Meanwhile US creates the GWI
coughMechaHitlercough
What was the context of your project? I'm a mechanical engineer interested in pursuing research into climate change mitigation, although I haven't started looking into it yet.
My only complaint about the textbook is needing to scale every recipe down to half or even a quarter. While I would love to bake a whole sheet of brownies my roommates and girlfriend already complain about the amount of delicious carbs I throw their way!
Depends on how much effort went into reverse engineering the part, but most likely when tolerancing enters the conversation. Most machine shops aren't able to hit those tolerances and would laugh you out of the shop.
A shop that can hit those tolerances will kick you out of the shop; there's a good chance they already work in aerospace. They have a deeply vested interest in avoiding the accompanying FAA inquiry should it be installed or, Satan forbid, actually flown.
A non-aerospace shop capable of meeting those tolerances would start laughing at the desired price point. Purchasing a suitable blank alone would cost over $1500, much less cover the actual machining.
Seconding Professional Baking, I found it for $10 at a used book store several years ago and it has legitimately saved my life.
Aerospace manufacturing is fucking wild and is a rabbit hole worth diving into if you're looking for some of the finest engineering porn humankind has to offer.
If an aerospace engineer made one of these he would no longer be an aerospace engineer.
Everything else you said is correct.
Aerospace manufacturing has a paper trail longer than you can imagine. The company selling this part can tell you (well, the FAA) the exact ingot out of the foundry and every single process and every person who has touched it since then.
No machine shop will take this job; the moment this guy is unable to produce a serial number and paperwork from an approved manufacturer (likely during preflight if not installation) the FAA will track down the owner of said shop. At best that owner will lose their business and pay a massive fine, at worst spend a good long time in prison.
The FAA doesn't fuck around and for that I am thankful.
I was a huge fantasy nerd as a child. Wanted magic to be real so badly, wanted to be able to affect change in the world purely through force of will. As I grew older I realized humans do have magical abilities; a group of humans with sufficient domain knowledge and the right tools can absolutely bring about change through sheer force of will. I absolutely studied magic (engineering) in University and seeing magic from other disciplines always left me awestruck.
Especially sparkies; "don't let the magic smoke out of the wires" is the extent of my electrical knowledge.
I don't have mommy issues, I have issues with my Mom. My relationship with my mommy is great!
A few weeks ago I ran into a guy wearing their masturbating nun/Jesus Is A Cunt t-shirt. I learned of that legendary shirt a long time ago and finally seeing it in person made my night, at least until Fallujah and Entheos blew me away.
This song/album fucking rules. I'm also partial to Monarchy, but Owls kept me company during dark times both literally and figuratively as I was working 3rd shift at the time.