Whether you buy, use or specify metric fasteners, this easy to follow, eight-page guide belongs on your bookshelf. Simple drawings guide you through important metric and inch fastener differences, starting with how pitch is determined. You'll refer to the charts, tips and pictures of common markings often. No need to fear metrics any longer!

Originally designed as a workbook for a popular technical workshop, this entry-level fastener manual is now in demand on its own. Whether you're confused about head markings, strength levels, fastener uses, proper ways to measure - even how to remove damaged bolts - this 40 page primer tells it all. Concisely written. Easy to understand. Filled with pictures.

Don't understand torque? Here are the ABC's presented in as little technical language as practical along with simple graphs and diagrams. In just 13 pages, you'll learn why torquing is important, what affects it, common misconceptions, warnings, and proper ways to use torque tools. Simple formulas explain how to adjust torque values when adding wrench attachments. And a pictorial overview of the six most popular torque tools includes the pros and cons of each.

Our top buyer insists this is "simply the best non-engineering fastener handbook you can buy." Large fastener drawings, clear tables and simple language make it easy to use. You get key facts without confusing technical jargon. Its 370 hardbound pages are packed with fastener dimensions and the latest ASME, ASTM and SAE specs like grade-markings and hardness figures. There are part number comparisons, application suggestions, a DIN/ISO/JIS cross-reference and much more. Covers over 500 inch and metric, steel and stainless screws, nuts, bolts, washers, pins, rings, rivets and anchors. See index for complete list.

Can’t tell a shoulder eye bolt from a lag screw eye? Then, you need our 8 1/2" x 11" hardware chart, picturing 32 products — from oval eye turnbuckles to forged tee bolts. It’s ideal for hanging above your desk or bench. On back are seven important eye bolt safety tips, including proper lifting angles, a warning against using bent wire eyes for lifting and the advantages of swivel hoist rings.

Loctite’s "Do it Right" guide
For mechanics

Illustrated, 39 page guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions on how to do everything from correctly locking threads to sealing weld joints to repairing tank punctures. Gives just enough technical information to be helpful without being confusing. You can also download a PDF version of the manual by clicking here.

"A reference library containing the same data that's in this handbook could easily cost you over $500 and wouldn’t be as easy to use," says our mechanical engineer. Includes well-developed topics and 79 tables, charts and exhibits. Click here for Table of Contents. Produced by The Specialty Steel Industry of North America. 52-pages. More information and publications on stainless steel at http://www.ssina.com.

Design engineers, here’s an invaluable catalog/technical manual of UNBRAKO® socket products, pins, keys, square head set screws and comprehensive fastener information. This 89-page resource contains:

• Pictures and descriptions
• Dimensions and applications
• Mechanical properties and tolerances
• Recommended torque values
• Fatigue data
• Six pages of joint diagrams
• Four pages on…
• Fastener theory and application
• Corrosion
• Impact performance
• A hardness-tensile conversion chart
• Loads more…

Contact us for your FREE copy or download the entire guide in PDF format from Unbrako's site.

Slips into your shirt pocket, this chart lists tap and matching drill sizes along with the probable percentage of thread formation, plus drill sizes in millimeters and decimal equivalents. Also included are pipe tap and drill sizes. Printed in two colors on tough laminated polyester, it's easy on your eyes and designed to last your entire career. . .perhaps even your kids'!

What do plant and equipment leaks cost you each year? With this pocketsize slide chart, you determine the expense of escaping petroleum-based oils and hydraulic fluids, synthetic hydraulic fluid, steam, and compressed air. Backside compares repair costs using Loctite pipe sealants vs. Teflon(r) tape.

If you're unsure what to use to bond metal to glass or to lock preassembled screws, then get this Loctite slide chart. It explains 26 different applications and the right product for each. Also shows product specs like tensile strength and temperature range resistance.