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Compact Reference Books


Pocket Ref
Pocket RefClick for a Bigger Picture
The new 3rd Edition, by Thomas J. Glover. The greatest pocket reference book.
768 pages of facts, formulas, tables, constants, etc. Only 3.5" by 5.5" so it really fits in your pocket.
Sections include: Hardware, Tools, Welding, Electronics, Constants, Steel and Metals, Conversion Tables, Air and Gasses, Automotive, and Weights.
Quantity Price Model Description

$11.90 BK-REF Pocket Ref, 3rd Edition

Shop Reference for Students and Apprentices
Shop Reference for Students and ApprenticesClick for a Bigger Picture
By Edward G. Hoffman and Christopher J. McCauley
2000, 4 1/2 X 6 3/4 illustrated softcover
514 pages
OVERVIEW
The most authoritative reference available, this book has been specifically compiled for students in vocational schools, technical institutes, and apprenticeship courses. The contents are drawn primarily from Machinery's Handbook.
Each of its sections (mathematics, inspection, screw thread systems, gears and gearing, speeds and feeds, etc.) covers areas of prime interest to draftsmen, machinists, toolmakers, diemakers, and other shop personnel.
CONTENTS
Conversion Factors
Mathematics
Engineering Drawings
Inspection
Allowances and Tolerances for Fits
Pins
Standard Tapers
Keys and Keyseats
Screw Thread Systems
Common Hardware
Gears and Gearing
Indexable
Cutting Speeds and Feeds
Cutting Tools
Tool Wear
Cutting Fluids for Machinery
Machining Nonferrous Metals
Materials
Hardness Testing
Index
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$24.50 BK-SRS Shop Reference For Students

Engineer's Black Book
Engineer's Black BookClick for a Bigger Picture
Includes a FREE Drillpoint Sharpening Gage.
This 168 page pocket book is a great resource for anyone working in a shop.
It’s designed for metal workers and machinists, but the information contained within comes in handy in lots of situations.
It is durable enough to survive in a shop environment, and every page is coated in a glare-free laminate that resists tearing and won’t get all filthy.

The book includes conversion tables, hardening and tempering information, engineering drawing standards, tolerances, bolt and nut standards, and keys and keyway standards.
You’ll also find the weights of metals, tap drill sizes, G-codes, and information on plastics, adhesives, and grinding wheels.
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$22.50 BK-ENGBB Engineer's Black Book

Fastener Black Book
Fastener Black BookClick for a Bigger Picture
A pocket sized book that contains a wealth of up-to-date, useful, practical and hard to find information in 248 pages.
Every page is coated with a glare-free laminate that keeps pages from being torn and grease stained.
Covers inch and metric fasteners, both ISO and DIN specifications.
Thread terminology and classifications, grades, tolerances, and markings are all covered.
Discussion of platings, finishes, coatings, tightening torques, and thread forms.
A free Thread Pitch Identification Gage is supplied with each book.
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$25.20 BK-FASBB Fastener Black Book

The Tool Steel Guide
The Tool Steel GuideClick for a Bigger Picture
By Jim Szumera
4.5 x 7 illustrated softcover
108 pages
Published 2003

OVERVIEW
The book breaks tool steels into 9 basic categories and continues to discuss the properties of specific steels in each category. Specifications, heat treatments, applications and comparisons are dealt with in detail. It provides information on how to select the proper steel for a given job, how heat treatments work, and proper methods of machining and grinding tools to avoid premature tool failure. It includes a special section on welding repair procedures.

CONTENTS
Preface, Introduction
Properties of Tool Steels
Selection of Tool Steels
Heat Treatments of Tool Steels
Heat Treatment Recommendations
Avoiding Tool or Die Failure
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$21.90 BK-STEEL Tool Steel Guide

Die Maker's Handbook
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By Jerry Arnold
2000, 1 1/4 X 6 3/4 illustrated hardcover
224 pages
OVERVIEW
An expert in his field, Jerry Arnold provides invaluable lessons learned from decades of trial and error as a die maker, die designer, and die engineer. Written in an easy-to-read manner and heavily illustrated, Die Makers Handbook is the only book of its kind expressly intended to help avoid the pitfalls associated with stamping designs, die designs, and stamping die function. A half-dozen die makers with nearly 200 years of combined experience have edited this compact and practical reference. The Die Makers Handbook is a must-have for your toolbox, desk, or briefcase.
FEATURES
Developed from more than 30 years of practical shop-learned information.
Chock full of all the stamping design pitfalls you don’t need.
Includes a full chapter on exotic measuring methods, providing unique aids and hard-to-find-data.
Devotes an entire chapter of illustrated step-by-step process for designing progressive dies.
Especially designed for apprentices, young journeymen, and students of die design.
CONTENTS
What a Die Can or Cannot Control
Formulas for Stamping Dies
Basic Die Component Function and Design
Techniques for Shop Sketching Die Designs
Die Makers Data and Miscellaneous Information
Index
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$28.40 BK-DMH Die Makers Handbook

Pipefitter's Handbook
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By Forrest R. Lindsey
1967, 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 illustrated hardcover
464 pages
OVERVIEW
Compact and pocket-sized, this handy reference contains thousands of facts and figures relevant to pipefitters, steamfitters- anyone concerned with layout and installation of pipe.
FEATURES
Provides answers to all sorts of problems indigenous to power and industrial pipebending, and the fabrication of welding fittings in both shop and field.
Logically categorizes all material according to job description, supporting each working table with a clear example of how to use it.
Includes a special reference section that gives instant data on the 24 most useful on-the-job subjects, such as spark tests for metals, sheet metal weights, valve types, weights and measures, and many more.
Discusses all types of bends; elbows, tees, and crosses; plastic pipe; soldering and brazing; travel and run; fitting dimensions; threading pipe; relative physical properties; and more.
CONTENTS
Power and Industrial Pipe Bending
Pipe Fabrications
Soldering and Brazing
Offset Connections
Reference Data
Index
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$26.50 BK-PH3 Pipefitters Handbook, 3rd Ed.

AutoCAD Pocket Reference
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AutoCAD Pocket Reference
Cheryl R. Shrock
304 pages, Illustrated, 5 x 7
Published: 2006

OVERVIEW
This indispensable aid and handy reference provides easy access to all the important fundamental commands, concepts,
and how-to information for the everyday use of AutoCAD. Its convenient compact size allows you to take it with you
anywhere. Now you dont need to memorize command steps! Its perfect for students, teachers, and all AutoCAD users who
are on the go and who need an occasional reminder on how to use a command.

FEATURES
* Provides a quick reference to most basic AutoCAD commands.
* Features easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions.
* Includes AutoCAD releases 2004, 2005, and 2006.

CONTENTS
* Action Commands
* Concepts
* Dimensioning
* Drawing Entities
* How To
* Layers
* Input Options
* Miscellaneous
* Plotting
* Settings
* Text
* UCS
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$18.90 BK-ACPR AutoCAD Pocket Reference

Glossary of Metalworking Terms
Glossary of Metalworking TermsClick for a Bigger Picture
By Richard P. Pohanish
2005, 5 1/2 X 7 1/4 softcover
436 pages
OVERVIEW
The only modern glossary of metalworking terms. Heavily cross-referenced, with additional contact information for professional organizations and manufacturers.
CONTENTS
Preface
Key to Abreviations
Miscellaneous Equivalents
Metal Terms A to Z
Appendix- Manufacturer's Directory
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$26.50 BK-GMT Glossary of Metalworking Terms

Engineering Formulas For Metalcutting
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Engineering Formulas For Metalcutting
Edmund Isakov
240 pages, Illustrated, 5 x 7
Published: November, 2003

OVERVIEW
A unique and handy resource, Engineering Formulas for Metalcutting will enable users to calculate necessary speeds,
feeds, and required machining power in order to maximize the productivity of cutting. Providing information on formulas and
their applications in a concise and clearly arranged format, it describes mechanical properties of the most popular work
materials, such as steels, cast irons, and nonferrous alloys. And it offers numerous formulas for calculating speeds, feeds,
cutting forces, and machining power. What's more, practical examples of calculating the variety of such cutting parameters
will make this a valuable source of knowledge in training and practice.

FEATURES
* Linear regression equations for converting Rockwell, Vickers, Knoop, and Scleroscope hardness numbers into Brinell
hardness numbers.
* Formulas and linear regression equations for calculating ultimate tensile strength of the most commonly used work
materials in relationship with their hardness.
* Formulas for calculating the number of inserts simultaneously engaged with the workpiece depending on milling
conditions.
* Formulas to calculate machining time when facing, cutoff, and deep grooving and for feed and radial forces in
relationship with tangential force.
* Set of formulas to calculate overhang of boring bars made of tungsten heavy alloys and cemented carbides in
comparison with a boring bar made of steel.
* Formulas for metal removal rate and for calculating tangential and axial forces.
* Establishes power constant values for most commonly used work materials.

CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Mechanical Properties of Work Materials
* Hardness
* Hardness-to-Hardness Conversion
* Strength-Hardness Relationship of Work Materials
* Concluding Remarks on Mechanical Properties of Work Materials

Chapter 2: Milling
* Kinematics and Productivity
* Dynamics
* Concluding Remarks on Milling

Chapter 3: Turning
* Insert Identification Systems
* Kinematics and Productivity
* Dynamics
* Concluding Remarks on Turning

Chapter 4: Boring:
* Dynamics
* Boring Bar Deflection
* Concluding Remarks on Boring

Chapter 5: Drilling
* Indexable Insert Drills
* Kinematics and Productivity
* Dynamics
* Concluding Remarks on Drilling

Afterword
References
Index
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$25.60 BK-EFFM Engineering Formulas for Metalcutting

Harvey's Electrical Code Field Guide
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Harvey's Electrical Code Field Guide
Harvey N. Holzman
160 pages, Illustrated, 4 x 6
Published: April, 2005

OVERVIEW
Thoroughly updated for the 2005 NEC, this handy book is a vest pocket solution to the everyday problems a trade person
encounters in the field. Harveys is a very concise presentation of the basic formulas, tables and charts. Logically structured
around the basic NEC code topics, it contains simple, clear illustrations to amplify, clarify and simplify the concepts
presented. Its the perfect little guide for anyone who needs a quick and easy to use on-the-job review.

FEATURES
* Completely updated to the 2005 NEC.
* A unique organization that contains a simple table of contents and logical units organized around the broad NEC
categories.
* Includes a section of terms with definitions, color codes and symbols.
* Contains simplified tables that are much easier to read.
* Enables you to find formulas fast.

CONTENTS
* Unit 1: Formulas, Rules & Laws AC & DC.
* Unit 2: Service Entrance, Feeders & Related Devices.
* Unit 3: Branch Circuits.
* Unit 4: Electric Motors & Motor Controls.
* Unit 5: Transformers.
* Unit 6: Electrical Terms, Color Codes & Symbols.
Quantity Price Model Description

$15.95 BK-HECFG Harvey's Electrical Code Field Guide

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