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Black Book Fasteners

April 15, 2026 By: Bobby (Redbank Plains, Australia)

Comments
Very impressed with the product quality. This is a very informative book and I find it invaluable.

Pros
Easy to use, informative, invaluable.

 

Free chart

April 12, 2026 By: Barry Hay (Mornington, Australia)

Comments
Really handy having the sticker tabs for the large book attached to locate each heading.

Pros
Great book, I have other titles in the Black Book range

Cons
A bit pricey, but these were bought on company funds.
 

Free chart

April 12, 2026 By: Barry Hay (Mornington, Australia)

Comments
Page 224 fastener 1st edition, M12 metric fine should be 1.25 instead of 1.75

Pros
Great book, I also have the large and small Engineers' black book

Cons
A bit pricey, but these were bought on company funds.
 

ENGINEERS Black Book 3RD EDITION (METRIC)

April 12, 2026 By: Liam Hammond (Wollongong, Australia)

Comments
Fantastic book with plenty of information for both designing parts as well as manufacturing, both fabrication and machining.

Pros
I make most use of the speeds/feed and SFM sections of the book, great that the relevant formulas are included as well for more niche cases. The tolerances section is also great for design, and the GD&T helps greatly remembering the symbols. Appreciate the materials section, for both metals and plastics, as well as the adhesives, great information.

Cons
Speeds/feeds for HHS/carbide end mills and lathe cutting tools would be great, additionally a section on welding may be a fantastic addition, though it would probably make for a thick book.
 

Amazing

April 6, 2026 By: Ethan Michael Moore (CHESAPEAKE, United States)

Comments
Love these books

Pros
Super handy

Cons
They need more copies for other avanues
 

Will see a lot of use

March 31, 2026 By: Steve Marquess (Adamstown, United States)

Comments
Still getting used to it, but I can see it will be used more that Machinerys Handbook.

Pros
+1 on the page treatment

Cons
1) In SPANNER SELECTION CHART put a footnote that "A/F" is Across Flats. Obvious once you think of it, but had me stumped at first.

2) ER collets in Tpaers section, but no 5C?
 

Engineers Black book

March 26, 2026 By: William Lyons (Shawnee, United States)

Comments
Excellent

Pros
Easy to understand, very well organized, and the tabs that can be added are very helpful for quick indexing.

Cons
None that I can think of
 

Engineers Black Book - USA Edition

March 23, 2026 By: Daniel S. (Johnson City, United States)

Comments
Handy reference for designing and machining

Pros
Easy to read and find information

Cons
None
 

Fastner Black Book

March 20, 2026 By: Chris, ATB Morton (Newcastle, Australia)

Comments
Well put together

Pros
Pocket size

Cons
None
 

Electrical Black Book

March 20, 2026 By: Chris, ATB Morton (Newcastle, Australia)

Comments
Well put together

Pros
Pocket size

Cons
None
 

Engineers Black Book

March 10, 2026 By: Nick , Billeter Marine (Coos bay, United States)

Comments
Great product

Pros
A

Cons
B
 

Engineers Black Book review

March 3, 2026 By: Luc Valcourt (St-Eustache, Canada)

Comments
Great book for quick reference

Pros
All in one book

Cons
Little pricy
 

Mr

March 3, 2026 By: Charlie, Boyes Engineering (Cundletown , Australia)

Comments
Good book

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Cons
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Very handy indeed

March 2, 2026 By: Macklin Thompson, Maclean International (Roma, Australia)

Comments
Very useful book, would highly recommend to anyone involved with machining, turning, and fitting. Even really good use to the every day person who wants to fix things

Pros
High level of detail and very useful parts on material and heat treating

Cons
Missing the drill gauge that they used to come with
 

Engineers Black book

March 2, 2026 By: Mitch Taylor (Kallangur, Australia)

Comments
Great help learning and understanding.
Needs a little bit more information regarding CNC

 

Awesome

February 28, 2026 By: A. Hansen (Thirroul, Australia)

Comments
My son was required to get this for his engineering apprenticeship. Decided to have a look at this book and amazed at the amount of helpful information is in it for my projects I do at home.

 

A Great asset to the machinist

February 27, 2026 By: John Land (Singleton , Australia)

Comments
Great book

Pros
Excellent reference material
Handy size for the overalls pockets

Cons
No drill gauge 😢
 

Engineers black book 3rd edition metric

February 23, 2026 By: Ellexis Heilig (Emu Park, Australia)

Comments
It’s good I like it a lot, very helpful

Pros
Full of knowledge, handy to have around, small and compact

 

Mr

February 23, 2026 By: Rheel Jordan Cave-dawson, Glencore (Gladstone , Australia)

Comments
Handy as

Pros
Is super convenient

Cons
Needs to still include stainless steel drill gauge
 

Engineering black book chart size

February 23, 2026 By: Jacob Rice (Mackay, Australia)

Comments
Your chart that you send out has the wrong size listed. It says “when folded out 420.00mm (16.54 inches) High x 2979.40mm (11 inches) Wide” it appears that the correct width is meant to be 279.4 and not 2979.40mm. This I confirmed by converting 11 inches to mm.