Thread: Engineering design book suggestions

Hi guys,

I'm not even sure how to correctly word this or if it even exists. I make allot of stuff from steel and Ali in the shed but have no formal training, I'm wondering if there is a book someone could suggest that has the basics of how to design something to be strong but not over engineered. I feel like there should be some kind of basic rules for example how thick to make stuff or how far from the edge of certain materials to drill holes etc, I ushally just build it over the top but it would be nice to have some sort of guidance.

Basic I guess is the key word here lol, not much point if it's a full on engineering book I'm not looking to build any thing structural, life threatning or that would need hrs of calcs.