Engineer's Black Book (Metric) 3rd Edition

The Engineer's Black Book (L100V3EN) is a 234-page metric pocket reference guide, built for engineers, machinists, toolmakers and trade apprentices who need fast answers on the shop floor rather than in a manual back at the office. This 3rd edition adds a substantial amount of new material over the previous edition. For a full breakdown of what's inside, see our detailed guide to the Engineer's Black Book's contents.

What's inside

234 laminated, grease-proof pages covering standards, illustrations, grinding wheels, conversion factors, tapers, lubricants and coolants, spur gear calculations, hardening and tempering, G-codes, geometrical construction, formulae, engineering drawing standards, plastics, tolerances, bolts and nuts, tungsten carbide, keys and keyways, weights of metal, tapping drill sizes, speeds and feeds, equivalent charts and sharpening information.

New in this 3rd edition: O-rings, bearings, adhesives, taper pins, T-slot sizing, flange sizing, Woodruff keys, retaining rings, counterboring and countersinking, keyways and keyseats, reamer and drill bit data, common workshop metals, a tap selection guide, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), extended angle conversions for cutting tapers, and graph/design paper.

Where this product is used

• Machine shop and toolroom reference for machining, tolerancing and material selection decisions made on the spot.
• Engineering design and drafting offices, as a quick-reference for formulae, GD&T and conversion factors.
• Training resource for apprentices and trade students learning core machining and engineering fundamentals.

Selecting the right option

This pocket edition suits a tool box or overalls pocket. Need something for the workbench instead? The Engineer's Black Book LARGE Edition (10 x 6") carries the same content in a wire-bound, lay-flat format. Working across fasteners and engineering data together — the Engineer's & Fasteners Set and Set of Three bundle this book with the others at a lower combined price than buying separately.