“This Has Got To Stop!” – The Rest of the Story
Jan 27 2011
It was 50 years ago when I first experienced what happens when machinery is not well designed or properly maintained. My father was master mechanic at a plywood mill and caught his finger in a V-belt drive on a gearbox. Although he was hurt and bleeding, he just wrapped a rag from his back pocket around his hand and I saw him drive himself to the local doctor in our small town. But that image of his hand in a blood soaked rag burned deeply into my consciousness. I still carry that moment with me to every project I work on, always asking myself, “What would it be like if this problem could be fixed?” (more…)
