Can it be that long?  Here we are, well into the third quarter of 2011 and I’m only now sending out my first piece of the year!  One might suppose that I have been busy and they would be correct.  In my last posting, in December 2010, I mentioned that my “dance card” was filling […]

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With 2011 “knocking on the door” it is probably a good time to look over all that has been accomplished in 2010 and to look ahead and decide what we want to have happen in the New Year.  But before we do, I have a question for which I would like your thoughts and opinions. […]

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Returning now back to those things engineering, the question for today is, “Is there ever a time when incomplete information, on a drawing for instance, communicates the design intent better than a fully completed and dimensioned drawing?”  Surprisingly, the short answer is, “yes.”  Now, I am sure that many will emphatically point out that omitting […]

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For this newsletter, I am changing my “normal” procedure of discussing various aspects of engineering design and how things like a product’s appearance, cost and robustness can be affected.  Let me start off by first giving you a disclaimer, stating that I am neither a lawyer nor a financial advisor and do not give legal […]

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Well here it is, Labor Day 2010.  I hope you are having (or had, by the time you read this) a very good holiday weekend.  I am sending this out today because I have just been too busy to do so earlier.  Isn’t it great to have a day off?  Again, to those who have […]

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I am sending this out on a Sunday because I am just too busy to do so during the week.  To those who have responded and reached out to me, I thank you for having confidence in me.  I will prove to you that you have made a good decision.  Although I still have time […]

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Due to a jump in work requests recently, please pardon the delay in getting this out to you.  (If you have been thinking about having some design work done, it would be a good idea to contact me soonest, as I work on a first-come first-served basis.)  Now picking up where we left off last […]

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A big “Thank You” goes out to all who responded to my last info letter.  From the feedback I have received, it seems that by including a drawing to really show what I was talking about, definitely helped to communicate the concept and so it was a lot easier to understand.  I will keep that […]

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Having received several requests for clarification of what I was talking about where I left off last week, please refer to the following diagrams while I go over the specific points raised. Starting on the left half of the drawing, showing the Machined Shaft, in the upper right corner is an isometric view of the […]

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Sorry for the delay in sending out these weekly info letters, but  customer delivery requirements take precedence, (as I’m sure you understand).  Okay, continuing on with design requirements as a function of process capabilities, let me give you an example of an investment-cast alloy steel part replacing the same part that was machined from bar […]

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