ratings

Quick and easy

June 26, 2024 By: Warren Fouche, Aerzen Airgas (Pty) Ltd (Roodepoort, South Africa)

Comments
Quick and easy to use.

Pros
As a Design draughtsman and a Head of Production this book has been very useful.
Also using the Engineers Black Book 2nd. ed.

Durable and accurate.

Cons
None to mention
 

Not just for the pros

June 10, 2024 By: Jim Coombes (Casterton, Australia)

Comments
Useful resource for the amateur who wants to ensure they have the right fastener for the job

Pros
Clearly set out out

 

Excellent fastener reference

May 30, 2024 By: Rob (Langley, Canada)

Comments
Great reference for product design

Pros
Collection of different fasteners and their standards in inch and metric is great when looking for a specific head and thread type combination for odd product design requirements.

Cons
none
 

Fantastic Aid to Any Trade

May 12, 2024 By: Brett , Beacon Equipment (Perth, Australia)

Comments
Fantastic book for reference and tips. Great for working between metric and imperial. Torque specs and generally incredibly helpful.

Pros
Clear. Fantastic descriptions. Easy to read. Excellent content. Great value for money and the quick gauge is magnificent

Cons
Sometimes gets dirty when you use it in the workshop. Large book can be hard to find in Australia and needs to be ordered
 

Great reference book

May 6, 2024 By: Brett, Bmhdesignline@gmail.com (Wadsworth, United States)

Comments
Great single source of fastener information. Consolidated a sprinkling of fastener information in many different books to a single book for me.

 

Absolutely Amazing for the Seasoned Craftsmen

March 26, 2024 By: Terrance Chappelle (Elk Grove, United States)

Comments
Youd have to have read it

Pros
Phenomenal information

Cons
N/A
 

Best quick reference book

March 22, 2024 By: Matthew Jasman (Winnipeg, Canada)

Comments
My go-to for quick reference information, and the thread pitch ID gage is invaluable.

Pros
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Cons
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Awesome!!!

March 8, 2024 By: Salvador Landeros (Flowery branch , United States)

Comments
Amazing book!

Pros
Great help and very informative.

 

Tabs for Easy Finding

February 19, 2024 By: Will (Aliso Viejo, United States)

Comments
Everything you need as a machinist and engineer.

Would live to see some easy access tabs cut in for quick access to sections.

Pros
Everything you need as an engineer and machinist

Cons
No quick access cut in sections.
 

Fasteners Black Book

December 31, 2023 By: Andres (Banbury, United Kingdom)

Comments
Excellent content

Pros
Better tab system than the previous sticky tabs

Cons
It would be nice if the tabs were cut into the page for quicker location
 

Very good quality reference book

December 27, 2023 By: Julian Waldner, Acadia Community Truss (Brandon , Canada)

Comments
Very high quality reference book. Very useful for my startup business. Has all the info you need, nothing you don't.

Pros
A lot of important info in a small package

Cons
Pocket sized is nice, but could be bigger
 

Fastener black book

December 19, 2023 By: James (Perth, Australia)

Comments
Handy book

Pros
Everything you need

Cons
Nothing you dont
 

Combustion Engineering, TECH, Retired

December 1, 2023 By: Walter Danieluk, Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego, United States)

Comments
The greatest book ever on planet Earth.

Pros
Easily to use to find data for so many different fasteners.

Cons
None.
 

Amazing Little Book!

November 29, 2023 By: Peter Pimentel (SOMERSET, United States)

Comments
I've been a machinist for over 20yrs and this little black book packs a punch!!!

Pros
Take it anywhere!

Cons
I wish the inch fastener category had a section like pages 129-175 on metric fasteners.
 

Brilliant

September 26, 2023 By: Dennis Marsh , D m automotive (plymouth, United Kingdom)

Comments
Excellent quality, very compact easy to understand and extremely useful

Pros
Compact, easy to find the required information

Cons
None
 

Awesome

September 21, 2023 By: Justin Vansteenkiste, Greif (Kernersville , United States)

Comments
This is great

Pros
Very informative

Cons
Nothing
 

great resource for shop

September 19, 2023 By: Ken Markel (ANACORTES, WA, United States)

Comments
Great Book very handy to have lots of useful information

Pros
all the information in one place

Cons
wish book was a little bit bigger
 

Thumbs up

August 9, 2023 By: Ryan, IP (Gulf Breeze, United States)

Comments
One of the best pocket books out there

Pros
Everything you need

Cons
Hard to find the correct section sometiimes.
 

Great book!!!!

July 2, 2023 By: Jason Price (Hayward, United States)

Comments
This book is great saves time.

Pros
Saves time not having to look in the machinist handbook.

Cons
No cons for me
 

Great book

June 27, 2023 By: John Burton (Natchitoches , United States)

Comments
Great book it is very helpful