Engineering slogans

[PsychoPhil]

I just read the new posts in this thread and I have to admit:

You guys totally made my day and cracked me up, thx...

Keep in touch guys, so long, Phil

[mpking]

Originally posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Let us not forget that the missing tool is always in the last place you look.

Actually, nobody every finishes the quote.


The Missing tool is always in the last place you look, because you stop looking when you find it.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Which implies..."Why would you keep looking?!?"

[mpking]

If a tool is missing, and no one ever looks for it, is it lost?




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BTW - I posted this after the message below me, so it's a response to the

"Why would you keep looking post"


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People in auto repair know this one:

This bolt won't come out, someone hand me the BlueWrench!

[Greg Ross]

Originally posted by mpking


People in auto repair know this one:

This bolt won't come out, someone hand me the BlueWrench!

I'm not in auto repair. I would appreciate an explanation. Does this have something to do with "blue" language?

[Jim]

blue wrench is the torch

[mpking]

Originally posted by gwross

I'm not in auto repair. I would appreciate an explanation. Does this have something to do with "blue" language?

You've got a stuck or rusted bolt and nut.

Take a Torch, and heat it up. Then let it cool.

The expansion of the metals (Nut and bolt) forces the nut to become slightly larger, allowing greater ease in removing the formally stuck bolt, when they cool, because the bolt will contract to it's (almost) orginal size.

This is where experiance comes into play, as I said, I've never done it, so I have not idea whether the bolt is usuable at this point, or if it's just junk.

This is usually used when removing exhaust systems, so all the hardware is easily replaceable.

[DaBruteForceGuy]

"IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY FINISH ANY TASK MULTIPLY IT 10X!!!"


Even when i do use this slogan i manage to get myeself into a rut i can't get out of!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

To correct the earlier post so more people can get it.
"Hand me the blue tip wrench."
and yes, being part owner of a Merlin Muffler & Brake, I hear that a lot in the muffler business.
BTW most often the torch is used to just cut stuff away. Whenever possible, (On hardware outside) never reuse, always replace.

[EIROBOTICS86]

if it aint broke fix it or if it dont fit get a bigger Hammer

[kmcclary]

Old saying:
- "ALWAYS have a 'Plan B' in your back pocket..."

MY variant:

- "You always need a 'Plan B', AND enough time reserved to execute it!"

(This implies a known, FIXED deadline for Plan A's success, at which time you must start Plan B. If you have insufficient resources to do both in parallel, this implies a forced abandonment of Plan A.)

- Keith

[Adam Y.]

Hear I go with my favorite sayings:
From battlebots and this is the truth: Set screws suck!!!
From my physics teacher: Close enough.
Funny about the hammers talk hear is what my engineer said last year: I don't want you hitting the frame anymore with a hammer unless you tell me.

[pauluffel]

Our robot last had some, err...issues. Of course, the best way to fix this is hammers, and we had the perfect one to do this.

Ths hammer is about the length from the tip of your elbow to the end of your middle finger. Notice the curved handle? That"s generally a feature of axes because it allows for more force at the cost of accuracy. Perfect for robots...

[RebAl]

red + black = fire

[DaBruteForceGuy]

I've used hammers identicle to that on the job site. But i didn't think it was big enough


- Hey, my slogen comes from the jobsite as well....*C TITLE*