“Real Camshaft Science”

Cam discussions remind me of how older engineers - real engineers - laugh at the kids coming out of engineering school when they turn in their first design.

They've been tasked with designing a machine that harvests corn....and the drawings look excellent. 3D CAD.

The laughter comes when you look at their dimensioning and they've carried out each value to the 6th decimal place...because that's what the computer spit out.

The older engineers understand that a dimension of 132.5" inches is plenty good.....132.498508" is not gonna buy you anything other than confusion and misery.

The other day I had a guy moaning that the cam company he was talking to gave him a recommendation on a cam that had .525" lift when he really needed .530".

They say that being a police officer carries with it one of the highest rates of suicide of any occupation. I always assume working at a cam company would be at least a little higher. Maybe .00034" and 1 degree higher.