DraftingZone.com rip off? ASME Y14.5

Hi John,

I think that you might find the Lowell Foster book _Geometrics-iii_ helpful. This is based on ansi y14.5m (which I think you are referring to). It an be had for about $30 USD - not sure of NZ though.

Alternately, the spec is available from ansi.org or something like that for the exorbitant price of $130 USD or so. The foster book is a damned fine read if you want to get a good understand of this. This spec also travels under the guise of GD&T.

I hope that his helps you out.

Best Wishes,

Later - SMA

Thanks Michael,

I have Geometrics iiim by Lowell Foster. I assumed the Y14.5 standard covered more than GD&T.

If it does cover more than GD&T could some one let me know?

John Layne

Just another chime in here....I have taken several level courses on Y14.5 GD&T, and have the Foster book as well. While it is a good book and the "o-facts" sections occasional good reference, I like the GD&T Workbook by Al Neumann (who also sat on the ASME Subcommittee with Foster) much better and easier understanding. The workbooks sections follow the chapters and he has a knack for explanations that clear up any questions I had.

Anyway, to answer you last question, the spec is GD&T uniform practices and interpretations........I have the spec in hard copy right in front of me...to quote from the "General" para 1.1 --- This standard establishes uniform practices for stating and interpreting dimensioning, tolerancing, and related requirements for use on engineering drawings and in related documents....." If you need a particular small section I can scan and e-mail to you, but the whole spec is ~250 pages...

On another note, the current standard is Y14.5-1994...I think they are releasing Y14.5-2006 sometime next year.....Not 100% sure on that though....

Good Luck

Scott

"John Layne"

I apologise to

My first email was Monday NZ time that's Sunday in the States, second email was Monday US and there was a holiday apparently.

Just received an email from draftingzone with an apology and a valid explanation as to what happened with my order.

Regards John Layne

Thanks for the advice.

John Layne www.solideng> Just another chime in here....I have taken several level courses on Y14.5

Funny, when you could have bought the specification for $99 USD.

What do people have against specifications?

Me

"John Layne" payment with Mastercard tomorrow if I get no reply after 3 days.

Yup, I could have but I figured there would be other related information on DraftingZone. Mind you I could only find a copy on

for US$135. All the related specifications I wanted amounted to US$450 possibly more and most of these I would only need for very minor references.

Plus I have a book shelf behind me with New Zealand and Australian standards that I need more often and a yearly subscription to

where I could access ANSI standards but for a lot more dollars.

Since this particular, quite small, Job references a number of Standards that I am unfamiliar with DraftingZone seemed to be the quickest way to become at least familiar a broad range of ASME and ANSI standards and they answer questions. This, at first glance, seems to be the best use of my money.

John Layne