How long does it take to read Machine Tool Reconditioning and Applications of Hand Scraping?
Edward F. Connelly
Machine Tool Reconditioning and Applications of Hand Scraping by Edward F. Connelly takes about 9 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 46 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1954. 533 pages, about 146,575 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Connelly describes some processes used by machinist craftsmen to restore accurate working surfaces to metal surfaces of machine tools. Hand scraping is a skilled process of using a hand tool to remove (often minute) bits of metal to flatten surfaces that were often originally prepared by a large machine.
Subjects: Machine-shop practice, Machine-tools, Repairing, Metal Scraping Process
