Modular units for machine tools

Ultramicrotomists live in a state of guerilla warfare with chatter. This situation is likely to be permanent. We can infer this from the history of machine tools. If set the wrong way for the particular combination of cutting tool and material, most if not all machine tools will chatter.In more than 100 years since machine tools became common, no one has evolved a practical recipe that guarantees avoiding chatter. Rather than follow some single very conservative rule to avoid chatter in all cases, machinists detect it when it happens, and change conditions until it stops. This is possible because they have no trouble telling when their cutting tool is chattering. They can see chatter marks, and they can also hear a sometimes deafening noise.

Device for Starting and Stopping Machine Tools

Scientific American ◽

10.1038/scientificamerican06211913-391supp ◽

1913 ◽

Vol 75 (1955supp) ◽

pp. 391-391

Keyword(s):

Machine Tools

Machine Tools at the Exhibition

Scientific American ◽

10.1038/scientificamerican09161876-594asupp ◽

1876 ◽

Vol 2 (38supp) ◽

pp. 594-594

Keyword(s):

Machine Tools

Automatic electronic control of machine tools

Journal of the Institution of Production Engineers ◽

10.1049/ipej.1955.0055 ◽

1955 ◽

Vol 34 (9) ◽

pp. 575

Author(s):

J.A. Stokes

Keyword(s):

Machine Tools ◽

Electronic Control

Report and discussion on “The design of automatic machine tools for electronic control”

Journal of the Institution of Production Engineers ◽

10.1049/ipej.1958.0072 ◽

1958 ◽

Vol 37 (10) ◽

pp. 627

Author(s):

John Mitford Brice

Keyword(s):

Machine Tools ◽

Automatic Machine ◽

Electronic Control