[modeleng] Re: request for info on book.
- From: "JESSE LIVINGSTON" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 06:21:03 -0500
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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