Lessons Learned
No one succeeds in any field without help. Fifty years ago, I filled out a job application, took a physical, and counted the hours until […]
Gear Talk With Chuck
Thinking Big
With only a few blogs left to write, I have been thinking about the highs and lows of fifty years in the gear business. Longtime […]
Trust the Future
Thoughts on Design Technology “How sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I […]
Can We Make It Here Anymore?
There has been renewed discussion of the “Buy American” mandates recently. AGMA has a long history on this topic and successfully challenged -in court- the […]
New Tools, Same Challenges
An online forum I occasionally visit recently posted a photo of a vintage drafting board and joked about younger people not having an idea of […]
No Stupid Questions
One of the pleasures of being Gear Technology’s official blogger is receiving the occasional phone call or e-mail query on gears. I truly enjoy talking […]
Papers Please!
If you receive the AGMA e-mails you already know that the annual call for Fall Technical Meeting [FTM] papers concludes today on January 15th. Unless […]
Short Timer’s Stick
Long before Star Trek’s “red shirt” was a pop culture reference for a doomed minor character, many war movies and police dramas created a sense […]
Wrapping Up a Project
One of my customers had a ship’s bell in their lobby to ring whenever they got a new project; a very neat idea. Sales departments […]
Don’t Forget the Follow-Up!
One of the cardinal rules of design engineering is that you will never overcome physics. It is an applied science so misunderstanding or ignoring material […]