Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gillespie, L. K. (LaRoux K.)
Countersinking handbook / LaRoux Gillespie.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8311-3318-4 (hardcover)
1. Drilling and boring Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
TJ1260.G525 2008
621.9'52 dc22

2007049672

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New York, NY 10018

First Edition

Countersinking Handbook

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Acknowledgments

This book began as a simple effort to document what is known about countersinking. The literature was sparse. Textbooks largely ignored the topic. Handbooks provided very little information. Research papers were hard to find when I searched the topic of countersinking. Relying on my experience as a manufacturing engineer by education and practice I then searched alternate topics and materials and found many gems in articles that were not indexed as "countersinking" and from a wide range of sources. In addition to what these articles yielded, dozens of countersinking manufacturers contributed material to this book.

Many of the details provided here were developed in countries other than the United States, and some of the tools shown are produced in other countries, as well. Japan, Germany, and England, particularly, are sources for good countersinking information.

Many of the ideas, tables and images in this book are reprinted with permission from a variety of company and association...