[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

2. Engineering is NOT manufacturing.

in fact, I always feel very uncomfortable if I have to man a drill press, or solder circuit boards, or assemble prototypes at work, because that is not what Im being paid to do. In a pinch I can, but if Im doing fabrication and assembly work all day long something is seriously wrong with the project!

How true! Same here in a different area. I work in Composites. If I'm doing layup something is seriously wrong or our techs are too busy. If I'm bagging parts it is because the techs couldn't figure out how to do it. Which means it must be really hard or somebody screwed up in the design phase.