Reading Assignment:
For Thursday, 5/2: read the concluding sections of Shop Class
What we did in the lab:
Frame:
Worked on the wheels, got one inner tube in, and cleaned parts of the wheel assembly
Electrical:
By manually spinning the distributor, got a spark from the spark plug
The stator is in the engine
Ready to do wiring harness
Top end:
Helping other groups
Clutch:
Glenn made new tab washer
Almost everything is back on
Bottom End:
Helped out with other groups
Class Discussion on Chapters 23 to 26 of Zen:
Chapter 23:
He had unfinished business
The separation from his family – the glass door – is because of his quest for reason?
Chapter 24:
Is scientific method applicable (does it work?)?
The limitations (can only test things you can think of – infinite number of hypothesis)
A sense of quality leads you forward to the goal, making scientific method a tool
Use intuition, experience, scientific method
When confronted with a stuck screw, the traditional scientific method is useless to tell you what methods can be used and which method is the right one
You can drill it out, penetrating oil (solvent), screw extractor
The analogy: the box cars are the Classic Knowledge, the leading edge of the engine – the dynamic movement of the train – is the Romantic Knowledge, and the rail or the track on which the train travels is Quality
Chapter 25:
There is a conflict with technology because of the misunderstanding of the fact that technology is the fusion of nature and the human spirit
peace of mind produces quality work
Chapter 26:
gumption is like enthusiasm, being at the front of the train of his own awareness
Start a course on gumption – Gumptionology 101
There are two main categories: setbacks (external) and hangups (internal). There are three main types of internal gumption traps: value traps (block affective understanding), truth traps (block cognitive understanding), and muscle traps (block psychomotor behavior).
A mechanic can’t have too big an ego, because there are constantly things you don’t know, instead one needs confidance and enthusiasm
Impatience and boredom are dangerous, they cause one to make mistakes
The Japanese word mu means “no thing”, neither yes nor no, instead it indicates a non-answer that means that you are asking the wrong question
The cycle you are working on is not only the machine itself, but also yourself.