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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Apro, Karlo.
Secrets of 5-Axis Machining / Karlo Apro.
p. cm.
Includes index.

1. Machine tools--Numerical control. 2. Machining. I. Title. II. Title: Secrets of 5-Axis Machining.
TJ1189.A68 2008
671.3 ?5--dc22
2008027258

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First Edition, 2008

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• Interior Text and Cover Design: Paula Apro

• Developmental Editor: Robert E. Green

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Dedication

This book is dedicated, in loving memory, to my mother Piroska. She taught me the meaning of hard work...