Very handy with 99% of the information one could ever need for home or work.

I'm writing this review in comparison to the german "Tabellenbuch". I've bought the Large Workbench Edition of the Engineers Black Book. Since then I was looking up more and more things using it. It turns out to be way easier to navigate and a lot tougher than the german "counterpart".

I'm not sure but this is a really small complaint and some other countries or fields of work might see this in an different light but: I personally prefer N/mm^2 over HPa (for example when it comes to tensile and yield strength of bolts). Not going to use this as a Con since they both are practically the same.

All in all one of the best purchases I've ever made when it comes to the topic of machining things.

Quick-and-easy-to-find-stuff reference book. Since I'm not a pro in all the things I do in my home shop I often learn some new things enen though I often was looking for something different. The structure of the book makes it easy to read even while working on something, the color coding helps a lot, the way the tables and pictures are done even more so. The pages are rugged and easy to clean in case I touch them with oily fingers, even fast "browsing" doesn't seem to damage them at all.

In my case some of the pages were not properly cut so they stuck together or haven't been cut completly. They were either sticking together at the ring binding or weren't cut right in the lower right corner. Not too much of an hassle since I have sharp knifes but it's still somewhat of and dissapointment seeing how well everything else in this book is made.

The reason for having the Thread Pitch Gage included with the Fastener Black Book but not Drill Sharpening Gage with the Engineers Black book is beyond me. I ordered it seperatly and used it several times now. But why?

Very handy reference book with far more information than I will ever need

Handy size, dirt resistant pages and lay flat binding. Well laid out and easy to understand for a beginner.

Some pages not properly stamped and a few pages creased making it hard to read some data.

Great Handy Little Book

Nearly Everything you need in home workshop without having to spend a fortune on machinery hand book

As a engineer for many year and reference to machinery handbook I've found this much better than Zeus as quick reference , I was told about this little book by many model engineers working in home workshops so purchased one as many model engineers have ,and the one thing missing is ME taps ,drill,sizes etc big shame ,please add in next addition,to complete the book for the home workshop

A pretty handy reference. It's apparent that a lot of thought went into creating this book.

Great paper, love the lay-flat binding, and I love that you provide index stickers. Contains a lot of information without being too lengthy.

I would've preferred fewer pre-printed index stickers in exchange for more blanks so that I could index more of my own personal most-used sections. My book had several mis-punched pages in the middle that aren't captured in the wire binding - mind your QC.

Everything clear and concise

Lay flat format

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Everything clear and concise

Lay flat format

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Great size. Perfect fit in the pocket. And great resource for a newbie to the industry

Easy reference. Handy

I'm new to machining and metalwork in general, so this book has been invaluable to getting me started with the basics.

All the information included had been useful. Simple explanations with no bloat.

Expensive.

Excellent product, I have a metric and imperial pocket book and they're both very useful

Perfect size to fit in the toolbox or the overalls pocket on the job

Has almost everything you can think of for any engineer/machinist.

Full of correct and useful info

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Contains more information than I think I'll ever need as a tradesman.

Everything

Nothing

Great book. Should be in every tradies toolbox

Has everything you’ll need

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Good book good size good information

Very knowledgeable

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Having everything in one place for quick reference is invaluable for use in the shop

Just Great

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Probably the the most useful resource in my in my shop! Second to a good shop vacuum you will use this book for nearly every project.

Covers everything you need for the home shop machinist.

Would benefit from oil and dirt resistant paper as the pages will get dirty from using this book so much.

Perfect quick reference for the hobby machinist or for those in the profession.

Condensed and full of info that is great for quick access to answer those questions that pop up daily.

Can’t really see any negatives.

Very handy ready reference

Lots of handy information right at your finger tips

It could be better in my opinion. In the grinding wheels section, no details at all about the new Cubic Boron Nitride Grinding wheels, grit selections etc.
They are great for cold Dry grinding High Speed & Tool Steel without requiring coolant / water lubrication.
Any modern engineering publication such as this should have the data available for those looking to source grinding wheels or they might not be aware of their existence otherwise.

bon livre a avoir dans sont atelier.