great companion to the engineers black book

a plethora of information on fasteners

non so far

Very handy and concise bench reference for areas, volumes, threads, drill sizes and gears, and more!

Compact size, stain resistance

Small size makes it difficult to read for us more senior machinists

Great book, a must have

Grease proof pages
Very useful information

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Reality like the book, very convenient to have for projects needing construction on the university.

Rapid access for common information

Has the metal spiral a little deformed so a little scared at changing pages and tearing them

Excellent book. A very nice compliment the classic tomb of the Machinery's Handbook.

Even though I'm in the USA, I chose the Metric edition because so much that I do now is fixing, modifying, adapting things that are made are now metric dimensions. But the book as just enough Imperial information to get by.

The ONE improvement I can think of, is that it is provided with sticky tabs to quickly go to specific sections, but I wish they would mark what page and where on the page to put the tabs so things line up cleanly.

Small, concise, easy to find information.

It's small. Getting older, need reading glasses. Hoping they make a large print of the Metric version.

This book is small but super handy.

Tons of useful information in a manufacturing environment.
High quality book. Well laid out.

Small. May need your glasses. Thread milling information would be useful.

While I've been working with metal and tools as an avocation for a couple years, I'm now setting up my dream mini-machine shop - something I've wanted to do since I was a boy (I'm medically disabled near age 60). I purchased both this book, and the eponymous "Machinery's Handbook" in large print. Now that I can actually read the pages, I realized in truth I would rarely end up taking the time to forage in it for useful information either planning or executing a project. In contrast, the "Engineers Black Book" is highly usable, readable, searchable, and has all the information I've been looking for (and a lot more as I learn). So I sent back the machinist's bible, and kept this. I've already used it three times in the first day!

Construction, size, grease-proof pages
Readable and with tabs
All the practical information I've been looking for

Sticking the tabs on took way too long - I would vote AND pay for real indexing cut into the pages - would slip a bit easier into the pocket

great book,used very often.

mathmatical formulae very useful,conversions easy to understand.

Glad to have for my small shop. Looks to be very useful and early to learn to use

Perfect for my small shop, easy to find data and page tabs very useful.

Strong binding and page coating to prolong book life

None yet

A must have for any industrial maintenance technician, or tool box for that matter

A lot of very useful information for any industry, easy to use, and clean if it gets grease on it.

I preferred the 1st edition covers. glossy and not PC

Very good for quick referencing

Good text and detail
Good illustrations
Drill bit gauge

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I'm new to engineering and this book is full of useful information

Great text
Good illustrations
Nice size

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I love the feel of this book. From the outer covers to the pages in between. A great amount of info at my fingertips in a small take with you size.

A great take along wealth of information in a small package that will fit in your pocket

It would’ve been nice if the 3rd edition would’ve still came with the drill gage.

It just keeps getting better in this 3rd addition. I'm a relative Newbie machining with my lathe....... it not only gives the info I need.....But I'm learning so much more from it than I could have imagined.

It is so well laid out ....and easier now to follow

None I can see yet

I feel quite disappointed about the third edition as there are a few things that were changed that shouldn't of been. Overall it's a very informative book. I found that most of the drill sizes in some of the thread dimensions had changed especially under the drill size of the UNF threads section which had one dimension changed up to .75mm. I referenced the 1st edition and found it and the 2nd were identical in terms of dimensions so I'm a little confused as to why these dimensions were changed. One other major dissatisfaction was the lack of drill point sharpening guage. I mean, I knew I wasn't getting one from the start but if the book had a ton more information that the second edition then I'd be happy but realistically after a quick comparison there's not much more in the third edition. Oh and I forgot to mention that your paying more for the latest edition. The tabs are good in theory but in practice they're kinda annoying. Granted, I attached all the tabs provided which doesn't leave me much room to be able to flick through the pages smoothly. My advice would be if you do want to use them, only attach the ones that you use every day but if your flicking through to the same place every day then you should have a general feel to where what your after is. As I work with CNC's, I was disappointed to see the basic G & M codes removed, I know if I was a compentent operator then I should know them all but sometimes you need a memory jog. It's nice to see more detail on adhesives and plastics and definitely good to see info on bearings, o-rings, c-clips and flanges. All in all if I had of been able to have a good flick through both 3rd and 2nd I would of chosen 2nd over 3rd. In saying all of that it is a bloody handy little book to have as I'm constantly having to refer to it for critical dimensions and general info.
(If it were possible, I'd love to be able to swap it for a 2nd edition with the guage. I know I probably wouldn't be able to seeing as I've already used it but yeah if I could then that would be rad)

Slightly more detailed info on some things in 3rd edition than 2nd
Additional info
Made with quality materials
Ring bound
Easily cleanable

NO DRILL POINT SHARPENING GUAGE FOR THE PRICE
Not much more info than the previous edition
G & M codes removed
Don't see the reason why the fella on the front now has to have clothes

Im 24, I've been machining since I was 18 and I've learned a lot from this book.

Direct to the point and good information

If the front and rear covers were more durable as mine are peaking at corners. And maybe have colour coded edges for easier location of different sections

Everthing in this book is easy to find

Only con is that I dont I only own engineers sth the moment

Lite å smidig, tåligt papper som tåls att bläddra i. Fördel mot Google då man hittar även sånt man inte letar efter.

Tålig, bra upplägg

Begränsat med info

I use almost everything in this book daily. It is a good supplement to Machinery's Handbook.

Easy to read and find most things.

I'd like to see some references for thread milling.