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I'd like to get a good engineering/shop reference book. Machinery's Handbook seems to be the standard, but with the complaints about the latest editions (in online reviews) regarding low paper quality and ink bleed through, plus the high cost of the current (30th) edition, I'm thinking a used volume will do it.

Any suggestions about which editions would offer a good balance between cost, information content and readability? Are there better alternatives to Machinery's Handbook out there?

Thanks,

Lonnie

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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I have the 27th edition on my bookcase at work. I never use it because I find everything I need on the internet. Sites like The Engineering Toolbox seem to have whatever I need. As for the quality of the book, mine doesn't have ink bleed through so much as having paper so thin that you can see the printing on the opposite side.

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I don't know which edition I inherited from my wife's grandfather but I do know that the corners on some of the stone tablets are broken off from use.

Tom

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Sometimes, I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar.

My short term memory is absolutely horrible and so is my short term memory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG16m2e4O6I

I used to have the 26th edition... The Engineering Toolbox is easier to use

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OOPS I did it again
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Blood Sweat and Beers
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=15216

I have the 16th here on my desk at work...I used to use it more, but unless I need some deep arcana about, I dunno, thread profiles or something - which really I never do - Its mostly a nice desk trophy. I use online resources far more, as I can go directly to the specific info usually, with practical applications listed. there's an AWESOME drill and tap table on wikipedia.

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

Seventeenth here, it was £1 in an old charity shop in town. They are a good read and worth having about but I find the Zeus tables more useful in the machine shop and they are very cheap.

Bob

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Mancave http://s1116.photobucket.com/user/mypic ... ow/mancave

I've got 2 copies.

27th edition is pretty current. Use it some, but the internet is slowly replacing it. Still has some really useful info that it's tough to find somewhere else.

Also have an 11th edition (1942). An interesting read, to say the least. Topics such as using red lead in paint, and what kinds of lubricants (like lard) are good for what materials. Things have changed a bit in 73 years.

JustDreamin'

How sad are we ?

Another good read is Ingenious Mechanisms .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ingenious-Mecha ... 0831110295


Bob

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Mancave http://s1116.photobucket.com/user/mypic ... ow/mancave

you should find a copy of "Audels New Car Service Guide" I got a really nice copy at the AACA museum bookstore, published in 1939. fascinating look into the state of the automotove art during that era, if very dry, and with a very odd editorial style.

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The B-3 build log: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941 unfortunately, all the pictures were lost in the massive server crash

The beginnings of the Jag Special,
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19012
Again, all pictures were lost.

That is a great read, I liked my boss' copy so much that I bought the 4 volume set! Some really cool stuff in there. Most of it is probably obsolete but still cool to look at.


I'll have to look for a copy of Audels Service Guide. Sounds like an interesting book to page through.

JustDreamin

Fairly sad, I guess. But, we have company, at least. I just added them to my Amazon Wish List.

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

Build Log: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5886