Section I. GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope This manual is published to provide ordnance personnel with a ready reference of principles, applications, and standard tabular data pertinent to power-driven machine tools in the Ordnance Corps supply system. It also supplements technical manuals in the TM 9-3400-, TM 9-5100-, and TM 9-9000-series covering power-driven machine tools. a. This chapter contains a general overall history of machine tools. Individual chapters cover each type of tool as to function, tools and equipment used in conjunction with the machine tool, methods of mounting work, and general operating instructions. Instructions for special operations are also given. b.
DesignationTM 9-242
EditionFeb 1959
StatusSuperseded
Pages427
FunctionSustainment
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)