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    CZ121 Brass

    Hi all, We sent some brass components, CZ121, out to be stress relieved at 260 degree. The purchasing department unfortunately "copy and pasted" the information incorrectly. The parts have been annealed by taking them to 650 degrees and air cooled. Is there anyway of recovering these...
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    Who is the Microsoft System Engineer!!!?

    The term engineer means to use maths and science to solve a problem according to my dictionary can't see anything about needing an exam to do that. In England calling yourself an engineer means you wear a boiler suit and work in a machine shop because you couldn't get a real job thats why no one...
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    Help to turbo racer

    I currently race a Ford Escort RS2000 in the modified saloon cat. but unfortunatly too many people have turned up with too much money. This means throttle body fuel injection, 3d engine mapping, custom 16v DOHC head conversions and j10,000 engine builds. Since I do not have this kind of money...
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    SO I WANT BE A REAL ENGINEER

    Thanks for all the advice, I've started looking around for detail draughting employment and am just about to enrole on an HNC/HND in mechanical engineering as that appears to be what most companies look for here (England).So expect more questions soon!!! thanks Dom
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    ATTDEF USING AUTOLISP

    For my CAD college course I am developing a series of small lisps which automatically produce 3D solids of bar stock(angle, box section, c-section etc). The problem is I would like to have data extracted automatically from them as they are created namely type(ie angle) and length so a BOM can be...
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    SO I WANT BE A REAL ENGINEER

    At 30 years of age I have finaly got bored of working on the shop floor in a sheet metal shop as a section supervior and wish to persue a career in design engineering of some description. I am about to finish a two year long course in CAD but despite the fact that I can now use design software...
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    Which 3-D Cad Software is Best?

    Perhaps I've got this wrong but having used AutoCAD 14 I know that it has 3D ability,it's not the easiest to use but it is there. I think you should first make full use of the software you have at present before investing alot of money in a product which is not right for your company.

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