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.

great book contains lots of information I'm a machinist and I use it lots

small easy to carry

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I'm a machinist and I found that the book contains lots of information helpful reference information

small easy to carry around

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Exellent little book heaps of info

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Awesome little books full of extreamly useful data. Love it!!!!

Very useful info, great size

None that I can think of

Fantastic book with everything you could possibly need

Perfectly detailed

Text a little bit small

Just what I needed, use it every day!

Tons if info, heavy soil resistant pages.

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Great book. Comes in handy. A must read for all engineers.

Very detailed book. Help me alot when apprentice.

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The best engineers pocket book available l have found.

Easy to read unlike some other books wìth smaller print.

Fabulous reference book! I bought several for my team. The quality and size are perfect for our applications.

Pocket size, protective coating, spiral binding - lay flat.

Perfect size

Has just about everything you need on the day to day job

Labeled cutting speed of material on the endmill feeds and speeds

This book is real handy at times especially when one finds oneself with brain lock.

Good for refreshing the memory or needing to quickly find a few specifications.

A little short on metal identifications such a en30b steel and 1018 DOM but space is limited with this book.

could not find any better so much info

l are self tought and had to look for drill sizes feed speeds and alike
and here it is all in this great little book


don't have any cons

Handy sized book. Pages have a plastic coating so should hold up well. My book was badly made. The holes were not punch clean, about half the pages were stuck together. Took me a long time to separate without tearing the pages.

This will help with most of the information I was looking up before, such as thread major/minor diameters.

The section on carbide inserts is very comprehensive.

High quality diagrams, good layout. Easy to read.

The section on common metals misses some of the most common alloys, such as 6061 aluminium and 1018 steel. In the US 6061 is by far the most common aluminium alloy.

As an apprentice fitter and turner Engineers Black Book is a must have.

Full of vital information.

Lacking explanation for which carbide tip to use for particular applications.

I could not make it through the day, without this book.

Perfect in all aspects

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Almost everything you need without the bulk of other publications

High quality printing and durable paper

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This book is amazingly useful. Now everything is lot easier for me now.

Everything I needed is in my pocket.😘

Almost None.

Extremely helpful.

Quick and easy to use. Pages have a coating to protect them.

Formulas need to be explained a little bit better.