, and students learning the manufacturers trades. This groundbreaking work now features a broad presentation of metric drawing standards and internationally recognized symbols, making it a truly global reference.

An Instructor's Resource (sold separately) includes:

- Over 600 PowerPoint presentation slides for using the book in the classroom. The arrangement mirrors the book and can be customized by instructors.
- Blueprint Reading Course Recommended Syllabus and Lesson Plans, to be customized to suit each instructor's needs.
- PDFs of Selected Figures and Tables.
- PDFs for Review Questions and Answers.
- PDFs for Worksheet Problems and Solutions.

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