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NCWayne

04-02-2008 15:24:16




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Posted before I meant to... My whole thing is that engineers nowdays seem to be simply trying to justify their jobs by redesigning tried and true designs even when there is nothing at all wrong with the old design. Many have never seen the part, machine, etc they have designed and are clueless what they could actually do to make it better in real world use. They rely too much on CAD instead of the real world. Had a guy told me a few years ago that their engineer swore that a 3/4 thick plate would fit in a certain place because "the computer said it would". They said he refused to walk out in the plant to see that the place the 3/4 plate was supposed to go was, in reality, only 1/2 due to design tollerances on several other parts and assemblies. I think my auto mechanics teacher in high school, Mr Miller said it the best I've eve heard. His take on engineers was that "They work in pairs. One comes up with some new and/or dumb a$$ idea and the other finds a place to put it where it can't be worked on"....But that's just his .02 and I have to agree...

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Ken Macfarlane

04-03-2008 05:19:00




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 Re: Hit the wrong button in reply to NCWayne, 04-02-2008 15:24:16  
Mechanical engineer myself, hands on guy myself. I'm not as strong in math as many of my peers. I've been told I'm a much better designer though. I do rely on my math strong peers for things I can't do.

I'll agree some things get over engineered, or at least the management of an engineering project lets things get out of hand. I was reading in SAE a couple of years ago they were putting computer modules into taillights in cars. Nice tech challenge, many problems with concept.

We get a bad name interfering with trades and techs but it can be amazing the types of mistakes made when you don't have a science background. Just as amazing as engineer mistakes with no hands-on background. So I'd say both sides of the puzzle are needed and great things can be achieved when both sides work well together!

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