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I bought this book some time back to use as a quick review of CNC for both machining centers and lathes. It's very well paced pedagogically speaking with sections reasonably self-contained so you can skip around to the sections or commands you're not too sure about and easily get up to speed. I was trained from a Mike Lynch text on machining centers which is a very detailed text and goes into many special feature commands which this book does not, like G2 and G3 for helical interpolation or threading, and G16 and G15 for polar coordinates(repeating cuts after rotating by the angle). In hindsight, the instructor was integral to the course and the text used doesn't facilitate a rapid refresh. This text is an easy refresh and is very well suited for self-study. Basically this Valentino text got me back up to speed on the ideas and language, so I can make sense out of special feature commands in Lynch and look them up when I need them. This book for fundamental training with a detailed reference like Lynch or Smid would put you in good shape.
