Does anybody know of any good books for teaching yourself mechanical engineering basics. I'm looking for something not too heavy that covers all the basics in detail and isn't too "noddy".

any help appreciated

Haynes?

Haynes?

 

looking for an overview off all mechanical engineering not just automotive, google wasn't a great help

looking for an overview off all mechanical engineering not just automotive, google wasn't a great help

 

Do you have any titles of books you have seen. I use http://www.easynews.com and there is a book section with almost everything and anything on it. I think u can try it out as well.

 

Give me a title and i'll look and see if its there.

 

Cheers John

was thinking about someting like these 2

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Mechanical-Engineering-Jonathan-Wickert/dp/0534552978/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207778742&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Principles-John-Bird/dp/0750652284/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207778742&sr=1-1

physics a-level probably a good place to start :)

physics a-level probably a good place to start :)

 

i don't stay in one country long enough to do a course :o i have read the text books though

If I can find my apprentiship books you could use those, City and Guilds Broad base mechanical engineering part 1 (first year basics)

 

Allan

"ladybird book of machanics":tongue:

 

i used haynes to learn the basics and had crap cars that always needed fixing

GCSE engineering by Tooley and Dingle is a good book it is a nice beginner level covering a lot of principals, I even use some of it teaching 6th form level doing BTEC nationals. I will have a look at what lying around the class and workshops and give you the names of a few.

thanks for all your replies guys it's appreciated

To be honest, the way i did it was exactly that, got a haynes manual and getting stuck in. I learned 95% of the stuff i do now through practice, making mistakes, and learning how to get round those mistakes.

 

just get stuck in and get your hands dirty. Mechanics is easy! all it is is taking something apart in the right order, change what ever is busted, and put it back together in the right. Just learn to be patient and take your time, make notes. Its all easier than it looks!

To be honest, the way i did it was exactly that, got a haynes manual and getting stuck in. I learned 95% of the stuff i do now through practice, making mistakes, and learning how to get round those mistakes.

 

just get stuck in and get your hands dirty. Mechanics is easy! all it is is taking something apart in the right order, change what ever is busted, and put it back together in the right. Just learn to be patient and take your time, make notes. Its all easier than it looks!

 

i am the type of person to label every screw and arrange my spanners in size, so it will take me ages lol. my main aim is to be able to strip a z down to it's component pieces and rebuild it

then your half way there. If you can keep organised with everything, youll be fine.

 

What i did when i had some garage space at my parents, i bought a engine from a clapped out mini from my local scrappy, and just worked my way round it. Just took it apart and put it back together. It got me really confident with tools, and more than anything, i worked out a system that i now stick to when it comes to knowing where stuff goes