Great book, good information.

Paper it is printed on. Lots of information.

Pages are wrinkled not sure why, it is brand new.

Love the book, Got it for my b-day and i use it every day

Easy to read and a lot of great infomation

Could be nice if you added some info on welding

Seems to have all the right info right on your finger tips! Lays flat and easy to read/use.

Great information. Nice format. Made of good material.

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As someone trying to self teach at home its a great tool with so much useful information

Compact size

Well laid out and just the right size

Easy to use

A little pricey

Great reference book for all my needs

Lots of useful data

Size of the book, an extra inch in both direction wouldn't hurt

This book is a super handy reference. Machinery's Handbook goes into far deeper detail, but the Black Book is meant to be a quick reference guide and it does that well. It is a very user friendly and makes a useful day to day bench top reference guide.

Tons of information in an easily found format. It has sturdy pages which should hold up well in a shop environment if not abused.

The print is on the small size, which necessary to fit all the info into a 4x6" notebook sized guide. If a 6x9" version with larger print were available, I would buy it.

Very helpful book it’s packed full of useful reference

Lots of data

Can’t find any

This reference is used daily

Use it all the time

The best engineers pocket book available l have found.

Lots of important data.

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GREAT REFRENCE MATERAL

EASY TO READ AND FALLOW

NOT FOUND ANY YET

Very thorough, comprehensive collection of information readily available to any engineer and or hobbyist.

Easy clean covers and pages
Lay flat spiral binding

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Great book, if your a design engineer or a student with the view of heading into this field, this is the book for you

Easy to read, Concise bible of information.

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Fantastic book has great content, I wished I'd got one sooner. Plenty to read and more. I've never understood the numbers on carbide inserts but with the "engineers black book" it's all crystal clear.

Good illustrations, easy to follow tables and charts.
Bright colors used are ideal for use in low-lit areas.



I'm not sure how long the binder will last in a workshop environment, it's pretty thin and flimsy now from New.

100% worth just for the carbide insert and holders charts.

Awesome little books full of extreamly useful data.

Quick and easy to use
The section on carbide inserts is very comprehensive.
High quality diagrams, good layout. Easy to read.


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The very best book in my workshop

Covers massive variety of information, it's durable and easy to understand.

No cons

A compact and concise layout of useful information relating to metal fabrication.

Generally contains an effective balance of diagrams, tables and text throughout the book.

Good for a quick comparison of tools/methods/materials/treatments.

Nice overview of drawing abbreviations and symbols (although no references for welding).

Some odd imperial units sneak through into the metric edition without having a metric equivalent. For example, common metal tensile strength is given in tons/in^2 only, not MPa. Some approx. yield strength, fatigue strength or elastic modulus would have been nice, and perhaps could have replaced some of the columns of imperial conversions.

No section on welding? No section on bearings?

Contains all the useful information that's had to find online, the guides are very informational and the gauge is extremely helpful.

The bonus guage.

No cons.