Rockford: Should it be Renamed Gear City USA?
Rob Swiss’ origin story reached me the very same day his new hometown, Rockford, Illinois, got dissed on my favorite game show. The new champion, […]
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History for a Worldwide Audience
Baby Boomers (as American kids born between 1946 and 1964 are called) learned a lot about World War II. From Pearl Harbor thru the atomic […]
Yefim Kotlyar — My Story
Yefim Kotlyar is a wonderful example of how gears unite the world. His background is much different than mine, yet we share a deep appreciation […]
What Does Dudley Say?
Another giant of the gear industry — Darle W. Dudley (1917-2003) — is still influencing new engineers today through his writings. The very first gear […]
Remembering the Giants
While writing about the “degrees of connection” between current industry leaders and the giants of our trade, I wondered how many of our readers are […]
Fitting the Pieces Together
It occurred to me recently that my request for “origin stories” may not have been inclusive enough. As an engineer, I tend to focus on […]
Gone but Not Forgotten
Continuing our discussion of veteran machine tools, it occurs to me that many of our younger readers may not be aware that the United States […]
Old Soldiers
Almost every week, it seems, we read of the passing of another member of that greatest generation, our World War II veterans. I am old […]
Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Chris’ account of putting aside his original goals to continue his father’s firm reminded me of an interesting story about an early co-worker in development […]
Getting into the Gear Trade: Chris Trochelman
Here is the first of our guest blogs on the topic of how you entered the gear trade. Chris Trochelman (pictured above, far left) would […]