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Whitworth [0] showed that you can make a more precise tool than the one you use to make it. This means you "evolve" towards tongs, or screws, or high-precision
by PaulRobinson 2y ago
Whitworth [0] showed that you can make a more precise tool than the one you use to make it. This means you "evolve" towards tongs, or screws, or high-precision calipers, or anything else you want to make, if you use the right process.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Whitworth
- WillAdams 2y agoSimon Winchester did a book on this: _The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World_ (alternately title _Exactly_) https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/56364115-the-perfectionists https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/56364115-the-perfect... and for further technical details see: _Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy_ by Wayne R. Moore https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262130806/foundations-of-mechanical-accuracy/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262130806/foundations-of-mechan...
- bsder 2y agoPlease don't recommend "Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy" without also providing a source. The prices people want for it are absurd if it is even available.