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Maybe somewhat OT, but the flange review triggers some of the same criticisms I have of AvE. With Uncle B, any time he gets something wrong (and there are plen

Maybe somewhat OT, but the flange review triggers some of the same criticisms I have of AvE. With Uncle B, any time he gets something wrong (and there are plenty of examples) it's always "I'm just a dude in the shop, having a laugh, etc. etc." But when he's tearing things about it's always, "this design is shit, these engineers suck, they're trying to fuck you over here there and everywhere." There's a huge disconnect in how he presents these critiques as though they're gospel truth, but he won't eat the humble pie. There's the exception here or there, he'll nibble at a particularly big piece, but overall it just doesn't serve the purpose of learning and understanding. He veers into some sort of moralizing about modern manufacturing. Don't get me wrong, on balance it's great and the juice-squeezer definitely deserved it, but it keeps me wary. In the same sense, I don't know about that flange. Is it wasteful? Could well be. Or maybe there's a good reason it's there. What I'd like is a good explanation of how they can be sure it's excessive. Tell me why. Maybe they do; I haven't a bit of the autoline video, but I don't see a good writeup.

steve_adams_86 9y ago
I'm with you to a point on AvE - I mostly watch him for kicks. However, the guy's used a lot of tools for a long time. He might actually have the experience and appropriate exposure to know what does and doesn't fail or endure under regular use. But yeah. He says it all with virtually no reserve, haha. Take most of it with a grain of salt. He does seem to know a lot about materials, though. Definitely not a dumb guy. His brain is chooching at around 50% at least
Corrado 9y ago
In order to know the how's and why's of the M&A teardown, you probably have to pay. I'm certain that their detailed analysis includes good explanations of how they know that flange is excessive, but they're not going to tell you for free.

steve_adams_86 9y ago

I'm with you to a point on AvE - I mostly watch him for kicks. However, the guy's used a lot of tools for a long time. He might actually have the experience and appropriate exposure to know what does and doesn't fail or endure under regular use. But yeah. He says it all with virtually no reserve, haha. Take most of it with a grain of salt. He does seem to know a lot about materials, though. Definitely not a dumb guy. His brain is chooching at around 50% at least

Corrado 9y ago

In order to know the how's and why's of the M&A teardown, you probably have to pay. I'm certain that their detailed analysis includes good explanations of how they know that flange is excessive, but they're not going to tell you for free.