What's Inside the Fastener Black Book

Here are the kinds of information that you can reference in this resource.

In this article, we covered:

What’s inside the Fastener Black Book
Metric and imperial fastener specifics
What people say about it

Disclaimer: The information compiled here is only intended to give readers a quick overview of what’s inside the book and is not meant to be treated as a reproduction of the contents therein.

What’s inside the Fastener Black Book

We’re referring to the first edition (which is still in publication and sold in Australia, exclusively distributed by Sutton Tools; copyright belongs to Pat Rapp Enterprises).

According to its index, the book covers the following:

History of screw threads (that goes back to records from around 250 BC circa-Archimedes to the modern ISO standards we know today)
Fastener Standards
RoHS (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances)
Introduction to threaded fasteners
Basic fastener terminology (glossary)
Basic fastener measurement
Abbreviations for standard threads
Common fastener thread forms, screw and bolt heads, head drives and features and thread points
Common workshop bolts, nails, nuts, washers
Self-drilling screw point selection guide
Fastener materials (kinds of alloys and steels used) and mechanical properties
Fastener corrosion, platings, coatings and finishes
Fastener identification tips
Fastener tensioning tips
Common fastener failure (and how to avoid them)
Comparison charts (tensile strength of steel vs alloy bolts, galvanic properties, hardness etc)
Conversion charts (tightening torque values, PSI vs MPa, socket sizes, spanner selection, drill sizes)
Counterboring, countersinking and clearance holes
Conversion values (metric to inch/pound and vice versa)
Fractional and decimal equivalents charts
Tapping charts