I was very surprised about the quality of the book, what a solid and extensive reference work, also for the aspiring hobby engineer.
As a comment and/or addition, I have the following: the many comparisons with the inch dimensions are superfluous for a metric user, of course I do not order a metric edition for nothing. Of course I also understand the reasons for this, but it is unnecessary luxury in my eyes.
However, in addition to the tab layouts, it is possible that more blank tab indications can be added, each user can then fill in the tab indications in his own language and thus possibly find the information a little more clearly. The barcode for scanning is a very handy tool.
That concludes my comments and I look forward to receiving your drilling chart (hopefully in metric).

Fantastic book for a “bush mechanic”.

Great references, not much you can’t find in this book. I use it daily and it holds up well in the shop.

Grease and water proof pages, well laid out and easy to read.

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Has everything I need, awesome book!

Kinda hard to clean, after a while of use. But undestandable.

Absolutely indispensable resource in the workshop contains almost everything you will ever need (the rest can be found in the other black books)

compact and densely packed with information, all context and fundamentals too

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Great machinist quick go to guide for anything!

Amazing amount of info in one book!

Has everything I need.

Packed full of useful information! Very good quick reference for machinists in the shop. From basic tap and drill reference and formulas for machining. Use it everyday.

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What a book! To the point, LOADS of i formation and the best part is the way it is printed! It is done so well. I have a few reference books like this and all of them usually are slow to find info…. Not EBB, it is a FAST reference and the info also can be read fast. The colors in the charts are what make it pop! I will buy the others books when im ready. I want them all.

Find stuff fast. Charts are done very clearly, colors Coordination and highlighting is done very effectively. Provided “quick reference tabs” for the pages are great!

Wish there were a few more blank “page tab sticker things” to do custom labels.

Has every chart you should need!

Lots of helpful information on identifying tooling

Didn’t see any charts to identify bearings.. might be in another book

Been hobby machining for a few years now and all self taught. Having all the information that's in this book right at my fingertips has helped immensely.

There is a lot of information in this book, it's fairly easy to read and it's laid out quite well IMO. The pages are super durable. The included quick tabs are fantastic for being able to quickly get to the pages I use most often.

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Iv used this book along and found it very handy. Lots of greate information

I have been in the engineering field for 35 years, during that time I have collected many notes and charts. I found the Engineers Black Book was a one stop collection of data to replave my many notes.

Excellent book. High quality printing, convenient size, very useful.



Has every table you could ever want. Fully metric. Fully coloured. Completely fantastic book.

I wish the table on page 173 for the tungsten carbide rotary burrs would list the materials in "Uses" in a consistent order.

First entry lists "copper and brass", second entry lists "brass and copper" (among others), would have been nice if they had been sorted alphabetically, or if they are currently sorted in some kind of order (such as most to least suitable material), that it is made apparent.

I spotted one typo as well, but completely inconsequential and does not impact the meaning.

Neither of these things are sufficient to give this book anything other than five stars.

Excellent book in an easy to read format.

The workshop size is great

Pages are durable, cover a lot of topics, clearly laid out and explained

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Great book

Excellent workshop tool

Great for everyday use

Can’t put it down

Excellent book for any tradesman

Unbelievable amount of information

Can’t put it down