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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)

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)

Comments
Easy to find info

Pros
Nice size letters easy to read

Cons
Non
 

Awesome

December 17, 2021 By: Josh Manintveld (Oakwood, Canada)

Comments
Lots of info

Pros
Plastic pages

Cons
None
 

ENGINEERS BLACK BOOK

December 17, 2021 By: Bill Bulkeley (CASTLEMAINE, Australia)

Comments
fantastic book gets better and better with every printing

Pros
every thing

Cons
none
 

Great and useful

December 13, 2021 By: Sam (Ngunnawal , Australia)

Comments
Love it , super useful in the engineering

Pros
Lots of info

 

Awesome book

December 11, 2021 By: Joey (STERLING HEIGHTS, United States)

Comments
Great resource

 

Excellent Resource

December 8, 2021 By: Nick (Broken Hill, Australia)

Comments
Extremely useful for machinists and fabricators alike, everyone serious about the trade should consider having one of these.

 

Very through and informative

December 5, 2021 By: Henry Gelber (Rochester, United States)

Comments
Very extensive source of information. Contains all of the figures, diagrams, tables, etc that I need.

 

Black book

December 3, 2021 By: Samuel Barnes (ALBANY, Australia)

Comments
Great handy little book to have

Pros
Alot of useful information

Cons
Didn't get a drill gage in the back like the other ones
 

Very useful reference book.

December 1, 2021 By: Remi B, ATL (Bertrand, Canada)

Comments
Very handy to have around the shop for quick and easy info lookup

Pros
Like gow the page are stain resistant and easy to wipe oily finger print off.
Lots of good info in a small package.

Cons
None so far.
 

Quality Product

December 1, 2021 By: Dan, Lithgow Arms (LITHGOW, Australia)

Comments
Quality product, great size, excellent grease and tear proof pages and most importantly good clear information

 

Great Book

December 1, 2021 By: Liam , Thales (Lithgow, Australia)

Comments
Every Engineer Should Own 1

Pros
Very easy to read and find info

Cons
Nothing to complain about
 

amazing all in one reference

November 25, 2021 By: Perry Taylor (Seaford, Australia)

Comments
I have been using the Engineer's BlackBook for close to a year. I am a manufacturing engineer in a train production factory and the book is a great resource to solve non-conformances and prepare re-work procedures. It has helped me prepare anything from designs, to tooling routing and pathing, surface finishing, and setting up work stations.

Pros
Concise, all in one resource for a multitude of cross-discipline information.

Cons
Some additions that would be helpful:
1. Welding symbols, welder types, spool information, etc
2. Types of additive manufacturing (3D printing), pros and cons of each
3. Female adult physical dimensions in addition to male (5th to 95th percentile)
4. fatigue and fracture types, causes, and cases (images for investigation)
5. lean manufacturing (5S, Kaizen, wastes, etc) and six sigma concepts
 

MR

November 19, 2021 By: matt rice (bradworthy, United Kingdom)

Comments
great book

Pros
it has all the information you need

Cons
could do with measuring threads with wires
 

Great Book

November 18, 2021 By: Steven Queener (Jacksboro, United States)

Comments
Great book of endless information

Pros
Everything I’ve needed was there and easy to find

Cons
None