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Abstract : Copper is one of the ductile materials which is difficult to machine, but extensively used in variety of applications such as electrical, thermal and nuclear. Turning is one of the predominantly used lathe operation, and the current work focuses on turning different alloys of copper at various compositions of alloying elements to investigate the effect of the machining parameter, i.e. speed of cut on cutting force, thrust force, unit power consumption and machinability which marks the effect as machining outcomes. The work also focuses on the effect of the alloys formed out of varying compositions of brass on the machining outcomes of copper–2wt% silver alloy. The work concludes on, the forces exerted on tool, unit power consumption and machinability to be least at 9% brass addition to copper silver alloy.