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sticking with double d, thanks...
Posted by Joe Johnson at 05/10/2001 10:53 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. In Reply to: Re: shafts, gears and wheels.... Posted by Ken Patton on 05/10/2001 9:19 PM EST: Intellectually, I know that a well designed square hole and shaft pair can work just fine. But... Emotionally, I just can't get past the feeling that spinning things aught to be roundish. Since, for me at least, engineering is primarily an emotion driven experience, I am sticking to my beloved double d solution. Also, I have always been able to make them work well for me, so why change now? Joe J. P.S. I am not kidding when I say that engineering is primarily an emotion driven activity for me. It is the emotional part of my brain that tells me when the direction I am going is a good one or not. I credit my emotional thinking with nearly every innovative design I have ever come up with. Of course, the intellectual part of my brain does the detail work much later but typically this is well after my emotions are sure of the right path: Either I love this new idea of mine and I will stick with it through thick and thin or I despise that frumpy tart of an idea and I am going to chase after that sexy new number I caught a glimps of a few moments ago ;-) Many of the creative engineers I admire have similar approaches to engineering though perhaps they don't express it in quite the same terms as I do. JJ |
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