My copy arrived Thursday afternoon and I have now had a chance to look over it and make a few comments. Overall the book is well done, lots of pictures or in some cases drawn illustrations. It reminds me a lot of the text I used for teaching my machine shop class though it doesn't go as deep on some topics. Overall I would say it is a good primer for anyone just getting into home shop machining, but for those with some experience, most of the information is available elsewhere and likely in much greater detail. Even so it will make a nice addition to the bookshelf and while I may not use it as a go to reference work, I would have to say it is worth the $27.00 I paid for it. In particular the section on measurement tools is nicely done with lots of good pictures from L.S. Starrett Co. (sorry Stan, no mini-mic though). The other section I found well done was a pretty thorough discussion on cutting tool (especially lathe tool) geometry along with some good illustrations.
Bill