Book is super easy to find what information you need, it literally has everything you need inside it
Pros
Index is very well laid out and easy to find pages
Cons
Doesn’t have hydraulic symbols
Blackbook
January 19, 2022
By: michael govers, Luyckx (Schoten, Belgium)
Comments
Great information
Pros
The page stickers are great
Cons
Non
Brilliant
January 17, 2022
By: Ricky (Greya, Australia)
Comments
Love it will help me out a lot as im an apprentice at the moment but lots of handy info
Pros
Informative
Easy to read
Accurate
Cons
Nil
Great book full of appropriate information
January 11, 2022
By: Tyler , McCain’s (Ballarat , Australia)
Comments
Fantastic book for all fitter apprentices or just hands on people a lot of info to expand your knowledge
Pros
Small and compact, full of info
Cons
No cons
Wonderful resource!
January 7, 2022
By: Jonathan Youngren (Naperville, United States)
Comments
I love having this resource both on my home bench and at my desk at work. It is a great tool for quick references!
Pros
Many different useful tables!
Cons
It would be great if we didn't have to put the thumb tabs on ourselves
Great Engineering Book
January 5, 2022
By: Z. Spencer (Dayton, United States)
Comments
I received this book for Christmas from my wife and I can already tell I'll be referencing it for years and years. Plenty of useful information for any engineer.
Pros
The tabs that are provided make it easy to locate what you need quickly. If you design prototypes there's a lot of useful information like drilling, tapping, sheet metal, etc.
Cons
Nothing to complain about so far!
Great Book of Info
January 3, 2022
By: John Bartus (Tickfaw, United States)
Comments
Great Book. Organized well. Very useful.
Pros
Large Size is great. Spiral bound is a must.
Cons
None yet.
Black Book Is Great
January 2, 2022
By: Geoff Brice (Marion, Australia)
Comments
Its outstanding full of great info.
Pros
Easy to use and find info
Cons
should have got the table top version because pocket version is great but very small print.
A Must Have
January 1, 2022
By: Darrin, IRMEC (Mudgee, Australia)
Comments
A great compilation of practical information.
Pros
So great to be able to quickly access even the simple frequently required things such as bolt torques and drilling / tapping information without having to Web search (and possibly landing on something inaccurate).
Cons
Nothing worth a mention.
Student
December 28, 2021
By: Steven grant (Nampa, United States)
Comments
Very though, lil hard to understand at first but once bacis in class were t love this book
Handy book, would love localisation
December 28, 2021
By: Alex (Adelaide, Australia)
Comments
Comprehensive information, missing some details
Pros
Tab stickers so you can choose what to bookmark
Cons
Adult Physical Dimensions refer only to male dimensions, so are lacking 50% of relevant data. The small operator dimensions are unreliable as small female operators are smaller than small male operators.
The metric book contains a number of ASME standards. I would love if there were local versions, eg. an Australian version containing Australian drawing standards. Or at least use ISO standards everywhere.
Great book for home machinist
December 27, 2021
By: Martin Osvald (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Comments
Overall great book, would recommend/buy again.
Pros
Great carbide insert identification chart. Lot of usefull calculation charts.
Cons
Few minor details:
It might be too much but I would appreciate bearing chart.
What I know, the statement tahat 7075 aluminium is weldable is wrong (page 152).
I did not find 1.4301 stainless stell in comparsion table (page 159), found AISI 304 as 1.4350, but in europe, we usually use 1.4301 as coparsion to AISI 304.
Engineers black book
December 26, 2021
By: Raymond woodring jr (Williamsport, United States)
Comments
I have seen this book being use by some of the top YouTube machinist. I have one of the bigger books and some times I find hard to find what I need so this little guy will help me out a lot .
A book no shop should be without.
December 25, 2021
By: Rodney A Korn, K5 Studios (Woodinville , United States)
Comments
The book contains a huge reference of data for the shop. It came with tabs to quickly find sections I use a lot. Being able to use this in the shop will make many tasks easier. For example finding the right drill for a tap is a snap.
Pros
Grease proof paper!
Quick lookup page tabs.
Just about every conversion table you will ever need in the shop.
Even gas an interesting section on how engineering began.
Cons
I think I found an error in the text on page 76 at the bottom. The last example shows a result of 14 deg. 2 min. 10 sec. But I think the example should be 26deg 33 min 54sec.
Engineers Black Book
December 25, 2021
By: Brent Hoyle (Hamilton, New Zealand)
Comments
Excellent book.
Worth the money whether you're a qualified engineer or a trainee or a DIY/self-taught engineer.
Contains all the relevant info (and more) that you'll need in a regular job in a practical book that is easy to use with non-marking pages, index and spiral bound.
Def recommend!
Practically like an engineering course for those who want to teach themselves!
Pros
As mentioned, matt gloss finish pages are perfect for a working person with oil, lubricants and general engineering muck around.
Spiral bound means you don't have to fight the book spine to try and read the info you need.
Excellent table of contents means you can quickly find what you need.
Metric and Imperial cross-references make it something like priceless for those of us who work with equipment in both systems!
Cons
Well... I'm struggling to come up with any.
I got the pocket book which fits into a pocket like it should but for someone who has any challenges with small text/reading, then this book is probably a bit small.
Essential reading for work and fun
December 24, 2021
By: Deane Samuel PORTER (Perth, Australia)
Comments
Very good
Pros
Everyone needs one
Cons
None
Black Book 3rd edition
December 24, 2021
By: Joel Salers (Albertville , United States)
Comments
Wife purchased as an early Christmas gift
Pros
I love the pocket size, perfect for tool box drawer and to carry between work and home for quick reference
Cons
I wish each section already had a page divider, it’s not a major turn off though
Black Book 3rd Edition, Metric.
December 22, 2021
By: Sean. (Selston, United Kingdom)
Comments
Overall very useful reference for me as a hobbyist.
Pros
Lots of information on various topics.
Compact but readable package.
Dual unit tables are useful.
Appears to be fairly durable.
Cons
Disappointed to not find a selection of tables giving thread tolerances. A single common fit tolerance would be fine to enable easy reference.
Black book 3rd edition
December 21, 2021
By: Jason Mcauliffe (Crookstown, Ireland)
Comments
Easy to find info
Pros
Nice size letters easy to read
Cons
Non
Black book 3rd edition
December 21, 2021
By: Jason Mcauliffe (Crookstown, Ireland)