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Charles D. Schultz

Chuck Schultz is a licensed engineer, Gear Technology Technical Editor, and Chief Engineer for Beyta Gear Service. He has written the "Gear Talk with Chuck" blog for Gear Technology since 2014.

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Have You Taught Them Enough?

June 4, 2020

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One of the things that has surprised me about my consulting work is how the unusual projects find me. Unique applications, tooth forms, drive arran...

Family Recipes

May 27, 2020

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My last post on helix angles and the constraining theories adopted at some shops reminded me that younger readers might not be aware that there was...

Ask the Expert: 5/20/20 Edition

May 20, 2020

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From time to time I’ll be doing some brief Ask the Expert questions and answers. These questions will be on topics that might be very familiar ...

Visiting Old Friends

May 13, 2020

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Seven weeks into the lockdown, we are all looking for “new content.” Even with a full cable “package” there are times when it seems there is nothin...

Developing Your Superpower

May 6, 2020

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Many people find themselves with lots of “spare” time on their hands these days. This was not a planned vacation or a retreat to recharge the batte...

A Life Without Deadlines

April 29, 2020

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After years of battling deadlines, the COVID-19 crisis has cleared my personal calendar of all deadlines except this blog posting. If you are “shel...

Happy Earth Day!

April 22, 2020

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Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. It was fairly big news for me back in 1970 as one of its founders was a U.S. Senator from my home state...

Keeping the Gears Turning

April 15, 2020

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NY Governor Cuomo just used a gear analogy in his daily coronavirus briefing and it seemed to baffle many of the reporters present. It was in the c...

This Changes Everything

April 8, 2020

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Ready for things to get back to normal? Unless you were already a recluse, this time of “social distancing” is an uncomfortable and awkward experie...

Making the Most of a Bad Situation

April 1, 2020

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These strange times will not last forever. All around the world, people are hunkered down to flatten the curve of hospital admissions. Medical prof...

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