The Art of Machinery?

[Anonymous No.354027]

Is there a book /diy/ would recommend, similar to the art of electronics in breadth, but instead for machinery? Like a broad reference, not necessarily a textbook.

Perhaps something that covers gears, linkages, shafts, cranks, joints, bearings, belts, chains, etc. and the recommended applications for various machinery elements.

[Anonymous No.354681]

next day bump

[Anonymous No.354696]

>>354027
>Mechanical Engineering Books

That's where you can start.

[Anonymous No.354728]

>>354696

I guess you aren't familiar with the book OP mentioned. It's bit difficult to classify, but basically it skims through several years worth of electronics courses, starting from the very beginning. Based on that alone, you'd expect it to be either very difficult to read or practically worthless, but it's neither. It is a very practice-oriented book, but it doesn't neglect the theoretical side totally, either.

[Anonymous No.354730]

>>354728
I was going by this statement,

>Perhaps something that covers gears, linkages, shafts, cranks, joints, bearings, belts, chains, etc. and the recommended applications for various machinery elements.

This is what mechanical engineering books cover. Sometimes having the right search term helps a great deal.

[The Machinist No.354749]

"The Machinist's Handbook"

[Anonymous No.354786]

[Anonymous No.354790]

>>354786
^^ is the defacto book on the subject

[Anonynous No.354811]

There is nothing.

Machineries handbook is closer to a giant book of tables that outline every specification in existence (Ex: Thread sizes, hole dimensioning...). Very boring stuff.

[Anonymous No.354814]

>>354811
Of course it boring stuff it's f-ing engineering

but this >>354786
is the source

[Anonymous No.354821]

>>354027

Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design

[Anonymous No.354829]

>>354821
TPB has the 8th edition it seems and the 9th edition's solution book.

[Anonymous No.354866]

>>354786
>>354821
Alright, thanks for the suggestions.

[Anonymous No.354871]

What about this?
http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Mechanisms_and_mechanical_devices_source.html?id=b6aD_JR4IOsC
&redir_esc=y

[Anonymous No.354888]

>>354871
Just got this one. Yes. This (and the others, shigley, the handook) are what I'm interested in.
Thanks again diyfriends.

[Anonymous No.354921]

>>354871
>http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Mechanisms_and_mechanical_devices_source.html?id=b6aD_JR4
IOsC
>&redir_esc=y
that's the shit man, that's the shit.

>>354027
also, just curious OP, why?

Also check out KMODDL, an online library of mechanisms, even contains downloads, so you can make some of them yourself:
http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/

[OP No.354936]

>>354921
I have no specific goal/project in mind at the moment, but I like reading, especially technical literature. Machinery is interesting.
And if the time comes where I can solve a fun, challenging problem using mechanisms, I'll be ready for it.

[Anonymous No.354960]

>>354936
then check out this:
http://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/main/portal.jsp
it's like kmoddl, but more German. And you know those Germans man, they're pretty good with mechanism design, shame some of their mechanism libraries got destroyed in the war.