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If you can get power to A, install an appropriately sensitive tilt sensor that controls an appropriately sized motorized flywheel or similar that will produce an offsetting torque. A simple linear feedback loop. If there is no power available, a heavy weight hanging straight down and rigidly...

We have one of those rotary plate bevelers that works like a shaper, and while pricy, they put down a perfect bevel in a fraction of the time it takes to grind it. Well worth the money.

I think Ed has a good notion with pre-heating the oil, or perhaps adding it in smaller increments more often, if possible, to reduce the thermal shock. You could pour the oil through a warming filter of some kind, sort of like an instant-on water heater. In fact I wonder if you could just rig...

It's not the most likely thing, but you may be surprised. They might love to hear of a plan that will let them lessen their workload as time goes on, and leave their company with continuity beyond their ownership, if it comes from an employee they think has the potential to do it. Especially...

Valuable employee: Make money for the owners. Make your boss and coworkers look good to TPTB (the powers that be). Make life easier, not harder, for your boss and coworkers. Have specialized, scarce knowledge valuable in your role. "I want to get fired" employee: Be dishonest, untrustworthy...

We had bonuses of 3-12 percent of annual pay, plus an hour long contest to see who could make the best zombie killing weapon out of whatever was lying around (we are a fab shop). Then we tested the weapons in the parking lot on zombie heads made of produce. Best Xmas ever.

HP has my vote. RPN is like greased lightnin'. I've used a 28s for 25 years, the same one, very durable.

You could inspect parasailing cables in the off season... Seriously, maybe there is a market here if you can show a premium reduction greater than your invoice, plus avoidance of all that pesky bad press when an accident happens. Maybe contact Lloyds of London or similar to get some info on...

I had a similar problem when I was about your age. Starting your own business, any kind of business, should keep you interested for a while if you can take the risk. If you are successful, you can either create new challenges by expanding or sell and get into a new endeavor with the proceeds...

Ditto to what dhengr says...

Of course, the Star Trek engineers of every series. owg, I still remember Scotty drinking some sort of alien robot under the table to help free the Enterprise (Mudd's Women?), and getting into a bar fight with Klingons to defend the ship's honor (Trouble with Tribbles). Also Kaylee from...

Familiarity with NAVSEA welding specs and WWT requirements are much in demand right now if you are interested in getting into the manufacturing side of things. You just have to read and understand NAVSEA -248 and supporting documents, all available for free online. These documents are real...

Many of Neville Shute's novels feature engineers or technical people as protagonists. All excellent reads. I have collected his complete works and reread them regularly. An excellent storyteller who offers insight into engineering, business, and design.

Ditto to what SNORGY and corus said. Double ditto.

Pat, Mom and Dad were right, it was a good choice. I find it much more interesting and useful to be working on problems that have solutions than philosophizing about problems that don't. But sometimes, in the wee hours, I still listen for the sound of one hand clapping...

Math and science always came effortlessly in high school, and Dad was an engineer, so I went to college as an engineering major. Me home for Xmas break: "Mom, Dad, I want to major in Philosophy!" Parents: "Then you'd better figure out a way to pay your own way though school." Me: "Maybe...

Cass, I've been involved in and viewed second hand similar situations. From my experience, when the employee is trying to solve work problems objectively and efficiently but management is operating under a different reality (under mandate to maximize sales this month at any cost, to boost...

Assuming the emails are actually getting lost in transit, ask them to have their sysadmin "whitelist" your email address. You should do the same for their email address, or domain name. You both may also have to do this for your mail host. I have had similar problems twice. Emails were...

316 or 310 Stainless might work for you. High strength and low permeabiltiy.

BMob, If you are still seeking a better source on this, try calling Tubular USA at 636-926-9000. They may be able to get you better lead times.