Hey Harvard,
You can find the Pipefitters Handbook, 464 pages, on: www.amazon.com...they have it for $17.00 & some change. Just type the name in the search window at the top of the site page....Denny

Hello Chris, they ARE great books, plenty of information on a lot of things, not only pipefitting. Plenty of formulas, explanations of shop math as it applies to the layout of piping, and a host of other pertinent information. The really nice thing about these are that they are sized such that they will fit readily into your tool box. As yorkiepap stated you should be able to find them easily on Amazon, you can probably also find them at any technical bookstore if you have one near you, you might also be able to find them at your local welding supplier. Audel also makes some good books along this line and there are a host of others. If you are into the technical book thing you might also check out Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul, and other places like this that have used books, you'd be amazed at some of the things that end up at these outlets. Have fun and good luck, Regards, aevald

I use two separate books; "The Pipe Fabricators Blue Book" and "The Pipe Fitters Blue Book". They are authored by W.V. Graves. The Fabricators book is based on providing ordinates for laying out a wide range of make it yourself pipe fittings. The Fitters book is basically a How-To book on pipe fitting, everything from how to layout an angle bracket, to rolling offsets, to crane signals. I use the Fitters book often as the mathmatical tables in the back help me figure rise and run lengths not only for pipe but for structural steel as well.

Tim

I bought a 1955 version off of ebay for 5 bucks....Bob

I realize this thread is a bit dated, and your query has been answered, but you might also consider "Robert Tinsley's Simplified Method - Pipe Fabrication, Layout, and Offsets" pocket-book.