Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching (Delmar Learning Blueprint Reading) (Paperback)

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Updated to the latest ANSI, ISO, AWS, and ASME standards, this 50th Anniversary Edition helps individuals develop skills in reading and interpreting industrial drawings and in preparing simple technical sketches. It is written to be a consumable, interactive text/workbook that provides basic principles, concepts, ANSI and SI Metric drafting symbols and standards, terminology, manufacturing process notes, and other related technical information contained on a mechanical or CAD drawing. Each unit features a basic principle and at least one blueprint and assignment that encourages users to practice newly learned skills.

About the Author

Thomas P. Olivo currently is president of Olivo Associates, an international vocational educational consulting agency and textbook publisher. He was a draftsman and an Industrial Art teacher for several years. Mr. Olivo has taught T&I teachers, as well as several graduate level courses in Engineering Drawing and Curriculum Development in three major universities. He served as a State Supervisor of Technical Education and has co-authored six textbooks with Dr. C.T. Olivo in the areas of blueprint reading and sketching, applied mathematics and applied physics. He has also authored BLUEPRINT READING AND SKETCHING FOR INDUSTRY and numerous self-paced instructional modules in auto mechanics and carpentry. Thomas P. Olivo was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Experienced Teacher Fellowship Award. He has a Master's Degree specializing in materials and Processes of Industry and has completed two years of professional study beyond his Master's Degree while being certified as a Vocational Counselor and School Administrator.

Dr. C. Thomas Olivo was the New York State Director of Industrial Education and founder of Delmar Publishers. He was a machinist, a T&I and vocational teacher and a professor. Dr. C. Thomas Olivo received a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Masters of Science Degree and a Doctoral Degree. He was also a recipient of the ASME award for international meritorious service and the author and editor of over sixty vocational textbooks and five hundred publications. Some of the many vocational textbooks Dr. Olivo has authored independently that directly relate to BLUEPRINT READING AND SKETCHING, 9E are PRINCIPLES OF REFRIGERATION and his seven groundbreaking texts on machine tool technology and manufacturing processes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 8 edition (August 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401848788
• ISBN-13: 978-1401848781
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #199,338 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching, May 29, 1998

By	John Berkey ([e-mail]) (Everett, WA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching (Paperback)

This book is excellent for teaching the basic's of blueprint reading. Great illustrations, and assignment sheets. Would highly recommend it for employee training !!

John Berkey.

Chief Quality Specialist,

PCB Manufacturing Operations,

Fluke Corporation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good training, May 12, 2007

By	M. Thaman "usefull" (Lima, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching (Paperback)

This continues to be the best training material available for mechanical type blueprints available. Lessons are short enough to be almost self study. Each chapter builds seamlessly on previous chapters.

1.0 out of 5 stars poor advertising and overpriced, October 30, 2009

By	MD (Maine) - See all my reviews

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For starters there are no answers to any of the assignments so it makes for a bad choice if you are trying to teach yourself. secondly don't think you can talk to delmar's customer service without being laughed at or mocked. this company seems to be run by children. there is a lot of information in this book but if you want to spend $20 and get more or less the same info you'd be way better off buying "Blueprint Reading Basics: Manufacturing Print Reading" by
Warren Hammer.