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Typo

August 15, 2026 By: 8Z37P5 (The Woodlands, United States)

Comments
Awesome reference book. It replaced a binder of notes and copies I was collecting. Very well organized and to the point.
There is a typo in page 223 (Index), right hand side list, 4th line from the top: "Palstic Mold Steel", instead of Plastic Mold Steel

 

Excellent, couldn't ask for a better reference tool

August 15, 2026 By: Linton Ritchie (Evanston , Australia)

Comments
I use this everyday in my Product engineering role.
It will become mandatory for all Engineers at my company soon.

The information is clear and extensive, with excellent explanations and useful references.
The overall construction is excellent and feel great in the hands.

Pros
Well made and easy to read

Cons
The sticker tags need to be added after receiving. The reference of where they should go is hard to find and lost mine.
It would be better if the book were a bit wider and the tabs cut out
 

Fantastic little book

August 12, 2026 By: Dyllan (Hastings, Australia)

Comments
Its a fantastic little book and have been a huge help with just starting out in the industry and machining as a hobby.

Pros
Everything about ot is a pro. Especially the carbide insert and holder charts.

Cons
For a book that is sold as water and coolant proof to be carries in workshops the front cover is not. Got mune wet inbthe first couple weeks and the front cover seperated from the back water proof part. Had to super glue it back together which for my ocd really bothers me
 

Machinist

August 11, 2026 By: ADAM JUSTIN DUNLAP, Bwxt (Painesville, United States)

Comments
Excellent

Pros
Easy to use

Cons
Would have liked some simple wearing of inserts and tool life information
 

Amazing and useful

August 6, 2026 By: Aaron (Winston Hills, Australia)

Comments
So useful and has everything I need

Pros
All of the book and sticky tabs

Cons
None
 

Brilliant piece of kit

August 5, 2026 By: Joe (Henley On Thames, United Kingdom)

Comments
The book is a staple and has been on my desk since I purchased. If it was put in a drawer it wouldn’t stay in there long

Pros
Full of useful information that I reference daily

Cons
None
 

Thermal fitting suggestions

July 31, 2026 By: David Wixe (Karlstad, Sweden)

Comments
I really like the book. It was as expected with alot of great tables with information

Pros
The amount of machining tables

Cons
I would have liked a table with approximated heat expansion for holes/shrinking of shafts for the correct interference fit using thermal properties of standard metals
 

Fantastic Book!

July 30, 2026 By: Liam H (Wollongong, Australia)

Comments
Amazingly informative product, wish it still came with the drill sharpening tool though

 

Changed the way I program tools

July 24, 2026 By: Gabe (Spencerville, United States)

Comments
all my years of learning about machining and engineering practices have been in one book the whole time.

 

Good product

July 23, 2026 By: Nathan (Maldon, United Kingdom)

Comments
This book is a really good product and has all the engineering know you’d need

 

3rd Edition Metric black book

July 21, 2026 By: Lawrence Rainbow (Whitley Bay, United Kingdom)

Comments
Fantastic product some great information contained inside

Pros
Perfect size and grease proof pages!

Cons
Would be nice for a drill sharpening gauge to be included
 

Great book

July 10, 2026 By: Aaron Tawadros (Sturt, Australia)

Comments
Handy book

Pros
Very informative

Cons
Could be more descriptive
 

Nice book!

July 5, 2026 By: Phil McVicker (Kent City , United States)

Comments
This book is great reference material.

Pros
No website nonsense. Easily referenced. Nice build.

Cons
Would like all of their books in one!
 

A thorough masterpiece

July 4, 2026 By: William Irish (Largo, United States)

Comments
It's like having the cliff notes version of the machinist handbook. Easy access to everything you need.

Pros
Well thought out.

Cons
Pages kind of stick together.
 

SUTTON ENGINEERS BLACK BOOK EDITION 3 - L100V3EN

June 30, 2026 By: Charles Turner (Perth, Australia)

Comments
Great Book, have started an apprenticeship and The book is great for fundamentals understandings.

Pros
Easy to understand and Covers almost everything

Cons
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Black book review

June 29, 2026 By: Ethan, . (Sydney, Australia)

Comments
Handy book lot's of info

 

LBB

June 24, 2026 By: Phil (Kent City, United States)

Comments
Great book. Easily referenced. More detailed than any website you could find.

Pros
Great general reference book for any engineer.

Cons
It’s not in your library!
 

Insanely Detailed

June 20, 2026 By: Jett Adamson (Mountain Creek, Australia)

Comments
This book is the best resource a designer could buy. My boss recommended it and I quote “It you don’t see this book at an engineering company turn around and leave” I can absolutely see why now.

Pros
Insanely detailed information for pretty much absolutely everything you could need. Everything is easy to find and the information is well laid out. Everything is coming from a single source of truth which is easy to backtrack in logistics. The pages are high quality with high visibility.

Cons
I honestly don’t think there are any cons. My only one would be more fastener information but I just bought the fastener book so that’s not even a real con.
 

Engineers black book 3rd edition Metric

June 14, 2026 By: Amish Pratap (Auckland, New Zealand)

Comments
Most informative informative and history

Pros
Gives all general conversion charts clearly at the back and easy to use

Cons
Mechanical is not my trade, can be tricky to wrap my mind around the numbers for a beginner
 

The engineers black book

June 8, 2026 By: Adam (Auckland , New Zealand)

Comments
This book is so useful I have team members of which I would like to show this book to

Pros
It's a good sized book any smaller it would be difficult to review the info

Cons
The contents would have been useful if it was alphabetical no springs types and formula to working out a spring force.