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  1. tsboxman

    Solutions for: not enough time, fee, training, etc.

    There will be firms and people that will do a job cheaper (not less expensive - cheaper) but we cannot give up all standards to compete. The biggest I see is trying to compete with overseas competitors. Here is what I try to do when I can: 1. The new guy. New employees may be well qualified...
  2. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    SacreBleu, Right on. We are sacrificing real world experience and knowledge to compensate for lower wages to increase profits. Then we can't figure out why the quality is going down. Hmmm.... jike, I agree, we need to look at ways to try and resolve issues. Posting a thread will help, but...
  3. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    connect2 I understand your position and don't blame you for looking at printouts over looking at a screen. I usually print things out as well since you can go crosseyed looking at screens at times. I just see so many frustrating things (as a whole in business) that I just have to shake my...
  4. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    Disregard last post. I was ranting. I am just trying to emphasize that we (everyone, not just engineers) need look at what is going on and work with it. We may not like how things are changing but they are. If we are to be succesful (not salary but quality) we need to focus on how to work with...
  5. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    You can't stand in the middle of a road because thats where a field used to be where you played as a kid and not expect to get ran over. Drawings are an art form no doubt, but the quality of work, or lack thereof, is not because of CAD. It is the user and the environment of the user(high...
  6. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    There always seems to be time to re-do things so why can't we have that time up front and so it is right the first time? Again I cannot speak for your environment, but I am also seeing a real lack of sufficient training. It seems if someone can use a CAD system somehow that qualifies them for...
  7. tsboxman

    How far is a click?

    Glad you have an answer anyway. Sorry you had to go "stupid" route. Sounds like an interesting field. I have been trying to brainstorm ideas on the rail systems (One of my ideas was already in use - figures) but I do not have the interaction with the industry. Been toying with it some on my...
  8. tsboxman

    How far is a click?

    True. Again it goes back to if it is a specific weapons mount or if it is a general rail mount. If it is a mount, say for an AR-15 handle mount, the top rail should be level while the bottom is going to be tapered. The handle angles downwards. If it is a rail mount for a flat top it will...
  9. tsboxman

    Creating Drafting Standards

    There are some good suggestions and locations of standards listed above. Just make sure to include pertinent information to the standerds you choose to follow. I am in packaging and it never seems to fail that packaging engineering schematics have a high rate of redundancy while failing to...
  10. tsboxman

    How far is a click?

    Many standard rifle scopes have 1/4 MOA adjustment knobs while some target scopes offer 1/8 MOA (Minute Of Angle which equates to 1/4" for th 1/4MOA adjustment at 100 yards, 1/2" at 200 yards, 3/4" at 300 yards and so on.) In your case, as Arto mentioned, would be roughly 1/3 of an inch at 100...
  11. tsboxman

    Structural Engineers Getting Slammed

    It seems to a greater trend these days where speed and price are the issue. While working as Quality Manager I was once told by a customer that "quality is in the price" meaning that we couldn't suggest quality as a selling point. We all know we get what we pay for and quality is taking a hit...

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