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  1. JohnRBaker

    NPT vs NPSM thread for conduit nut

    I've never asked myself that question, but looking back on the times where I've had to install cable glands using those very narrow castellated conduit lock-nuts, I'm not sure that I could've noticed a difference if there was any. In a quick look at vendors for conduit lock-huts (using Google)...
  2. JohnRBaker

    Australian Bridge

    This reminds of what happened to the Zilwakee Bridge over the Saginaw River in Zilwakee, Michigan back in the early 80's. They were building this high-rise, multi-lane bridge to carry I-75 over the river bypassing a drawbridge, and one of the sections of bridge tipped out of alignment, and what...
  3. JohnRBaker

    Ferry Dock Collapse

    Given it was a special weekend, I'm surprised that none of the people there were shooting videos at the time, or if they were, none seems to have made it to the web. You'd think in something like this, what with everyone having a smartphone and people's penchant to video everything these days...
  4. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again pt2.

    Do they have it or not... Boeing And Machinists Workers Union Reaches Tentative Deal To End Strike The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said early Saturday that it plans to hold a ratification vote on Wednesday...
  5. JohnRBaker

    Milton Crane Collapses

    Since the covering of the rook was canvas I suspect that the statement that it could withstand 115 mph wind was respect to the structural members holding up the roofing material, as it looks like it did pretty well. In fact, when I read that the roof itself was made of canvas I figured that it...
  6. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    Oops, yes I always get a kick out of the hair styles in that film. Also, it wasn't very PC with poor "Janette" being the person who was working hard, but not being able to keep up with the new tech. John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to...
  7. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    This is what CAD/CAM looked like when I first started using it, back in 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9F5zIKuLBw John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  8. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    A bit of trivia. After Boeing decided that they couldn't develop a new system, they sold off that group to another company which our company eventually acquired while we were part of EDS. While we didn't really care much about the software package itself that they had been working on, it...
  9. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    McDonnell Douglas went through that same phase only in their case they went out and bought a company which had already developed a CAD/CAM system and while there was a lot of initial resistance on the part of the people that developed MDC's internal software, the handwriting was on the wall as...
  10. JohnRBaker

    28 cars crash during a single accident at a NASCAR event...

    Not sure whether this can be considered an 'Engineering Disaster', but it certainly was spectacular and something that has never happened to this extent before: NASCAR's biggest crash in history wipes out almost entire field at Talladega 'The Big One' at Talladega Superspeedway made its...
  11. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    Back in the late 90's, Intel developed a totally new chip based on what was called a the time, a RISC architecture (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) and we even ported our software to it, but there was just too much momentum with the old architecture, and in all honesty, the main competitors...
  12. JohnRBaker

    Unknown Item

    I still think it was more likely used as a 'test stand' to hold some sort of 'target', perhaps in a laser or optics laboratory. John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  13. JohnRBaker

    Unknown Item

    Were there any other items which you found near it that looked like they might be related or able to be attached to it? John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  14. JohnRBaker

    Unknown Item

    Looks like some sort of 'test stand' that you'd find in a laboratory to hold something, perhaps a laser or optics lab. John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  15. JohnRBaker

    General rant - early career burnout

    I worked for two companies in my 49+ year engineering career, and only retired because it was time (I was almost 69-years old), which was eight-years ago. John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't...
  16. JohnRBaker

    Baltimore Bridge collapse after ship collision

    Tug, is this what you had in mind: https://www.newport.com/f/newdamp-elastomeric-vibration-isolators John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  17. JohnRBaker

    Baltimore Bridge collapse after ship collision

    It was just a matter of time: Another milestone in the history of the Baltimore bridge collapse: Justice Department Sues Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse And Seeks $100M In Cleanup Costs The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore...
  18. JohnRBaker

    Plastic part crack

    Some pictures might helps. John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding someone you can't live without
  19. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    Yea, when I was a project engineer for a moderate sized multinational corporation manufacturing commercial machinery for the food and chemical industries, we were always being asked to cut the cost of our machinery and after each contract was completed we were told that we either lost money or...
  20. JohnRBaker

    Boeing again

    That's standard negotiating 101, and both sides know it, but what else were they expected to say, "We have more than enough to meet your demands, but we've decided not to." John R. Baker, P.E. (ret) Irvine, CA Siemens PLM: The secret of life is not finding someone to live with It's finding...
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