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The CNC Workshop (Version 2) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Frank Nanfara, Tony Uccello, Derek Murphy
Publisher: Schroff Development Corp
Category: Book
List Price: $59.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 266623
Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 158503083X
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9781585030835
ASIN: 158503083X
Publication Date: May 2002
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Product Description
The CNC Workshop workbook is designed to introduce students to CNC and provide them with an opportunity to learn and practice at their own pace. The CBT and software, CNC Workshop with TORCOMP CNCez Java Edition, enforces important concepts and allows students to create CNC programs and test them in a simulated manufacturing environment. The CNC Workshop lessens the dependence on traditional classroom-style learning and maximizes the amount of hands-on CNC programming time available to each student. Using the simulation software allows the student to perform dry runs of all CNC programs in a simulated manufacturing environment. TORCOMP's CNCez Java Edition allows students to define and save their custom machine configurations, as well as the ability to display machined solid models of their programs. By using TORCOMP CNCez Java Edition to test a program, students need to use a CNC machine tool only for final confirmation of a design.
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 Buy it for simulator, not for the text. June 8, 2004
Robert Lopez (New Mexico USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The poor quality text comes with a CD which has a poor quality software package; but you can not beat it (currently) for the price. The mill and lathe simulators work. They are very buggy.brSupport is non-responsive.pThe text has distinctly Canadian terminology. Many important concepts are explained poorly or important parameters for commands are ignored while common ones are constantly repeated. The text organization is poor for teaching CNC. It is oriented to teach the use of the simulators. The index is typical in that it is not complete. It does not make a good manual.pThe software is great for the price only because there is nothing else like it (that my school has found). It tends to crash a lot. It is quite buggy for commercial software. In a lab at school we are constantly having to kill the program and restart. The software does not allow the user to use favorite editor. Instead the user is forced to use a very poor editor. The authors should free the software and hope to get help from thebruser community.
 Not too bad or good June 1, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book seems ok for a noob like me, since i'm not an expert i can not give an acurate rating on how good the book is compared to others, but it was easy to understand and the software make it easy. BUT there in the software was my main problem, because for some reason it just was immposible to install it propertly. Just the simple fact that i was using 2 hard drives becomes a problem during installation, the Java never seems to work right and the interface never worked right. I did make it work at the end, but toke me a long time and a lot of work. So that's why it sucks.
many errors, poor software October 8, 2003
Toby
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The software is Java based, tends to freeze up, and is not accurate. I found many errors in the book in CNC format and programming terminology. Download a free simulator from the web and purchase a better book if you want to learn CNC trade properly.
 Excellent Value August 30, 2003
Thomas E. Clemans (Mill Creek, WA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After working almost 20 years as a (mostly CNC) machinist, I now teach manual and CNC machining to high school 11th and 12th graders. yThe CNC Workbooky is a highly valuable resource for introducing CNC knowledge and programming to my students.pyThe CNC Workshopy is priced similar to other CNC training books that donyt include any software. However, this book also includes a training CD that works fairly well. One of the features of the CD is simulation software for both lathe and mill. The only CNC simulation software I have found so far that is any better than this one costs [$$] for the lathe simulator and another [$$] for the mill simulator. To get both of those lathe and mill simulators adds up to more than 20 times the price of yThe CNC Workshop.ypWhile the book is not perfect, and while the software can be a bit temperamental, this has to be the best CNC training-guide value on the market. The book and software donyt replace me as a teacher, but they do make my teaching efforts way more effective. My classroom is a better place because of this book.
Excellent value August 30, 2003
Thomas E. Clemans (Mill Creek, WA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After working almost 20 years as a (mostly CNC) machinist, I now teach manual and CNC machining to high school 11th and 12th graders. "The CNC Workbook" is a highly valuable resource for introducing CNC knowledge and programming to my students.p"The CNC Workshop" is priced similar to other CNC training books that don't include any software. However, this book also includes a training CD that works fairly well. One of the features of the CD is simulation software for both lathe and mill. The only CNC simulation software I have found so far that is any better than this one costs $600 for the lathe simulator and another $600 for the mill simulator. To get both of those lathe and mill simulators adds up to more than 20 times the price of "The CNC Workshop."pWhile the book is not perfect, and while the software can be a bit temperamental, this has to be the best CNC training-guide value on the market. The book and software don't replace me as a teacher, but they do make my teaching efforts way more effective. My classroom is a better place because of this book.
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