This is a great book if you are specifically in the stamping die industry or about to interview for a job in that niche and you have little experience. You’re going to need this book and you’re going to need to keep it close. I wouldn’t, however, recommend it as a study aid for prepping for your C of Q, but it’s essential if you’re new to stamping. It is a tool and die book written by a toolmaker for toolmakers.
The book is broken into 5 sections and, as you’ll see, it is just the basics. The whole book is a quick and dirty version of what you need to know to make a tool work and how to prevent problems during the build.
Chapter 1 What a Die Can and Cannot Control
Chapter 2 Formulas for Stamping Die
Chapter 3 Basic Die Component Functions and Design
Chapter 4 Techniques for Shop Sketching and Die Designs
Chapter 5 Die Makers Data and Miscellaneous
Personally, the first two chapters were invaluable to me. I really felt like why didn’t people just summarize this for me a long time ago.
The opening paragraph starts like this, “Unfortunately, very few product designers understand the limitation of what a die can produce in a totally quality-controlled manner. Because of this and because the product designer’s prime concern is the part function, the great majority of stampings have production quality bottlenecks until the die is modified or the part design changed. In many cases brand new dies have to be thrown out. I don’t know about you but in my experience, I have seen this happen where a die is close to being built and it is mostly being scrapped because of a die and quality design failure”. So when the book opened with such a statement, I knew it was going to be a short but sweet read and that is exactly what this book is. It really is just a handbook with quick reference rules and charts.
I highly recommend this book and, if you buy it, you’ll find it comes in the perfect size to store in your toolbox. Google has a sample of a few of its chapters if you would like to review to see if it is something you want to add to the bookshelf, or should I say toolbox.
Click here for Google Die Maker Handbook Sample
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