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Originally Posted by Ara T.
It kind of annoys me when I see people hit the steering lock when turning, and keep on cranking the wheel hard against the stop.. you can usually hear the power steering pump squeal in displeasure
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my wife does this, And worse- when she is exiting our Subaru wagon (which has frameless windows) she closes the door by pushing on the window glass (not the heavy metal door...) it kills me.
I also dont appreciate the 'throw it to the stops' mentality when it comes to 'consumer' control systems. I was with a Machine tool Controls EE (!!) when he rented a Lincoln Town car with auto climate control- it was summer and he just couldn't wait for the car to sense that it was hot inside, he *had* to push the fan to "RLY FAST" as soon as he started the engine...and then back it down manually about 5 minutes later- never putting it in 'automatic' mode (the way it was intended to work). And he was a controls guy...
Datums and 3-view drawings ? my layman's translation would be - it means that if you are machining a piece of metal (drilling holes, cutting edges straight...), you need to measure something multiple times from different places before you are sure that the hole/edge is in the correct place. Better design (using 1 datum) involves more effort on the part of the designer, but requires less thought and checking during production - which is the way it should be done.
am I close ?
-John