Manufacturing Technology Volume 2 - P.n Rao Better Now

"Manufacturing Technology: Foundry, Forming and Welding" (Volume 2)

It sounds like you are referring to by P. N. Rao . This is a widely used textbook for mechanical and production engineering students, particularly in India.

1. Start with Chapter 1 (Theory of Metal Cutting): Do not skip the derivations. Practice drawing the Merchant’s Circle freehand until it is second nature.
2. Memorize the Standard Tables: Rao provides tables for cutting speeds for different materials and tool life constants. Keep these bookmarked.
3. Focus on Numerical Problems: For GATE, at least 2–3 questions come directly from Taylor’s tool life or cutting force calculation. Rao’s unsolved problems are gold.
4. Use the Indexing chapter: For gear manufacturing, draw the kinematic diagrams of a hobbing machine.

Core Focus of Volume 2

2.3 Cutting Fluids

The book covers topics such as: