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Metal Finishing magazine

The Metal Finishing Guidebook comprises an annual issue of Metal Finishing magazine, is included with your subscription, and is shipped at the appropriate month in the subscription cycle.

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Metal Finishing Guidebook

Pictured and available for review and on-site research at the Joseph Mazia Memorial Research Library housed at finishing.com in Brick, New Jersey are the following editions: 1955, 1961, 1963, 1982, 1997 part 2, 1998 part 1, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 part 1, 2004-2005 part 2, and 2005 part 1.

Table of Contents varies slightly from year to year as older articles are gradually replaced.

Review by Ted Mooney:

For many years now the Metal Finishing Guidebook has been considered "the bible" of the Metal Finishing industry. In addition to technical articles, it contains advertising and various lists of suppliers and organizations that help the reader get a "feel" for the metal finishing industry.

Originally the Guidebook was a single volume covering both inorganic and organic finishing. In later issues the organic end was split off into a second volume.

If you have a choice of edition, we highly recommend the 2002 edition, as the 2004 & 2005 editions lack an index and have some other shortcomings

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