Excerpt from Machine Tools and Workshop Practice for Engineering Students and Apprentices The next essential is a thorough grip of the principles under ]ying the action of modern machine tools, and of the methods employed to standardise and specialise work. For instance, the tendency is to use the lathe largely as a roughing-out machine, whilst the grinding machine, along with limit-gauges for standard size of interchangeable parts, takes the place of the fitter, except in general work. Working to limit-gauges is found to be less expensive than using single accurate gauges, and further reduces the cost of erection of the parts of a machine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.