TY - BOOK AU - Smid, Peter, author TI - CNC tips and techniques : a reader for programmers SN - 9780831134723 AV - CIR TJ 1189 S65 2013 U1 - 621.9'023 20 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Industrial Press, KW - Machine-tools KW - Numerical control -- Programming. N1 - Articles that have been updated from versions that were originally published in "Shop Talk." ; Includes index N2 - The author wrote dozens of columns for Shop Talk magazine that addressed the full gamut of CNC topics, such as tapping, threading and knurling; program length and memory needs; G-codes, M-functions, cycles, macros; and more. This book collects over 60 of these columns that have been unavailable since Shop Talk ceased publication. Each column has been reviewed since its initial publication and updated as needed to reflect ongoing changes in the field. They are presented here in chronological order according to when they first appeared. A table of contents organized by topic is also included ER -