One of my favorite car enthusiast publications, Hemmings Classic Car, has a monthly feature where readers submit a personal essay on their...

This past week I had the opportunity to participate in a wonderful seminar for process engineers. My fellow presenters were all industry veterans w...

If you think you know something, try teaching it. Putting aside the average engineer’s aversion to public speaking, the prospect of organizing your...

Ranting about needless software upgrades got me thinking about why we love “new” things. Aren’t there some things we should leave well enough alone...

One of the great things about social media is the opportunity to keep up with what is going on with family and friends. Sometimes you can offer an ...

Apprenticeships are frequently mentioned as the key to rebuilding America’s manufacturing sector. The people who usually say this often have limite...

“The gypsies know my future, the angels know my past, I roll around this big wide world to find a love that...<

The backlash discussion posted previously was inspired by the comments posted on a hobby website I frequent. The commentator was of the opinion tha...

Not to worry — no politics here. The “backlash” I want to talk about is the “lost motion” in gear systems. It sometimes seems to rile people up alm...

How many of you have any idea what your company spends on perishable tooling? Working for small companies with tight wad owners perhaps made me mor...