First thing I turn to whenever I get something a bit out of my normal work. It's never let me down.

Full of helpful information.

None.

Being in engineering for the last 30 years, and having made about 15 steam engines, in the UK we have the Zeus book, and various other publications, from people like dormer etc. This book has the LOT in one place, no need now for many (greasy) books.

Clear, well written and easy to use.

For those of us in the UK, who live in a metric world, but sometimes (actually frequently) have to source things from the US, who do stuff in inches, it would help if the carbide insert nomenclature was repeated alongside the metric nomenclature. I appreciate this would add more pages but its useful for those in countries who sadly no longer have a toolmaking industry. Send me the extra pages as a PDF if you like.

The black book is amazing, I just wish it had joinery methods/ stresses of joinery methods for wood in it. (As seen on pg. 164 for plastics adhesive) It isn't used much, but it is needed to ensure that the book is the best.

Incredibly thorough.

Not much.

Great overall guide to have in any shop with a lot of good refernece info.

Good variety of info in one place

Non yet

Good range of information

Lots of information

Some information hard to find.Metric version should have more ISO standards referred to

Very good book

Awsome book always has what I’m looking for

Everything I need is here

There is none

Very good book

Alot of good facts for the machine shop

No info on socket head cap screws

Concise set of information

Great sections on drill geometry and lathe tool bits
Also info on different types of fits

Would like to see more information on feeds and speeds for various types of operations, e.g. drill, ream, turn, face, knurl, center drill, mill ...

Very informative book.

Use daily so much information available inside.

Great book

Contains so much useful informations I am using daily

Excellent data charts. It’s all here

Handy size easy to find information. No need for multiple books on your bench. You only need one book, the black book.

Maybe add some basic common thread sizes, depth of thread, effective sizes etc.
And maybe some common G and M codes.

I am a retired mechanical engineer. In retirement I built a small hobby machine shop. In my working life I did little hands on work so I had time to leaf thru Machinery's Handbook, but now I want answers fast so I can fire up the lathe or mill. Engineer's Black Book perfectly fulfills this need. The information contained seems to be what I'm looking for 99% of the time and is easily located.

Mosted needed information in a shop environment, Laminated pages, Fold flat binding. Large size available.

For my usage, NO cons!

This is a great book to have around the shop

Quick resource for many applications without having to look it up on the internet.

Wish it had feeds and speeds for machining

Love the layout of the book. The non glare finish on the pages is excellent and definitely grease proof. I'm less than 6 months into an engineering Apprenticeship and this book has proved to be very helpful for a few of my units I've been working on

Glare Proof, Grease proof, lays flat on a surface or table, fits in my pocket perfectly, has most of the information I need without having to try googling stuff I'm not sure of

As someone else has mentioned, there's no feeds/speeds for different types of materials

Love the layout and readability. It contains most of what I need in the workshop on a day to day basis in an easily used format

Readability, clarity

cannot find Feeds and speeds for various materials or hardening data for various steels

A fantastic resource which I know will become one of the most-used tools in my workshop.

Clear format, comprehensive coverage of genuinely useful data. It's clear that a lot of thought has gone into the design, with grease and tear proof pages and a lie-flat spiral binding.

None.

Perfect size. So handy as a reference for all things engineers / mechanics.


Layout is brilliant

No screwcutting info

This thing is a fantastic reference and sure beats having to drag out that monster Machinery Handbook

Most often used data and much easier to use than the old industry work horse.

If I would change anything it would be some guidance on which page to place the index tabs that are included.

Likely it is technically very useful, however extremely disappointing after decades of effort to recognise women in engineering that the pronoun "he" is used extensively and the Adult Physical Dimensions exclude women (one tiny reference). This is the kind of thing that alienates young women joining our field.

Technical content

Old fashioned approach to the industry