What version of Machinery's Handbook to buy?
What version of Machinery's Handbook to buy?
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Similar to my previous question ( Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints ), as I'm currently expanding my library:
I'd like to get a copy of the Machinery's Handbook, preferably second-hand, but there are many versions for sale, each with their respective prices.
Any recommendations?
If it is of importance: I'm a elektro-mechanical engineer, with special feeling for metallurgy, welding, and all kinds of machining, much less HVAC, piping, wind turbines so that isn't really of any interest to me.
I'd like to get a copy of the Machinery's Handbook, preferably second-hand, but there are many versions for sale, each with their respective prices.
Any recommendations?
If it is of importance: I'm a elektro-mechanical engineer, with special feeling for metallurgy, welding, and all kinds of machining, much less HVAC, piping, wind turbines so that isn't really of any interest to me.





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Thanks for the replies so far...
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This type of books are not the "hot" sellers, so you can pick up books real cheap there. I bought my "new" machinery handbook at an antique store for $5, and the guy was glad to get rid of it.
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RE: What version of Machinery's Handbook to buy?
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Get the latest version. I got around twenty years out of my 21st edition. I replaced it with a 26th edition. At the time, I appreciated the up-to-date drafting standards in it. The Machinery's Handbook gets a little less important as you build up your engineering library, but it sounds like you are starting out.
The 21st edition still has area of circle tables, quite handy when you need more accuracy than you can get with your slide rule.
I saw a first edition on display at an eyeglasses store. I would have loved to have gotten my hands on that.
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If you were a member of IMechE you get free access. Perhaps your own professional organisation's library has similar arrangements?