"Dudley's Gear Handbook" vs "Dudley's Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufactu

[knackman]

Hi guys,

My company is currently looking into improving our gear design capabilites to possibly re-"in-source" part of the gearbox design for our products.

While I was searching for appropriate literature, I found that there are 2 standard books by Darle W. Dudley concerning gear design. One is "Dudley's Gear Handbook" last updated by Dennis P. Townsend and republished in 1991 (currently out of print, though, and hard to get hold of). The other is "Dudley's Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture" which was republished only this year after being updated by Stephen P. Radzevich.

My questions are: What are the differences between the 2? If you're familiar with both of them, which one do you prefer?

 

[TVP]

Take a look at the Google Books preview for Handbook of Practical Gear Design:

http://books.google.com/books?id=NO...a=X&ei=OWkFUJr8KMLs2gWf5vm6BQ&ved=0CEcQuwUwAg

The other book has over 1000 pages vs. 688 for Handbook of Practical Gear Design, but unfortunately it does not have the full Google preview feature. Dudley's Gear Handbook is more of a full subject reference, and not as practically oriented. If you live near a major university, their Engineering library will likely have a copy that you can review.

http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Dudley's+Gear+Handbook

 

[israelkk]

You can by Dudley's Gear Handbook" last updated by Dennis P. Townsend for less than $60 here:

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?a....%20townsend&title=dudley's%20gear%20handbook

If you have someone in India you can buy it for ~$40 (Re-printed in India).

 

[knackman]

Thanks for your quick replies.

@TVP: Yes, the front matter of the Handbook of Practical Gear Design can also be viewed at

http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/pdf/10.1201/b11842-1

. So I have a pretty good feeling of what I can expect from it. My problem is, how it compares to the Gear Handbook, so we can decide which of them we should buy (if any). Your note that one is more of a full subject reference, the other more prectical oriented is very valuable.

Thanks for the tip about the university libraries. I already searched worldcat but couldn't locate any copy close to our location, but one of the unis in our city has a copy.

@isrealkk: Thanks for showing bookfinder to me. I didn't know that website.

 

[TVP]

knackman,

I will just add one comment that the cost of purchasing both books should be trivial relative to the rest of the costs involved, and that the return on this investment will be about 5 minutes based on the huge amount of information they contain, and your organization's status.

 

[knackman]

TVP

Based on your first comment, I was thinking the same. Thanks for confirming.