Customer Reviews

Machinists Ready Reference

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This practical little book contains about 90% of the information that you'll ever really need without going to Machinery's Handbook. It is also a small fraction of the price, is much less bulky, and is durable and easy to flip through with the spiral binding.

These are the specific sections included: I. Mathematical Information (decimal equivalents, areas, gage blocks, shop trig.), II. Drills (grinding, common problems and causes, drill sizes- decimal and metric, cutting speeds) III. Tapers, IV. Screws, Threads, Fasteners V. Milling, Shaping, Turning (cutters, speeds and feeds, lubricants), VI. Gears, VII. Weights, Gages, Tolerances, VIII.Tool Steels, IX Metric Information, X Reading Shop Prints (symbols, dimensioning and tolerances, geometric tolerancing, surface texture specs.)

There is a good index in the back of the book and the table of contents in the front is also detailed. There are black side indexes to help you flip quickly to the ten main sections. The spiral binding is durable and the paper quality is heavy.

Between school, the shop floor, and engineering offices I've been working around machinery for about thirty years now- this really is a practical, usuable book for a reasonable amount of money. Fits in your pocket- and if it disappears you won't be out a fortune.

I've been a Machinist for over 20 years and love this book for a reference. There is so much information for a good machinist to know, and too much to remember all.

Too bad it's soooo tiny. I need my magnifying glass to read it! If you're over 30 like me, good luck seeing it! (I'm 53)

This book is amazing if you do any kind of machine work. It's definitely worth its weight in gold(or any other metal).

This could be much better with improved print quality;

it appears to be printed from mediocre scans of an earlier printing.

I was not happy when I received this manual. I paid a premium price for it and the font was poor at best. This is a professional manual and it should have been printed as such. I will say again, I was not happy. In my opinion the thing is worth $5.95 at best.

I received Machinists' Ready Reference. The text book matched the sellers description to a tee and it arrived quicker than anticipated. Thank you.

-Kirk