Engineering slogans

[Han Tzu]

Work hard or go home

Better lucky than good (never ask for the story about that one)

Do it right, or do it elsehwere

[Simon Strauss]

"send Genna" (whenever we send him to search for a tool that we cant find it always shows up right infront of our faces)

"if mike is 1000% sure it will work, dont do it" (mike is our pr guy who likes to tighten bolts to tight when he works in the shop)

[scali]

"You only need 3 tools. If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40 and a hammer."

[Kate00]

"If it can't survive being thrown out the window, then it's not going to survive competition"

[S.Nickens]

You can't polish a turd.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by scali

"You only need 3 tools. If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40 and a hammer."

This is a variant of two old classics, which are probably up there in the previous 19 pages of quotes which I am not nearly dedicated enough to look through.

#1. Military version: If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it.
#2. Aerospace version: Cut to size, beat to fit, paint to match.

A couple of others I've come across:

#3. Any technical problem that can be fixed with money isn't really a problem.
#4. "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." Robert Heinlein

[jrocket567]

"Were makin chicken salad outta chicken s&*t"
-said whenever we have to 'ghettofab' something, or 'move' a hole around..

[Validius]

Originally Posted by Meli W.

Um
'Beware of the Killing Machine' aka the Milling Machine....when a bit breaks off of that...its deadly.....

lol, A guy was on the drill press drilling a steel plate and the press sucked it outa the vice and it started spinning arround at 750 RPM and shot off like a throwing star and stuck in the cinder block wall.

Oh yea, and my quote is "If at first you dont succeede, get a bigger hammer"

[Validius]

ooo, here is another one

"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers"

[Simon Strauss]

heres another

Programers are like the opposite sex, can't live with 'em can't live without 'em

[Alekat]

"It will always take you twice as long as you think to finish a job. If you double the time you think it will take, it will take you four times as long."

Thanks to a poster I saw at UC Davis High School for this one.

[JamesBrown]

I havent read all these in a while.

more math than engineering, but "There is no sqr(-1) in team"

sqr= Square root

[roboguy #1]

If it works make it work better!

Three working gearboxes were taken apart and I was put in charge of sanding the shafts to fit smoother into the bearings and gears. Well they fit. Basically it takes the combined effort of a set-screw and spacers to keep the shafts in place.

[MikeRo]

If the goal was built graciously and professionaly. It should be capped with speed and autonomously."
word to the programmers

[shotgunking777]

we made a quote book



p.s. i quite!