Sunday, October 25, 2009

The In-House Engineering Department

     I don't know how anybody can survive in the world today without an resident in-house engineer.  We have purchased very few items that did not soon require repair or redesign to satisfactorily perform the function that they were sold for.  Just this weekend, I had to repair a very expensive toilet that required functional redesign of a part and machine work on a lathe because the $5.00 part was obsolete and discontinued.  The lathe work required rewiring of the light fixture over the lathe.
     On my wife's immediate to-do list, there are items that will require welding, CNC machine work, wiring, and cabinet work.  Less immediate items may require industrial design, upholstery work, and landscape grading.
     How does everyone else out there survive without an engineering department, a licensed electrician, a parts stockroom in the basement, a machine shop, a cabinet shop, and a welding shop?