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Title: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by MotoBuddha on 08/01/11 at 12:48:33 Way back in my impressionable years, someone used the term "mechanical sympathy" to describe how some people understand how to work on machines without forcing things or otherwise buggering it up in the process. They have finesse, whereas other people can't screw a lid back on a jar without cross treading it. It makes me antsy to watch those without "mechanical sympathy." I just want to jump in and do it for them. Maybe that's their intent.

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by Serowbot on 08/01/11 at 12:54:21 No.1 skill of a good mechanic... learning not to break things while you're fixing them... I'm still learning... ;D...

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by drums1 on 08/01/11 at 13:10:14 I've snapped +/or boogered up a bolt or 2 in my 24 years working on cars. I gained a degree of sympathy and finesse over the years. As long as I keep my temper in check.....

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/01/11 at 13:56:28 Mechanical sympathy,, interesting term,, & yea, Ive twisted a few off,, & learned a lot about how to avoid it, how to set parts up to make assembly easier, & I guess one of the Uppermost important things that Ive learned is NEver throw anything away until the job is done,, all parts, no matter how mangled, need kept.

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by verslagen1 on 08/01/11 at 15:12:08 7E6167607D7A4B7B4B73616D26140 wrote: Mechanical sympathy,, interesting term,, & yea, Ive twisted a few off,, & learned a lot about how to avoid it, how to set parts up to make assembly easier, & I guess one of the Uppermost important things that Ive learned is NEver throw anything away until the job is done,, all parts, no matter how mangled, need kept. I don't throw it away ever cause I don't seem to f'up the same way twice.  So somethin' on 1 mangled up piece of crud may fix another.

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by Gyrobob on 08/01/11 at 15:29:01 4C6E756E437465656960010 wrote: Way back in my impressionable years, someone used the term "mechanical sympathy" to describe how some people understand how to work on machines without forcing things or otherwise buggering it up in the process. They have finesse, whereas other people can't screw a lid back on a jar without cross treading it. It makes me antsy to watch those without "mechanical sympathy." I just want to jump in and do it for them. Maybe that's their intent. Excellent term.  I can relate exactly.   Mechanical finesse?  Mechanical aptitude? There was a fellow student I knew who had none of this,… yet he wanted to work on airplanes. In three semesters he managed to:  -- Run his finger through a milling machine cutter  -- Drop a large set of shears through a recently completed fabric/stitching/aileron/rib-building project  -- Kick over a nitrogen bottle breaking the top off of it creating a rocket motor that went through a cinder block wall and ricocheted around the next classroom  -- Put his hand over a leak in a 3,000 psi hydraulic system making his palm look like somone had taken a scalpel to it He was a little short on mechanical sympathy.

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by Serowbot on 08/01/11 at 16:48:31 7A444F525F525F3D0 wrote: There was a fellow student I knew who had none of this,… yet he wanted to work on airplanes. In three semesters he managed to:  -- Run his finger through a milling machine cutter  -- Drop a large set of shears through a recently completed fabric/stitching/aileron/rib-building project  -- Kick over a nitrogen bottle breaking the top off of it creating a rocket motor that went through a cinder block wall and ricocheted around the next classroom  -- Put his hand over a leak in a 3,000 psi hydraulic system making his palm look like somone had taken a scalpel to it He was a little short on mechanical sympathy. [/size] He was a walking You-tube video... ;D...

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by Gyrobob on 08/01/11 at 18:27:26 382E39243C29243F4B0 wrote: [quote author=7A444F525F525F3D0 link=1312228113/0#5 date=1312237741]There was a fellow student I knew who had none of this,… yet he wanted to work on airplanes. In three semesters he managed to:  -- Run his finger through a milling machine cutter  -- Drop a large set of shears through a recently completed fabric/stitching/aileron/rib-building project  -- Kick over a nitrogen bottle breaking the top off of it creating a rocket motor that went through a cinder block wall and ricocheted around the next classroom  -- Put his hand over a leak in a 3,000 psi hydraulic system making his palm look like somone had taken a scalpel to it He was a little short on mechanical sympathy. [/size] He was a walking You-tube video... ;D...[/quote] Curious choice of words,.... One of the professors actually said to his face, "Son, you are a walking tragedy!"

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/01/11 at 22:02:03 From the report you gave, that he was a Walking tragedy sounds like a temporary thing.. Not the guy I'd want for a lab partner..

Title: Re: "Mechanical sympathy" Post by Serowbot on 08/01/11 at 23:05:59 5C4345425F5869596951434F04360 wrote: From the report you gave, that he was a Walking tragedy sounds like a temporary thing..   Three possibilities... - He eventually becomes mechanically "sympathetic"...   :-?... - he finds a new calling...  :-?... - he is slowly and painfully devoured by sharp and hot things...  :-?...  ... and becomes a You-tube legend...   ;D...

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