Part 9 (1/2)
The intricacy of ners are al to co machines But with the advance of the world of machinery, there has been a better co e in order to win out It is particularly needful now to study itsto the point whereo beyond the bounds of orthodox science for scheiven mind We have known for centuries that ht habits are like ruts, and these are encountered wherever thethe roups of ideas
Establishi+ng Useful Ruts
The real secret of success is in establishi+ng ruts of a useful kind, ruts with switches that may be operated by the mind at will, or that work automatically when the hts are gerreat effort or self-torture if ill but understand the processes and srowth of the preferred groups of thoughts This s, but it is the way to conserve the ets results
In saying that the problereeably into thes, it is not the intention to convey thethat one ets its clearest view by the sche interest, viz, by repeatedly bringing it back to the subject whenever it is found wandering
The best view for invention is that which reveals thethe purpose for which the machine is wanted
It should not be born of precedent It should not follow the lines thought out by other designers
It readily discovers the obsolete features in existing machines, features that were required in other days but have no use now
Such things reners have followed blindly
All designers followthe set habits of users, but we should et back to nature; that is, to see just what is best for the purpose, and to get the most direct and natural means If this is too much of a task, just hunt for the obsolete features
Above all things, we must not try to follow another's work We too often folloittingly and to our misfortune even e try to keep out of the rut
Machine designers who have done original ill tell us that it is easier to do good work by striking out on new lines than it is to follow the work of others, or even to tinker over some of their own inventions of other years It requires e it, than to start out in soinal scheme
The machine builder knows that the success of any ner and the oneness of purpose of all the heads of all the departht of the running machines in the hands of the users And last but not least, in these days of supremacy of specialization, he knows that success coanized for this particular kind of work
All Men are Hus we learn in the works or office is that all s The second one is that the meanest one is only so because of certain physical or mental conditions that are the direct result of natural law Usually it is not necessary to drag in heredity, for we find ae of vision
As a rule, a good understanding of ard for them, while failure to understand the other fellow (or the equivalent, the failure of the other fellow to understand us) s that s or interests should be considered
To any one that has had experience in the shop and a fairly well-rounded business and financial experience in this particular field of work, the other fellow is invariably a good fellohenever there is a chance for a fairly co
If we can accept this statement tentatively, and follow it up by a determined purpose to actually feel it, then we have obtained so by the royal process that would have otherwise required much time and perhaps soe is essential to success in designing machinery
True, many have been successful with a very different attitude, but engineers of the future must see to it that as many of the phases are as favorable as can be e of working reatly facilitated by a wholesoreatly handicapped without it
Therefore, it is one of the cardinal points for the hly acquainted with others in the work so as to know their likes and dislikes, as well as the mechanical needs