TM 9-242 — Fundamentals of Ordnance Corps Machine Tools
The Army’s machine-tools text for ordnance shops — a full machine-shop course in one manual. Chapter 3 (pp. 62–96) is grinding machines and grinding operations.
| Author | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Department of the Army, Washington, DC |
| Published | 1959 |
| Pages | 427 |
| Hosted file | tm-9-242-fundamentals-of-ordnance-corps-machine-tools-1959.pdf · 27.4 MB |
| Category | Machine-tool fundamentals |
| Source | Internet Archive item TM9-242FundamentalsofOrdnanceCorpsMachineTools |
| Rights | CC0 in the Internet Archive item metadata; independently, a work of the United States federal government is not subject to US copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). |
What’s in it
- Chapter 3 — Grinding Machines, pp. 62–96
- Machine tools and shop practice across the ordnance shop
Edition & version notes
TM 9-242, dated 2 February 1959.
Source & provenance
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Rights
CC0 in the Internet Archive item metadata; independently, a work of the United States federal government is not subject to US copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). Grinding Advisor hosts public-domain works only; copyrighted manuals are linked to their publishers, never re-hosted.
Cite this document
Headquarters, Department of the Army. TM 9-242 — Fundamentals of Ordnance Corps Machine Tools. Department of the Army, Washington, DC, 1959. Public domain. Scan: Internet Archive (TM9-242FundamentalsofOrdnanceCorpsMachineTools). Hosted by Grinding Advisor, https://grindingadvisor.com/manual-archive/tm-9-242-fundamentals-of-machine-tools-1959