[ATM] If it's in a supremely stiff cell, that does not twist,why would a thin mirror sag?

[klappal at xnet.com (Richard Klappal)]

A friend's 1969 Shelby Mustang GT taught me that info back then.  They
designed the car, then installed the engine.  You had to lift the engine to
change the spark-plugs; there was no room between the wheel-wells and the
plugs to get a wrench on them!

Rich


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Sent: Friday, 13 February 2004 12:46
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Subject: RE: [ATM] If it's in a supremely stiff cell, that does not
twist,why would a thin mirror sag?


I agree with you whole-heartedly.

When I got my first job after school, the chief engineer turned down my
requests to be in the Design Group, insisting instead that I spend 3 to 4
years in the Manufacturing Group.

"Until you know how things are made, you can't possibly design things that
can
be manufactured at a price that can be marketed".

It would take another 25 years before I appreciated that wisdom. And the
wedge
that was always driven into the heart of any design was the need to
compromise
what we wanted by the reality fo what we could do.


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