This is an excellent reference for IPS standards and sizes, and the drill point guide is quite useful.

Next to the Machinist's Handbook (aka the Bible), this is probably what you really need to get if you'd like a quick reference that covers almost everything you're likely to come across on a standard day in the design/production/job shop. It's now a mandatory text for my town's machining college.

Everything.

Nothing.

Lots of good reference material that doesn't take much bench or desk space.

Plastic coated pages feel like they won't pull out easily.

None found yet.

It appears to be durable, contains concise information.

Easily pocketable.

Brilliant book, very handy to have as there is so much information in it.

Grease proof pages

Binding gets flimsy and squashed over time

I can't overstate how important this book has become to me. I refer to it frequently whenever I'm in the workshop, and easy access to so much information helps me work faster and more accurately.

Huge amounts of useful data, organised in easy to find structure.
Resistance to workshop conditions, meaning I'm never afraid to keep it close at hand.

Great Book. It contains a lot information on the types of tools and basic suggestions for uses and what you can do with it. Great information for threads, which can be a pain in the put to look for. Carbide inserts or well organized.

Durable, compact booklet. I will be carring it everywhere I go.

I believe for acme threads the depth of the threads is 1/2*TPI +.01. So far that is the only thing I have a question on. But it could be defined differently than I am accustomed to.

Excellent for Quick Reference that saves Time and increases Accuracy of work! It is:.. simple, small, contains the essentials and common information. It's intuitive, organized well, made of smudge proof pages, durable, has colorful clear charts, etc...

Very useful and quality guide that's well worth the price!

NOT a Con, but the only improvement I would consider making is to color code the outside edges of the pages so you can flip through quickly to find specific main/major multi-page sections distinguished by colored "tabs".

Great book

What an amazing and comprehensive book. There is so much packed into a handy pocket book

Spiral bound

Marks easily

I should of purchased this book much sooner

Too many to list

None that i could see for the kind of jobs i under take.

Very convenient little book. Good size, Handy bound pages!

A cracking book for sitting on my desk at work! Doesn't take up much space and is packed with good information.

Would have liked to have seen some general information on bearings and weld symbols.

Great addition for the workshop and design office. Handy for Sequence of Operations work, tool selection and general reference at both production and design time.

Contained unexpected content! - even detailed thread forms from days gone by and matching tap drill sizing charts. :)

Missing suggested Ream drill size for various material, One aspect that I still need to reference elsewhere. :(

May benefit from more extensive index.

Super useful

Practically all you need for day to day use in a lie flat oil resistant little gem. Combines a host of essential information from many sources in to one compact book

Could do with some more collet info, not just ER

Great very useful & easy to use. Oh I wish I had had this book 30 years ago!

None noted

What a fantastic book I've used other reference books in the past but this has to be the best

It lays flat on the page you are using
Easy to find what's you are looking for


My book was poorly packaged by my supplier msc and was packed with some abrasive wheels which have damaged the front cover not your fault but the cover could do with being a little tougher

I was very excited as I had this book in my hands. It is actually overwhelm my expectations.
This book is not only good for looking up values it also has an entertaining aspect.
I have currently no use for it in the workshop as I still am setting the workshop up but just reading it was very interesting. Learned a lot of new stuff.
The design and choice of materials is perfect.

I really love this book and will probably also purchase some of the others.

Binding - no annoying dirty tricks to keep the book open when working and looking up at the same time.
Paper - laminated. I really had to take several looks at it before realizing that it is laminated. Feel like plain paper. Repells grease and dirty and maybe even better: it is tear proof.
Content - very much different stuff and very detailed. I LOVE it!
Detailed content. e.g. Part numbers, DIN ISO and other norms listed.
Formulae - stuff I haven't seen or used for ages but also tables.
Drill point sharpening gauge - probably the most useful you could put along with this book.
Really compact. In size and content. Absolutely convenient and useful.
Very nicely illustrated.

- The pouch where the gauge is stored was already defective upon receipt but I could until now not make up a better solution.
- Rather small letter size. I have to take of my glasses to read it. May be my personal problem, have to check my eyes :) The letter size was chosen in favour to the book size to keep it tiny so I am fine with it.
- At least for Europe. The list of distributors is totally out dated. Actually is only a company in the UK distributing the book and they do it in the rip-off style. Taking more than 3 times (!!!) higher price plus shipment. So it would cost more than 80$.
So I decided to wait 1,5 month and ordered it in the states.

Small but great.

Very complete

I don't like the binding.

Really handy little book.

99% relevant information for day to day tasks is there in your pocket. Highly recommended.

Packed with great pictures and detailed yet brief instructions.

Tough, Small, Greaseproof