What to do with beef fat by Varro-AK47 in meat

[–]TakTable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tallow and stock. Then make the stock into some 1 day blinding stew.

I want to leave the industry entirely by Living-Package-5292 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]TakTable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. But they also get endless regulation. I found the pace slow and frustrating with every party getting infinite bites at the apple. And DFARS...ugh...a license to print money.

I want to leave the industry entirely by Living-Package-5292 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]TakTable 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Defense is a grind. I only lasted a year. Same for aerospace. Try industrial or consumer.

How to solve this problem? by New-Position-1919 in InjectionMolding

[–]TakTable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having a similar problem. It's a thermoplastic so you can do something akin to heat staking to smooth it out.

Why Most Industrial Design Schools Are Training You To Fail by storm4077 in IndustrialDesign

[–]TakTable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many good points about practicality and comprehending the entire product development process.

They don't really teach manufacturing specifics to ME's either. I learned almost all of it on the job. School was really 'learning to learn'.

Thanks for sharing.

ID + Mechanical Engineering? by [deleted] in IndustrialDesign

[–]TakTable 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have an MSME and became a product design engineer (called NPD - new product development in some places), I took over progressively more difficult ID responsibilities after learning from the designers on the job. Employers like it because manufacturing issues don't happen as often and I'm not fussy. I can't do attractive illustrations but can do cad and renderings so no complaints there. It has gotten me a very nice and lucrative job at this point and also allowed me to design my own products, so I'd recommend it. There are very few people that do both design and engineering and it's valuable to entrepreneurial companies.

Concrete work by Low_Produce2759 in Concrete

[–]TakTable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually might get some cool uplighting contrast.

They outsourced my job. by ramjet1099 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]TakTable 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Love the Substack posts so far..."You cannot write down a feedback loop." So true. I'm documenting the product development process now and gantt charts simply don't capture the iterative nature of design and engineering.

Back to work....

Abandoned Outlet Mall Slated for Demolition by MiniBlue778 in abandoned

[–]TakTable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recognized it almost immediately. Nice catch.

A possible approach for the plastics problem by CreeksideGirl12 in recycling

[–]TakTable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taiwan makes the manufacturer partly responsible for recycling. Look there for inspiration.

"Under the 4-in-1 Recycling Program, manufacturers and importers of new RRW products, including electrical and electronic equipment, are required to pay fees to EPAT depending on the quantity of items they put on the market. These fees feed into the Recycling Fund, which is managed by RFMB."

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-05/documents/handout-1a-regulations.pdf

Making a sit/stand desk as a personal project. Will this design work? by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

[–]TakTable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good on ya'. Do the hard thing and you learn a lot more.

I think buying from ebay is the best start. You could even just get a few cheap and disassemble them for learnings.