Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual [Paperback]

Carl A. Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 1990

Audel^®

• An invaluable guide for all mechanical tradespeople
• Provides today's industrial mechanic with the full range of trade information
• For use as a text and as an on-the-job reference
• Over 250 diagrams, sketches, and photographs graphically illustrate each topic
• Complete, concise, easy to use and understand

This classic reference for mechanical tradespeople has been completely revised and updated. Designed for the greatest ease of use, it presents methods, procedures, and tools for the installation, maintenance, and servicing of machinery. Written clearly and concisely, the Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual also explains background principles and theory. Numerous diagrams, illustrations, and photographs assist in easy visualization of all topics covered.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

This tool needs no maintenance

Fully revised and updated, this convenient guide covers the latest industrial equipment as well as all the tools and machines prevalent in older plants, even those from the early 1970s and before.

Your complete reference tool

• Discusses machinery installation, welding, rigging, carpentry, basic electricity, and more
• Features a chapter on safety issues
• Covers belts, drives, transmissions, and bearings
• Examines automatic sprinkler systems
• Offers tips for preventive maintenance
• Includes coverage of piping and pipefitting
• Reviews shop mathematics, geometry, and trigonometry

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Carl A. Nelson has many years of hands-on and managerial experience in the mechanical trades and has served as a mechanical training supervisor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 3rd edition (August 14, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025886657
• ISBN-13: 978-0025886650
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,159,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent reference source, July 3, 1998

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[e-mail] (mich.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual (Paperback)

this book contains a ton of quick references for alot of things you will use if your in the mechanical trades, or industrial maintenance. some of them are,drawing and print sysmbols,all about belts,chains,gears and couplings,seals,bearings,and pumps, rigging information and techniques,piping andallowances for elbows,couplings,unions ect,sprinkler systems, and a whole lot of other references to other things i cant list here because of time. im in industrial maintenance and i know ill use mine alot. its also very easy to read and understand.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, easy to read and follow, May 19, 2004

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Dave (Indiana) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual (Paperback)

I have to agree with the other reviewers, this book is very handy, and easy to read. It covers quite a lot of ground for a pocket manual, which is great.

There are fifty short chapters in the book, each focused on a different aspect of mechanical trades. Here's the table of contents from my copy of the book:
1. Safety.
2. The Basic Toolbox.
3. Power Tools-Portable.
4. Power Tools-Stationary.
5. Twist Drills.
6. Mechanical Drawing.
7. Electrical Drawing.
8. Isometric Drawing.
9. Single-Line Isometric Pipe Drawing.
10. Sketching.
11. Field Layout.
12. Machinery Installation.
13. Machine Assembly.
14. Use of the Torque Wrench.
15. Torque Specifications.
16. Measurement.
17. Plain Bearings.
18. Anti-Friction Bearings.
19. Life of Anti-Friction Bearings.
20. Installation of Anti-Friction Bearings.
21. Vibration Measurement.
22. Lubrication.
23. Mechanical Power Transmission.
24. Shafting.
25. Flat Belts.
26. V-Belts.
27. Positive-Drive Belts.
28. Chain Drives.
29. Gear Drives.
30. Shaft Couplings.
31. Screw Threads.
32. Mechanical Fasteners.
33. Gaskets, Packing, and Mechanical Seals.
34. Pumps.
35. Fans.
36. Basic Electricity.
37. AC Motors.
38. Preventive Maintenance of Equipment.
39. Structural Steel.
40. Welding.
41. Rigging.
42. Hand Signals for Cranes and Hoists.
43. Piping and Pipefitting.
44. Steam Traps.
45. Steam Piping.
46. Automatic Sprinkler Systems.
47. Carpentry.
48. Shop Mathematics.
49. Shop Geometry.
50. Shop Trigonometry.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Audel's mechanical trades pocket guide, August 10, 2007

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Michael Ingenito "Iron Mike" (Plantation,Fl. U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual (Paperback)

If your in the mechanical trades this book has an exceptional wealth of information.information has helped me accomplish tasks in supprising accuracy & time.Nothing can cover an entire subject, yet there is enough information and explainations to get one out of a stickey situation.