At work I’ve just seen a part with a 90:1 buy to fly ratio made from a 500 pound 7050 billet, the finished part having a uniform .04in wall thickness. What happened here? There are 4 of these parts per aircraft

China has clearly noted the fact that WW2 didn't end until the combined bombing offensive focused on and destroyed the Axis powers' oil supplies. The war was unwinnable for Germany and Japan from mid 1942 on the basis of industrial production, but both had sufficient raw

My retirement plan has devolved into a ball valve flying toward me at 600 meters per second

This is my uni’s makerspace and machine shop for student clubs bruh we’re ngmi

Just secured paid NX training at work LFGGGGG

Cooking up some novice buffoonery

My productivity went through the roof when I started pretending to be a monkey on a typewriter and imagining what actions would make a hypothetical observer the most excited that I was about to produce one hundred billion dollars in value by pure chance

The real tragedy is the lack of time. I want to climb every mountain, taste every wine, touch every celestial body, cure every disease. I wish to laugh the deepest laughs, cry the truest tears, and reach the highest highs. So much to do, only so much time. Amor Fati.

Huge crash out realizing I will never make any progress on *anything* unless I quit my job. I have no time, it drains me, it makes me stupider, it makes me hate engineering. It’s hard not to feel disillusioned that staring at drawings and CAD models all day circling

Btw if we’ve ever video called or interviewed I was secretly rocking a setup like this or worse

Siemens is asking $6000 for 2 NX startup seats someone needs to give me one million dollars ASAP

Just found out the CIA has been going around telling cool companies not to hire me because they think I would be a more valuable national security asset starting my own company building innovative, cost-effective automation hardware and solutions (with a buy button)

Crazy how I need a small fast XY gantry for a demo and going to micro center and buying a $250 coreXY 3D printer is both the cheapest AND fastest way

You’re not going to be chosen because you’re locked in. You’re locked in because you’ve already been chosen

Roommate that has a degree in aerospace engineering but can’t fathom how fluid circulates throughout a dishwasher

everyone start learning

has anyone tried using this mcmaster life hack to save on taxes?

Anyone picking up a Makera Z1? I put the deposit down to get one for $800, seems solid at that price