[modeleng] Re: request for info on book.
- From: Patrick Coppens <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 18:50:00 +0200
Thanks for the input Jesse,
Their is a problem,with ordering from the States; that is to say with
belgian customs.
They always want cash, so it is easier and (in the end) just as
cheap/expensive to order in Britain....
Patrick
JESSE LIVINGSTON wrote:
>Patrick me lad,
>
>"Machinery's Handbook" is a wealth of information on any sort of thing a
>machinist needs to know and I highly recommend it, but that 60 GBP sounds a
>bit steep when converted into 'Murrican money. I think I paid 15 $US for
>mine back in the 1950s and I didn't know they were that expensive now. The
>information in the older books is still viable and I seriously doubt that
>much has been added or changed so if I were you I would see what I could get
>a used version for. Ebay or Amazon.com perhaps? There is a wealth of
>information in the book that you will never need, but it is there if you
>need it. I had to take my copy to the local hardware store because the
>bloke who owned it kept saying that a #6 screw was 1/8". I had told him
>that a #5 was correctly a 1/8" , but it took the book to prove it.
>
>Jesse in Tennessee
>
>
>>2) An "OT" (On Toppic) issue now.
>>I am about to order "Machinery Handbook 27th Edition" ( at 90 Euro's or
>>60 GBP) and I was wondering if any of you had any thoughts on that book
>>(before I spend my hard earned penny's)
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>
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