Scouting for New Talent
American football fans are currently assisting the human resource departments of their favorite professional clubs in evaluating potential employees. Millions of eyes are tuning in […]
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Honoring Anachronisms
Who hasn’t imagined themselves on the deck of a magnificent sailing ship? (On the deck; only crazy people dream of risking life or limb up […]
Situational Ethics
Recalling Solidarity protests while watching the Hong Kong Airport occupation reminds me that change is messy. As much as we Americans would like to point […]
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, […]
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 […]