Big equipment often requires special processing equipment. Those 300-ton locomotives used unique heat treatment on the gears which required the des...

Who hasn’t imagined themselves on the deck of a magnificent sailing ship? (On the deck; only crazy people dream of risking life or limb up in the r...

Recalling Solidarity protests while watching the Hong Kong Airport occupation reminds me that change is messy. As much as we Americans would like t...

Thinking about the Solidarity movement reminds me of just how limited my world view was in 1981. I read several newspapers every day during my trai...

Roman Cisek’s journey from Poland to the United States is an example of how the gear trade has become one big international community. A few weeks ...

I was lucky to get a job as a design engineer – drive train department with a big construction equipment manufacturer (HSW) in Poland, right after ...

  Few people enjoy cost estimating and pricing exercises. I have blogged about this topic before but thought it was worthy of another look ...

Record low unemployment rates have some unforeseen consequences. My home county’s rate has not been this low in many years, yet the residents do no...

 

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One of the things I most enjoy about teaching newbies is the need to come up with different ways to explain important concepts. Today’s high school...