On 9/7/2014 11:28 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 11:59:30 -0400, "Phil Kangas"
wrote:


"Larry Jaques"
That reminds me of the special drawing...

(Damnit, can't find one online or on my hard
drive.
Anyway, every one of the measurements was
"TBD".)

'To Be Determined' ? heh heh .. ;)}

Rregarding "special" drawings, there was a legend at _American
Machinist_ from the late '60s, in which they had a drawing from Japan
of a new press one of their companies was building for sale in the US.
There was an item on the drawing labelled "Water goat." No one could
figure out what it was, until one of the editors slapped his head and
said, "Of course! It's a hydraulic ram!"

True story.

Along with that and in the same vain -
I was in ATE - auto Test Systems testing semi parts...

One of my customers bought a machine from Japan. It had a Data General
computer as a controller. The Japanese company ordered Japanese manuals
for the computer, translated them into 'English' and shipped.
(They could have ordered English manuals but .... )
Customer had heck understanding the basic commands and information.

But I like the Hydraulic Ram better!

Martin