ABC Wednesday....

Welcome to ABC Wednesday!
How to participate in ABC Wednesday.1. Post your E picture on your blog.2. Come to my blog and sign in on Mr. Linky3. Enjoy the beautiful E pictures of the other bloggers.
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Please do not sign your name on Mr. Linky unless you have an E picture posted on your blog.
Last week there were a number of comments made re people not leaving comments here, so please leave a comment here and if possible, a reference back to this blog.
We reached 80 participants last week, so please be assured we will do our best to visit each blog, not necessarily on Wednesday, but it would help if you did leave a comment here.

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E is for.....

Engineer!

My advice is to look out for engineers.

They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.

Marcel Pagnol

What kinds of work does an engineer do?
Traditional aspects of the engineering field include design, development, testing, production, construction, systems engineering, marketing and sales, research, teaching and administration, and supervision.
Unique skills and problem-solving techniques make the engineer a useful member of the teams that work to solve technically based problems relating to social and political issues.

While most engineers work for large industries or governmental units, it is possible, after a period of study and experience, to establish a business of one's own.

(google)

People often ask me what Jon does, being a self-employed precision engineer.

My answer....."He solves problems!"

Take Sunday for instance.....

Jon had worked the best part of the weekend on a job which was some type of component for a railway system.

As we ate our lunch the washing machine started making a terrific noise.

Jon's face lit up...he likes anything like that!

He does have an amazing understanding of anything mechanical!

After a few tests it was determined that although the drum was spinning, it wasn't going round.

Off came the back of the washer.

Our washer is a Hotpoint! Jon does a great deal of work for Hotpoint.

He makes the entire mould tool for the door seal...the gasket as it is referred to in technical circles. (You are part of that circle now! LOL!)

So, once the back was removed it was found the fan belt had worked loose.

In a few seconds Jon replaced it round the pulleys.

He then started investigating further, pushing and poking inside the washing machine.

One particular part had worked loose and on further study he discovered a bracket had snapped, hence the particular part not being stable, causing "slack" hence the belt coming off.

Jon removed the broken bracket and went to the workshop where he made a replacement.

Once fitted we switched the spinning cycle on and lo and behold all was well!

Notice the expression on Jon's face...

another problem solved!

Here you can see the bracket in place inside the washing machine.

If the picture is blurred this is due to the vibration of the washing machine during the spin cycle.