What books are folks considering getting?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Since it’s the gift-giving season for most folks, I figure some folks are getting Amazon (and other) gift cards, so getting books is an easy/obvious thing to do.

One obvious choice (at least for the newer folks here) is:

Book: Getting Started with CNC

Since Edward hasn’t made an announcement, I will — his book is finally available from Amazon (and presumably other shops): I was fortunate to have occasion to read through a pre-release copy and found it an excellent introductory text — while they probably won’t bundle it w/ every machine, it’s material which every new owner will need to know.

I am currently reading:

Make: Trigonometry: Build your way from triangles to an…

which I have in a list which folks may find of interest:

William Adams’s 'cnc' books on Goodreads (16 books)

(and I would be interested in suggestions for books to read/get/add)

[nowillcnc (Will)]

Thanks for the book recommendation.

[abcnevin (Andrew Nevin)]

I have always had a fondness for the Madsens’ Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing textbook, maybe a little esoteric for the hobbyist but it never hurts to refresh one’s nomenclature etc regarding machining.