> Scott Fisher said:
> "Julia just didn't have the in-the-bones sense of how tight things need to
>be."
> She's not alone. A dear friend lovingly restored his MGA recently.
...
> >From this experience we coined the term: "Schindler Tight" for anything not
> quite tight enough. A year later, he has finally overcome his initial fear
>of
> breaking things and his MGA no longer leaks from every fitting.
>
> George Haynes
> >From ``Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'' by Robert Pirsig:
> ``..... There's what's called ``mechanic's feel,'' which is very obvious to
> those who know what it is, but hard to describe to those who don't; and when
> you see someone working on a machine who doesn't have it, you tend to suffer
> with the machine.
I used to have a pretty good feel. Then, about a zillion years ago, I
made a mistake and joined the Air Force. Had this master sergeant in
the QA department who would fail you if he could turn a screw or nut.
We stripped out more inserts, trying to pass QA, and for 25 years now,
I have been struggling to get that feel back. I tend to overtighten
everything :-( Any hints on getting it back?
Jay "I use torque wrenches to put jar lids back on" Johannes
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