Handyman to PocketRef Comparison

Pocket Ref to Handyman

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AIR and GASES ANCHORS AUTOMOTIVE BELTS, PULLEYS and GEARS BOLTS and SCREWS CALENDAR CARPENTRY and CONSTRUCTION CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS CONSTANTS DRAFTING SYMBOLS ELECTRICAL		ELECTRONICS GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL SCIENCE GEOLOGY GLUES, PAINTS and SOLVENTS HARDWARE MATH MINE, MILL and AGGREGATE MONEY NAILS, SPIKES and STAPLES PIPES and FITTINGS PLUMBING and PIPE PUMPS and TANKS	ROPE, CHAIN and CABLE SCREWS SHEET METAL and WIRE GAUGES STEEL and METALS SURVEYING and MAPPING TOOLS WATER and AIR WELDING WEIGHTS and PROPERTIES of MATERIALS CONVERSION FACTORS
Info in Pocket Ref 3rd Edition	Info in Pocket Ref 2nd Edition	Chapter Title	Info in Handyman 1st Edition
Coming Soon		AIR and GASES	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Composition of air	No
	Yes	Physical properties of air	No
	Yes	Densities of gases	No
	Yes	Standard atmosphere definition	No
	Yes	General gas laws and formulas Density of moist air	No
	Yes	Dry air specific heat and sound velocity versus pressure and temp.	No
	Yes	Air receiver capacities	No
	Yes	Air pollution safe limits	No
		ANCHORS	Return to Top of Page
	No	Concrete	Yes
	No	Hollow concrete block	Yes
	No	Brick	Yes
	No	Gypsum wallboard	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Threaded fasteners in concrete	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Epoxy adhesive anchors	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Powder actuated fasteners	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Torque-controlled, self-contained anchors	Yes - New in Handyman
		AUTOMOTIVE	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Antifreeze table	No
	Yes	Spark plug torque	No
	Yes	Lead-acid battery specific gravity/charge	No
	Yes	Oil viscosity versus temperature	No
	Yes	Auto headlight warning	No
	Yes	Automotive air conditioning	No
	Yes	Automotive electric wiring	No
	Yes	Tire size versus load rating	No
	Yes	Tire manufacturer codes	No
	Yes	Tire size coding	No
	Yes	Load range versus ply rating	No
	Yes	Automotive formulas	No
		BELTS, PULLEYS and GEARS	Return to Top of Page
	No	Belt and gear formulas	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Belt speed for pulleys and sheaves	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Pulley selection tables	Yes - New in Handyman
		BOLTS and SCREWS
	Yes	Steel bolts and screws - grades, types and classes	Greatly expanded in Handyman
		Clamping force and dry torque:	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	coarse inch-thread carbon steel bolts	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	No	fine inch-thread carbon steel bolts	Yes - New in Handyman
	Yes	coarse metric-thread carbon steel bolts	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Effects of lubricants, anti-seize compounds, etc., on dry torque	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	No	Dry torque - non-ferrous and stainless steel bolts	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Unified inch screw threads - standard series	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Clearance holes - bolts and screws - inch	Yes - New in Handyman
	No	Clearance holes - bolts and screws - metric	Yes - New in Handyman
		CALENDAR	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Perpetual calendar	No
		CARPENTRY and CONSTRUCTION
	Yes	Soft lumber sizes and grading	Yes
	Yes	Hardwood lumber sizes and grading	Yes
	Yes	Wood moisture content	Yes
	Yes	Plywood and panel grading	Yes
	Yes	Wood characteristics	Yes
	Yes	Insulation values of materials	Yes
	Yes	Floor joist span tables	Yes
	Yes	Strength of wood beams	Yes
	Yes	Wood gluing characteristics	Yes
	Yes	Concrete	Yes
	Yes	Mortar	Yes
	No	Rafter length tables	New in Handyman
	No	Roof pitch tables	New in Handyman
	No	Roof rafter span tables	New in Handyman
	No	Guide to roofing materials	New in Handyman
	No	Weight of roofing materials	New in Handyman
		CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Element tables	No
	Yes	Element properties	No
	Yes	Periodic table of elements	No
	Yes	pH of common acids	No
	Yes	pH of common bases	No
	Yes	pH indicators	No
	Yes	Elementary particles	No
	Yes	Radioisotope half lives	No
	Yes	Uranium-238 decay series	No
	Yes	Galvanic series of metals in seawater	No
		CONSTANTS
	Yes	Physical and math constants	No
		DRAFTING SYMBOLS	Return to Top of Page
	No	Electrical	New in Handyman
	No	Heating, ventilation and A/C	New in Handyman
	No	Piping	New in Handyman
	No	Household fixtures	New in Handyman
		ELECTRICAL	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Current carrying capacity of wire - copper and aluminum	Yes
	Yes	Current adjustment - more than 3 wires in a cable	Yes
	Yes	Standard lamp and extension cord current capacities	Yes
	Yes	Solidwire	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Standard wire color codes	Yes
	Yes	Wire classes and insulation	Yes
		Electrical conductors - properties - electrical and physical
	No	stranded wire	Yes
	Yes	Voltage drop versus wire size	Yes
		Maximum number of conductors in conduit
	No	flexible metal conduit	New in Handyman
	Yes	rigid metal conduit	Expanded in Handyman
	No	non-metallic conduit	New in Handyman
	Yes	Number of conductors - outlet and junction boxes	Yes
	No	NEMA receptacle configurations	New in Handyman
	No	Reading electric motor nameplates	New in Handyman
		Electric motors
	Yes	average specs	Yes
	Yes	three-phase specs	Yes
	Yes	horsepower versus torque vs. RPM	Yes
	Yes	DC wiring specs	Yes
	Yes	NEMA frame dimensions	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Formulas for electricity	Yes
		ELECTRONICS	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Resistor color codes	No
	Yes	Resistor standard values (5% class)	No
	Yes	Capacitor color codes	No
	Yes	Capacitor standard values	No
	Yes	Pilot lamp specifications	No
	Yes	Fuses - small tube type	No
	Yes	Battery characteristics	No
	Yes	Batteries - standard sizes	No
	Yes	RF coil winding data	No
	Yes	Wire size versus number of turns/inch	No
	Yes	Decibels versus voltage and power ratios	No
		GENERAL INFORMATION	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Holidays	No
	Yes	Season and clock dates	No
	Yes	Signs of the zodiac	No
	Yes	Flowers of each month	No
	Yes	Birthstones	No
	Yes	Anniversary names	No
	Yes	Paper sizes	No
	Yes	English - Greek alphabet	No
	Yes	Radio alphabet	No
	Yes	Morse code	No
	Yes	"Ten" radio code	No
	Yes	Military rank and grade	No
	Yes	State information	No
	Yes	Climate data in U.S. cities	No
	Yes	Time zones in the US	No
	Yes	Time zones in the world	No
	Yes	Telephone area codes by location	No
	Yes	Telephone area codes by area code	No
	Yes	Airports - US with elevation, codes, population, airport name	No
	Yes	Major world airports and elevations	No
	Yes	Airline two letter codes	No
	Yes	Airline 1-800 phone numbers	No
	Yes	Lost credit card phone numbers	No
		GENERAL SCIENCE	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Acceleration due to gravity	No
	Yes	Beaufort wind strength scale	Yes
	Yes	Body weight versus height	No
	Yes	Electromagnetic frequency spectrum	No
	Yes	Elevation versus air and water properties	Yes
	Yes	Firewood - fuel comparisons	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Heat - humidity factors	Yes
	Yes	Human body composition	No
	Yes	Mapping scales and areas	Yes
	Yes	Physical growth - % for boys and girls	No
	Yes	Richter earthquake magnitude scale	Yes
	Yes	Sound intensities	Yes
	Yes	Sun and planetary data	No
	Yes	Temperature conversions	Yes
	Yes	Wind chill factors	Yes
		GEOLOGY	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Mineral tables	No
	Yes	Element to oxide conversions	No
	Yes	Minerals sorted by density and hardness	No
	Yes	Metal content of minerals	No
	Yes	Distinct color minerals	No
	Yes	Mineral crystal system	No
	Yes	Minor elements in sedimentary and igneous rock	No
	Yes	Igneous rock classification	No
	Yes	Igneous rock classes by color	No
	Yes	Sedimentary rock classes	No
	Yes	Metamorphic rock classes	No
	Yes	Geochemical lower detection limits	No
	Yes	Mohs scale of hardness	No
	Yes	Particle size descriptions	No
	Yes	Core drill specifications	No
	Yes	Geologic time scale	No
		GLUES, PAINTS and SOLVENTS	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Glue types and applications	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Glue hints and rules	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Paints and finishes	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Solvents	Expanded in Handyman
		HARDWARE	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Bolt torque specifications (Whitworth standard)	No
	Yes	Wood screw number versus screw length	No
		MATH	Return to Top of Page
	No	Chord lengths - dividing circumference circle	New in Handyman
	No	Circles - diameter, radius, circumference, area	New in Handyman
	No	Convert angle in degrees to degree and minute, slope, etc.	New in Handyman
	Yes	Convert inch-foot-millimeter-drill number-screw size	No
	No	Convert minutes to decimal degree	New in Handyman
	No	Convert seconds to decimal degree	New in Handyman
	No	Distance across corners - squares and hexagons	New in Handyman
	No	Excess stock and fillet area	New in Handyman
	No	Factors for numbers between 1 and 100	New in Handyman
	No	Formulas & constants for regular polygons	New in Handyman
	No	Fractions of inch - decimal equiv., square, cube and roots	New in Handyman
	No	Fractions of inch - millimeter equiv., square, cube and roots	New in Handyman
	Yes	Log10, loge, circumference and area - whole numbers	No
	Yes	Natural trigonometric functions	Expanded in Handyman
	Yes	Numeric prefixes	No
	Yes	Right triangles	Yes
	Yes	Roman numerals	No
	Yes	Oblique triangles	Yes
	Yes	Squares, cubes and roots - whole numbers	No
	Yes	Solid figure formulas	Yes
	No	Segments of circles for radius = 1, arc length, chord length, area	New in Handyman
	No	Spheres - surface area and volume	New in Handyman
		MINE, MILL and AGGREGATE	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Standard sieve series	No
	Yes	Mineral dressing sizing scale	No
	Yes	Rock bulking factors	No
	Yes	Length of conveyor belt in a roll	No
	Yes	Conveyor angle maximums	No
	Yes	Conveyor capacities	No
	Yes	Conveyor horsepower versus load	No
	Yes	Jaw crusher horsepower versus tons/hour	No
		MONEY	Return to Top of Page
	Yes	Currency exchange rates	No
	Yes	Discount factors for net present value	No
	Yes	Simple interest	No
	Yes	Compound interest	No
	Yes	Numbered days of the year	No
		NAILS, SPIKES and STAPLES
	Yes	Nails - basic dimensions and weights	Expanded in Handyman
	No	Spikes - basic dimensions and weights	New in Handyman
	Yes	Staples - basic dimensions and weights	Expanded in Handyman
		PIPES and FITTINGS	Return to Top of Page
		Pipe and tube - physical properties and friction loss
	No	acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe	New in Handyman
	No	aluminum pipe and tube	New in Handyman
	No	brass pipe and tube	New in Handyman
	Yes	chlorinated poly (vinyl chloride) (CPVC) pipe	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	Yes	copper pipe and tube	Greatly expanded in Handyman
	No	polybutylene (PB) pipe	New in Handyman
	No	polyethylene (PE) pipe	New in Handyman
	Yes	steel pipe and tube	Greatly expanded in Handyman
		Fittings - friction loss
	Yes	plastic pipe - schedule 80	Greatly expanded in Handyman