The second revised edition of the book fully covers Metal Cutting and Tool Design taught at undergraduate and post-graduate courses at different universities and institutes. The basic principles required in understanding the subject are explained in detail and at the same time advance topics in the subject are discussed with a number of illustrations and photographs. The prominent topics covered in this book include:

• Mechanics of metal cutting
• Study of cutting force
• Heat in metal cutting
• Tool wear, Tool failure, Tool life
• Tool materials
• Cutting Fluids
• Economics of machining
• Cutting Tool Design-single point, drill, milling cutter, broach
• Cutting tool manufacturing
• Computer aided temperature and stress analysis in Cutting Tool
• Gear Cutting tools
• Design of reamer
• Thread cutting tools