So, Where Do I Start?
The last blog posting cautioned against over reliance on reference books for design guidance. A perfectly logical follow-up to that caution is “Where do I […]
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Toying with Old Recipes
A consultant’s code is similar to a medical doctor’s; e.g. — Rule #1 is to “do no harm.” Sometimes I feel like a real buzz […]
Robot Fighting Time?
We watch lots of reality shows on cable television. Home remodeling shows, veterinary medicine shows, game warden shows, and car rebuilding shows are popular here; […]
Group A or Group B?
An Internet meme that is making the rounds concerns a college pottery class. On the first day of the semester, the instructor divides the group […]
Pursuing Perfection
I missed an important point in a product specification this week. Fortunately, my client caught it and I was able to submit another design in […]
Where Did All the Dealmakers Go?
An old business associate called the other day with a training request. To the best of my knowledge, he’s among the last “manufacturer’s representatives” that […]
Patience in a World of Overnight Delivery
A consultant gets used to receiving emergency calls. Typically they are requests for help in getting a wayward project back on track or to fill […]
Company Pride
This belt buckle found its way to me recently when my daughter’s in-laws moved into a new house in the Chicago suburbs. The couple emigrated […]
Public Education
A friend asked me how I could have kept busy designing gears for so many years because; all of those needed were certainly designed by […]
Appreciating the Gory Details
Big equipment often requires special processing equipment. Those 300-ton locomotives used unique heat treatment on the gears which required the design and construction of an […]