{"product_id":"the-beginners-guide-to-pipe-kingsley-k-westwood-9798185465967","title":"The Beginners Guide to Pipe Drafting and Piping Systems: Learn Industrial Isometrics, Valves, Fittings, and Flanges with Clear Diagrams for Real-World","description":"Every pipe you've ever walked past, behind a wall, under a street, running the length of a plant ceiling, existed first as a drawing. Someone understood exactly what needed to connect to what, and turned an engineer's intent into instructions precise enough to build from. That person is a pipe drafter. If you're reading this, there's a good chance that role already sits somewhere in your future. Maybe it's a CAD job posting that keeps saying \"piping experience preferred,\" and you're not sure how you'd ever get there. Maybe you're a junior CAD operator who was handed piping work last month with no real training, quietly falling behind while hoping it doesn't show. Maybe you're a student whose program explains the software but skips the fundamentals that actually get someone hired. Wherever you're starting from, the distance between where you are now and a confident, employable understanding of piping design is smaller than it feels. It's a sequence: read a drawing before you draw one, understand fittings before flanges, plans before isometrics. This book lays out that exact sequence, in the same order a new hire encounters it on the job, with a diagram on nearly every page and a hands-on exercise closing every chapter. What it won't do is let the fundamentals stay theoretical. By the last chapter, you're not just able to name a valve symbol; you can read a real piping arrangement, build a complete isometric, and produce a bill of materials from it: the same core skills expected on day one of an entry-level role. The only real question left is how much longer you want to put that off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kingsley K. Westwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185465967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Kingsley K. Westwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997889343743,"sku":"9798185465967","price":41.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beginners-guide-to-pipe-kingsley-k-westwood-9798185465967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}