Carl A. Nelson & Thomas B. Davis 
Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual, All New [PDF ebook] 

1. Safety 1
2. The Basic Toolbox 3
3. Power Tools — Portable 12
4. Power Tools — Stationary 39
5. Twist Drills 44
6. Mechanical Drawing 49
7. Electrical Drawing 60
8. Isometric Drawing 64
9. Single-Line Isometric Pipe Drawing 66
10. Sketching 69
11. Field Layout 73
12. Machinery Installation 79
13. Machine Assembly 86
14. Use of the Torque Wrench 90
15. Torque Specifications 94
16. Measurement 99
17. Plain Bearings 106
18. Anti-Friction Bearings 114
19. Life of Anti-Friction Bearings 133
20. Installation of Anti-Friction Bearings 137
21. Vibration Measurement 146
22. Lubrication 151
23. Mechanical Power Transmission 158
24. Shafting 162
25. Flat Belts 168
26. V-Belts 172
27. Positive-Drive Belts 187
28. Chain Drives 191
29. Gear Drives 202
30. Shaft Couplings 210
31. Screw Threads 228
32. Mechanical Fasteners 248
33. Gaskets, Packing, and Mechanical Seals 256
34. Pumps 283
35. Fans 291
36. Basic Electricity 299
37. AC Motors 313
38. Preventive Maintenance of Equipment 325
39. Structural Steel 330
40. Welding 348
41. Rigging 362
42. Hand Signals for Cranes and Hoists 380
43. Piping and Pipefitting 387
44. Steam Traps 406
45. Steam Piping 412
46. Automatic Sprinkler Systems 418
47. Carpentry 424
48. Shop Mathematics 444
49. Shop Geometry 448
50. Shop Trigonometry 459
Appendix 463
Index 497

Thomas B. Davis (Newark, DE) is president of Maintenance Troubleshooting, a 25-year old technical trades book re-seller and consulting company. As a mechanical engineer, Tom provides training in the preventive and predictive maintenance fields from the corporate boardroom to the maintenance break room on the shop floor. He has developed unique preventive maintenance products including a coupling alignment kit; a professional dynamic balancing kit, a hand-held balancing computer, and a vibration based tagging kit.