machinists handbook

I have two a 14 & 21 . I prefer a book to hold and read it don't eat electric or turn off on its own. Plus it's just the right way with my teachings. I have tons of things on my tablet and on an iPad that died and can't retrieve the lost files with out a large donation of money I don't have.
 
I have a 1914 edition of machinery Handbook, Still in pretty good state, I find it is good for the information on my older type manual operated machines, and also for model making the designs are pretty much spot on, A couple of years ago I was in a junk shop and picked up another copy from the depression era, It is stamped with a red stamp on the flyleaf stating the seller was a tooldealer I think it was Oklahom ? I have not got it handy at the moment, When I lay my hands on it I will verify, Finding it over here, makes me wonder who the worker was who brought it back home to Paisley Scotland (Where i purchased it,) Maybe getting back home to his own people to eascape the depression was more appealing an option.
 
I was given a 17th edition in excellent condition ! I couldn't be without it! Incredible knowledge in there, and I often who figured all the information out.
 
Maybe I'm dating myself but.....I like whatever edition in the large print. I also like the book on CD as it has all information from all the editions on it as well as interactive math.

I'm lucky enough that I can get both free from Industrial Press as it is a text my students use. With the CD edition I can show it on the overhead in the classroom and the students can follow along if they have the same edition of text.
 
After around 40 years of working with computers, an iPod, an iPhone, a 27” high def second screen on one computer an a second computer with 12” and 23” screens, oh and a kindle, I still prefer the printed word on paper.
Curling up on the couch with a book and a maybe a cold beer. I still print documents from the web for reading.

Just a grumpy old fart
 
After around 40 years of working with computers, an iPod, an iPhone, a 27” high def second screen on one computer an a second computer with 12” and 23” screens, oh and a kindle, I still prefer the printed word on paper.
Curling up on the couch with a book and a maybe a cold beer. I still print documents from the web for reading.

Just a grumpy old fart

I understand GOF, I am a F.A.R.T. Father Against Radical TeenAgers, Excepting that now, My two youngest GrandChildren are TeenAgers, the Oldest is 21, AND Boys does She KNOW Everything ! ! !

Now about "The Book". It Seems everytime I pick up a book, even from the Night Before, SOME critter has changed the Size of the PRINT!

I need one of them AD-Justable BOOKS I see on the Internet. Well, the ONLY Reason I can see the story, Is I got LARGE PRINT set on my Browser!

Anyway, I use the iPad to read most things, and this here `Puter is a MacBookPro, with SSD instead of a hard drive, so its light and comfortable to Read from....
 
The internet seems to have everything if you know where to look. I use it on a regular basis. There are two problems with it, as I see it though.

First, it is tunnel vision. You only see the page you're on. The information that you want or need may be there but unless you know the correct search terms, you will never see it. A good reason to own a hard copy rather than you can browse through the pages and see totally unrelated information to what you are searching for. Knowing it is there will enable you to find it at a later date.

Second, you have to be able to sift out all the misinformation that is out there. This is not always an easy task. Particularly if you don't know anything about the topic you are searching. Hard copy isn't immune to this but hopefully, there has been some diligent vetting done.

I recently bought a 25th edition of Machinery's Handbook. My first personal copy. I don't know how much I will actually use it. There is an awful lot of information in those 2500 pages. So much so that searching for a particular topic culd become difficult. The internet will probably remain my first choice go-to but the handbook may become my last word source.
 
If you aren't too fussy with which edition you get can find them pretty cheap on ebay. I recently bought a 24th edition for less than $20 with free shipping.

Something I don't see mentioned too often is there is also a guide to the handbook which is pretty helpful in explaining what all the stuff in the handbook is for and how to use the information.

I got the matching 24th ed guide for less than $6 with free shipping, as I'm not a professional machinist and not a math wizard I think the guide is pretty handy. The guide references pages in the handbook, so it is a good idea to get the same edition guide as handbook or you will be hunting around to match up the pages.
 
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