Metal Finishing Guidebook 2002 Pdf Download
Jemima Torguson
For many years now the annual Metal Finishing Guidebook has been considered "the bible" of the Metal Finishing industry. In addition to technical articles, it contains advertising and various lists of suppliers and organizations that help the reader get a "feel" for the metal finishing industry.
Both in the early days and the closing days the annual Guidebook was a single volume covering both inorganic and organic finishing. But in the mid years organic finishing was split off into a second volume. If you find a copy where the cover says "Organic Finishing" beware that it may not meet your needs.
If you do find copies available, we highly recommend the 2002 edition, because the 2004 through 2006 editions lack an index -- a maddening shortcoming -- and later issues got increasing shorter on technical data as the industry grew more proprietary.
A. I believe that the guidebook is considered a special edition of the magazine, so I would say that a subscription is the way to purchase it. But you may want to get in touch with someone from Metal Finishing.
A. You can buy just the guidebook from the publisher. If they have any at the time. I think the cost is about $25 so I agree with the other responses that a subscription is a better value. I had to do it when someone "borrowed" my copy of the latest handbook.
A. Hi, all. The Guidebook is an annual publication, and the larger on-line used bookstores have copies of the Metal Finishing Guidebook (follow the link) from various years. Sometimes there is an article in an older edition that is absent from the latest edition. Not to mention that old editions all have an index but many newer issues don't :-)
(Take a hint, Elsevier: a reference book without an index is simply ridiculous). On top of that, the Table of Contents of the 2005 issue leaves out many articles and has wrong page numbers on others -- what are we supposed to do with no TOC and no Index, look through every page every time? :-)
One final thing that bears mentioning is that older issues tended to have formulas and operating conditions, and newer issues have increasingly migrated towards proprietaries, so some newer articles are often more pap than substance. All in all, I would go for a 2002 or earlier edition since they have an index, a proper table of contents, and articles with more real data in them. Good luck.
Regards,
Q. Dear Sir:
Could you please send me the web address of Metal Finishing Guide Book which I had read on line but now I could not get it. Please give me the on line address.
With Regards,
A. Hi David. It was www.metalfinishing.com but you're right that you can't get it, the guidebook was on line for a short time but is no longer. Do yourself a favor and get a used copy at this page: Metal Finishing Guidebook. The web is volatile, on-line reference books can be a maddening frustration, and life is much too short to waste it trying to save your company $10 or $15.
Q. Gentlemen,
I wish to know more about metal finishing as it applies to the hobbyist. Specifically, how to get a brushed look on aluminum sheet, how to get a metal look of welded steel without employing conventional coating techniques, how to best protect this look for optimal wearability, how to anodize aluminum.
In the interest of brevity my question then is "Is there a finishing book that addresses metal finishing concerns for the hobbyist that is considered 'the standard'?"
In advance, I do thank you for this service and your approach in answering same?
ESTIMADOS SEORES: POR FAVOR UNA DISCULPA POR NO ESCRIBIR EN INGLES:
NECESITAMOS SABER SI EXISTE EN MEXICO ALGUNA LIBRERIA QUE VENDA EL METAL FINISHING GUIDE BOOK. EN ESPECIAL REQUERIMOS DE INFORMACION SOBRE TODO TIPO DE DESENGRASANTES PARA HIERRO, DECAPANTES DE PINTURA, GALVANIZADO Y FOSFATIZADO. AGRADECEMOS POR ANTICIPADO SU ATENCION. ESPERAMOS SU RESPUESTA.
ATENTAMENTE. ING. JUAN MANUEL PEREZ ESCAMILLA
A. Hi Juan. Yes, the Metal Finishing Guidebook covers these subjects. It comes as part of a subscription to Metal Finishing magazine, and it can be delivered to Mexico. If you don't want to wait until January for the next edition, you can get copies of old issues from the used book stores.
Regards,
Q. I am a professional Blacksmith making a piece that is exterior in a sea air environment (Alaska). I am struggling with my finishing options. I don't know enough about Powder Coating (I have been told it is only good for interior pieces), which has been offered to me at a good deal. I am looking for a book or website that covers a general survey of metal finishes (steel focus) with pros and cons. I hope to find something to use as a reference throughout my career. Any Help?
A. Hi Jeremiah. Although there may be some powder coatings that are only suitable for interior use because they are of low quality, or are not designed to be UV resistant, or because the substrate was not properly pretreated, powder coating can be a pretty robust finish for exterior use. There are dozens of good metal finishing "primers", and some of the best are listed on our "must-have" list, but we appended your inquiry to this thread because I think the Metal Finishing Guidebook is the single best one for your purposes.Readers: some of the info has changed over the years, so let me summarize the situation as of this month --Elsevier closed down Metal Finishing magazine and its Guidebook in December 2013, so the Guidebook no longer exists except in the form of used copies. They can usually be obtained from Amazon and other used book dealers, and the link we offered above still works. Shortly before Elsevier shut down Metal Finishing they made available [Ed. update Nov. 2020: an online version, link now removed]. That link obviously will not work forever, but is still working this month, [update Nov. 2020: link is now broken and removed] so download a soft copy while you're waiting for your used copy to arrive. Good luck.Regards,
Hi -
I'm confused. The Jan 2016 note states "The MFG is still available on line..." but the Aug 2014 entry was amended to say that Elsevier's is no longer available. Does the 2016 note mean it's available elsewhere? Or does it need amending as well?
A. Hi Mel. Sorry for the confusion! The short answer is that the 2013/2014 edition of The Metal Finishing Guidebook was the last because Elsevier closed Metal Finishing magazine in 2013, but second-hand copies are available from used book stores, and an online copy of the 2012/2013 edition is available (for now) at
_Finishing_Handbook_2012.----
The longer story:
The Guidebook was an "annual" publication of about 100 chapters with maybe 3 or 4 old chapters rolled off and replaced by new chapters each year. So issues from close-together years are very similar, but the 1955 edition might not have a single chapter in common with the 2013/2014 edition.The availability of the online version has been a roller coaster ride:
You may remember a time around 2000 when magazines were seemingly all moving to the Internet. The Metal Finishing Guidebook was available on-line for a year or so during this period but then -- perhaps because of complaints from advertisers -- internet access was removed. Later, internet access became available again but only to subscribers. Later still it was made available on-line to all again.
Then Metal Finishing magazine closed, but the Guidebook remained available on-line for many years, perhaps because the people who put it on-line forgot about it or left Elsevier. Fairly recently an unpaid bill, or whatever, finally meant it went offline for good. But after a while someone who had a copy of it made it available on academia.edu. Even still, who knows if this is in compliance with copyright law and whether Elsevier is aware or whether they care? Our advice is to download it right now from academia.edu -- don't plan on it being available next time :-)Luck & Regards,
Rudy graduated with a chemistry degree from Rutgers University and continued with graduate degree studies in chemistry. He achieved his CEF designation soon after entering the metal finishing industry.
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