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The EDM Handbook

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This is the only comprehensive book on EDM written on a shop-floor level. It is easy to understand and offers many real-world examples and solutions. It is worth far more than $50. It is required reading for our entire staff of engineers, toolmakers and even for our sales people.

This book is one of the few and by far the best of all books on EDM. The author has obviously used EDM to make a living. The concept of discharge-dressing was new to me and now we use it in our shop. We sponsor and train apprentices and this book is mandatory reading for apprentices and toolmakers alike. We can't wait for the next update.

Joe Santana

I figured out at least a dozen thing to build and add on to my machine in the first half of the book. I find myself rereading it over and over for more little Jewels of info. If I were to lose this book. I would pay even twice the price I paid to start with. To say this is a great book is an understatement to say the least. Good luck and do enjoy.

dray

Mr. Guitreau's book is by far better than any other book on EDM. It covers everything from the basics and theory to the tips and shortcuts he has learned himself in a shop. (he is a very good speaker too)

We use Mr. Guitrau's book in our Industrial Science and Manufacturing Technology classes. This book is clear and consise and written to be completely understood.
Although our Computer Science department has no need for an EDM book, they use the "Machine Intelligence" chapter from THE EDM HANDBOOK for it's easy-to-understand explanations of AI systems and Fuzzy Logic.

This book certainly did not live up to the advertising copy I found on Amazon.com. I found this book to be very poor in terms of usefullness of the contents. It was all fluff and appeared to be aimed, at best, toward management level people who don't have the competence to make factual based decisions on equipment purchases. It not only did not provide facts or data, it didn't provide many clues about how someone trying to make a decision would go about fact based decision making with respect to EDM. The text was highly repetitive in nature. I found its strong advocacy of relying on the manufacturers of equipment for everything from operations knowledge to purchasing evaluation, to be insulting to my inteligence.