Diary

Updates

• Guest speaker Bill Becker will present on wheels on Monday, April 20th
• Wednesday, April 22nd we will “Show and Tell” home projects
• Fusion360: work on drawing motorcycle parts for final project

Today: Guest Lecture by Professor Arnold on Material Science

Professor Arnold spoke to us about the application of materials in context and the importance of carefully thinking about the materials of individual parts.

• Carburetor
  • • The goal of a carburetor is to bring together materials that are highly reactive (oxygen and fuel), therefore the material of the carburetor must be able to withstand corrosion.
    • Made of aluminum and brass
    • Materials change over time, so using two different materials has its advantages in acting as a preventative measure against corrosion.
• Frame
  • • Braise vs Weld
      • • braising: uses multiple kinds of materials; only on surface of material
        • welding: melting metals together; penetrates into the material
    • Why use a hollow tube for the frame rather than a solid or alternative shape?
      • • the tube has the same necessary mechanical properties, and reduces weight and cost
• Brakes
  • • want a material for the brake pads that provides lots of friction, but won’t melt
    • solution: composite of ceramics and metals
      • • ceramics provide the heat resistance but are brittle
        • metals provide the ductility
    • Example of carbon brake pad material:
      • • Phenol resin (thermoset polymer), steel (ductility & even heat distribution), graphite (carbon-high temperature material), cashew (organic material-carbon)
• Polymers
  • • molecule (monomer) that repeats lots of times
    • properties can range from soft and squishy to hard and brittle
• Epoxy
  • • polymers that are very hard
    • thermoset polymer (when it reaches high temperatures it will not melt but will turn into a vapor)
    • In practice, two components are mixed together to form the epoxy. This is an exothermic process that forms a crosslink between the molecules.
• Forged vs Drop Forged
  • • changing a metals shape (by hitting, stretching, etc.) makes it harder, but the trade off is that it becomes more brittle

Chapter 4 Discussion

• Discussion leader: Jen
• Motorcycle references on pgs. 88, 89, and 94
  • • Pneumatic die grinder-air tools; gentle & high speed; commonly used for m/c
    • crank 69mm stroke; pistons to fit an 87mm bore; double-barrel carburetor; free-flow exhaust (less back pressure & higher power); centrifugal advanced distributor; remote oil cooler and full-flow filter; lightened flywheel; heavy clutch (heavier clutch = tighter spring = harder push on clutch)
• Plywood vs solid wood (in reference to rosewood plywood)
  • • Rupert: rosewood plywood is plywood with a rosewood veneer on top
    • plywood is not as sensitive to humidity changes as solid wood is
• Cecilia: connection to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; understanding the history of the machine through its physical alterations
• Careful vs Commanding
  • • idea presented by book: figuring out where you fit within these two categories and choosing a profession that matches those tendencies
• Anna: discussion of Aristotle’s definitions of art-those that “reliably attain their object”(like building) and those that are “stochastic” (medicine) (pg81)
• Betty Edwards and Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Wednesday

We are going to have a philosopher come a week today, then hopefully an expert on combustion the Monday after spring break. We also have a fluid mechanics expert lined up too.

 

Stay healthy folks!

 

Carb: Moving and cleaning carbs

 

Electrical: WARNING DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN OR CROSS-THREAD SPARK PLUGS! Otherwise adjusting the timing of the spark to just before top dead centre, and soldering tail lights.

 

Top End: Ordering parts for the alternator

 

Clutch: Starting the terrier

 

Detailing: Sanding and Priming. Found out that the front wheel and front fender move together, but the rear ones don’t.

 

Frame: Glen had a look at the frame because there seems to be a crack, but Glen is happy and that it’s Triumph’s fault not ours.

 

By the end of Spring Break, read to the end of Part 4.

 

Book discussion:

19 – No motorcycle references. Philosophy – There is a dilemma between the subjective and the objective. However, Phaedrus merely gives up on the dilemma and creates a third option, claiming that the question regarding quality is an invalid one. We like the idea of thinking outside the box when going into the arena – the idea of the left and right horns. P. 239, “classic is about understanding,” “romantic is about seeing”. Robert plays around with different definitions of quality. One as the idea of “goodness” and another as “beauty”.

 

20 – P. 249, we get the impression that Robert is leaving Phaedrus behind. Now, his new obsession seems to be quality. He does a really wacky thing where he replaces the Daoist philosophy with quality. The result is a new dilemma between Eastern and Western philosophies. Comments on the metaphor of climbing a mountain and the avalanche.

 

21 – We get a lot of plot and Chautauqua. One particular detail on p.260: “pioneers are inevitably mess-makers”. Are they pioneers? They left the road behind and are making a mess…

 

What is coming up is particularly relevant for Gideon (the philosopher that’s coming to talk).

 

Rupert Peacock

• Joseph Henry – first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
• He invented the Telegraph, Electromagnet.
• In 1831, he transmitted “Long Distance Electronic Current”

 

“I’m going to be talking about sparks” M. Littman

 

Taylor – Carb + detailing learned how to use the sandblaster (had to troubleshoot sand blaster)

 

Jen – We began to work on Jon’s master plan of using gasket compound to stop the bolts from leaking… hopefully

 

Andy – We are still cleaning. We have to re-seal the inner timing cover on the green motorcylcle. It is really important to make it totally clean before re-sealing.

 

Daniel – One of the forks in the transmission has come apart so we have to re-assemble that

 

Kate – We had a little play around watching the piston move up and down and then oiled the piston

 

Reese – Used a strap wrench. There were threads inside a bush on the stanchion that were puzzling.

 

Anna – Depending on where you put the key on the rotor, you change whether you’re powering the motorcycle with a battery or energy transfer.

 

“A battery makes it easier to start the bike. The magnet is a six-pole magnet that creates a current. The trick is to fire when the current is greatest to get the biggest spark. If you miss the window where there is current, you won’t get a spark. This highlights the importance of timing. FYI, doesn’t matter whether you fire on positive or negative.” M. Littman

 

Benjamin – There was no ground-breaking news. Continuing to wire and solder with the aim of making the taillights work.

 

Cecilia – Needed to sand blast a piece before welding because you need electrical contact. Started to dry sand a tank so that the primer would apply well.

 

Macey – Saw an engine that Jon had milled for demonstration.

 

Rupert – Had a look at the evolution of the shape on the barrel and cylinder over the years.

 

Kaixing – Ordered a set of stanchions.

 

Daphne – 2 side taillights only have one wire coming out of it. Figured out that some of the lights ground themselves automatically.

 

Hien – Starting to work towards the fender. Looking at cutting to shape and size and drilling holes into them.

 

 

Prof. Littman’s background is not in motorcycles, but in spectroscopy, or the behaviour of atoms when they are excited. He is, however, best known for his work in tunable lasers.

 

Spark Demo: We saw an adaptation of how the ignition coil works in a motorcycle. There is no spark until you slide the outer coil over the inner coil.

 

THE SPARK IS THE STRIPPING OF ELECTRONS AND INVOLVES HEATING UP THE METAL. IT IS THIS HEAT THAT IGNITES THE GASOLINE.

 

Bud Light Demo: You can see what chemicals are present in a reaction based on the light that is produced. With this in mind, you can use fibre optics in an engine to see what’s happening inside.

 

Alternator Demo: The iron core is key to creating the voltage.

 

Rupert Peacock

Updates:

• Bill Becker’s presentation has been moved to April 20th
• We will continue reading one chapter of Shop Class as Soulcraft per class for the rest of the semester

Shop Class as Soulcraft Chapter 3 Discussion:

• Discussion leader: Taylor- accessibility for fixing stuff independently; dependence on others vs self
• Hien – Motorcycle reference: kicker starter on early motorcycles
  • • Prof Littman:  easier to start m/c when its on center stand b/c it is more stable; it’s important to listen to the exhaust/intake in order to get it at the right point in the cycle to get the m/c started
• Hien – M/C reference: oil pump-old m/c used a hand pump rather than an automatic pump
  • • Prof Littman: oil pump was mounted on the handle bars; manual lever for retarding spark; retard fully when starting the m/c otherwise the engine could run in reverse, then once the m/c is started advance the spark; amount of advance affects the power
• Rupert – society removed option to fix things, ex) Mercedes removing dipstick; made a connection to class where we machine our own parts rather than buying them when we have the need
• Anna- discussion of music and freedom; idea founded on obedience to instrument
  • • Prof Littman: agency vs autonomy; agency = skilled on instrument, the thing; autonomy = playing radio, the application
• Anna – Greek philosophy; different levels of knowing
• Cecilia – user of technology is passive; people have to disengage with it sometimes otherwise it becomes frustrating
• Hien – easier & more intuitive = more assessable for larger audience vs keeping it specific and customizable
• Taylor – discussion of learning curves &  automatic vs manual
• Adam – pg. 68-69 what separates humans from other animals; “handiness”

Fusion 360:

• Went over how everyone is progressing with Fusion 360
• Computer Aided Engineering Analysis in Fusion360
  • • Create object
    • go to Simulation
    • click Static Stress Analysis
    • loads-> cases-> constraints->select a face (anchors surface)->ok
    • loads->select face & set magnitude->ok
    • results->solve->results->animate-> check two way & set steps

Circuit Simulator:

• http://falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html
• simulated ignition system (see photo library)

On Monday (April 13th) Bill Becker, architect and motorcycle builder, will be coming to speak with us.

Chapter 2 discussion

Lead: Barry- connection to Marxist ideas, conflict with Capitalism and how it forces the degradation of quality.

Jen- Connection back to ZAMM and how viewing mechanics that are not engaged in their work or “out of touch” affects their quality.

Anna- introspective look at our paths that we’re on right now–going to college, getting a degree, and pursuing intellectual work can be a not worthwhile experience. Should seek out passions rather than academia if we do not like it.

Taylor- challenges the thought of going immediately to college post high school

– Hien – some opportunities exist in certain high schools for vocational
work or getting certification for a trade.

Professor Littman – brought up point about how taking a break/time away could causea surge in motivation in people.

– Barry & Hien – related to internships in High School and the value of
getting out of the classroom.

Kaixing – It seems like people often flip around in academia, finding a career often unrelated to what they went to school for — value of post-secondary education may be inflated.

Daphne – college being close to home causes college to feel like an extension of high school.

Anna- early emphasis on career planning places unnecessary pressure on students and causes difficulty making decisions at such a young age.

For Monday-

Chapter 3 of Shop Class as Soulcraft

Keep exploring Fusion360

Fluid Mechanics talk by Professor Luigi Martinelli

– Discussion of general fluid mechanics, cooling related to our bikes, and analysis of parts such as the the tires and carburetor.

Review of Fusion 360, recap of our projects and shared thoughts on how we felt using the program so far.

Professor Littman introduced the topic of our final reports. Key points:

– Powerpoint Presentation roughly 6-7 pages related to our small                   group’s topic.

– Should look to incorporate skills with Fusion 360 (such as recreating a             part in the program)

Discussion of Introduction and Chapter 1 in “Shop Class as Soulcraft”

Introduction:

Discussion of labor and how much “thought” is involved in work.

Kate: point about necessity of manual/human jobs, difficulty during our current times.

KaiXing: Even everyday actions are thought provoking; brings up point about the underestimation of physical actions not representative of the underlying effort put into it.

Cecilia: Our dissociation from being hands-on with things reflects ideas of “helplessness” where we rely on others for certain services.

KaiXing: newer technology has brought about a forced distance between us- we now have less control over our technology.

Adam: Lack of innovation/surge of generalists may be from this new emphasis on specialization.

Chapter 1

Hien: the blue collar and white collar jobs we think are more ambiguous than we think: a mechanic puts a lot of thought into troubleshooting as opposed to intellectual work that is often repetitive and lack engagement.

Reese: Related the points about change in teaching to theories of Pedagogy

– Professor Littman adds on: application of learning is lacking, where we should be seeking out questions and identifying them.

 

Truth traps & cams discussion.

Read the introduction/preface & first chapter of Shop Class as Soulcraft (36 pages).

Mark Nelly (fluids expert) on Monday.

Remote Connection: mae-micro-9 (or 10, 11, 12) on remote desktop connection

Chapter 28:

Discussion leader: Rupert

Rupert: Driving in the rain indefinitely, doesn’t know what he’s finding. It inspires him to put Chris on a bus and sell his bike (important)

Jen: He said how his bike is something I’ll have with him his entire life, but this change is significant, like he’s preparing for Phaedrus to come back

Adam: “Quality is a generator of mythos” + men is invented by religion (page 360). When we build our intellectual foundation, it’s built off of what we created à very thought provoking.

Rupert: [goes through the plot]

Taylor: Author is finding parts of Phaedrus admirable, which is a changing, unstable opinion of Phaedrus.
“I hate Phaedrus but Phaedrus is cool”, and maybe Robert is the crazy one, not Phaedrus

Rupert: Robert is the insane one – “The mythos is insane” (page 361)

Cecilia: Author is trying to understand what Phaedrus understood

Reese: Robert has a lot of respect for the ideas that Phaedrus is taking on, but is afraid of Phaedrus in a way and afraid that Phaedrus will take over

Macy: Does Phaedrus still come out after treatment?

Prof. Littman: Yes, especially with the conflict and duality in persona.

Chapter 29:

Rupert: They arrive in California. The Primary America vs the Secondary America. Technology might be to blame for isolating people. Phaedrus vs. Aristotle.

Kate: On people feeling people are sadder – it’s more of an open divide.

Adam: Had a discussion on why communities have fallen apart in America, and on the bond of civic engagement. Technology is to blame. We have this tool to connect, but then communities are better formed with some distance than tightly packed community + tech.

Jen: His comments on Aristotle: very critical (formed a basis for current teaching that’s horrible). Thoughts?

Prof. Littman: Aristotle is the scientist of philosophers, meaning he break things down in a scientific way, with lots of analysis and definitions.

Jen: If Aristotle focused more on the Classic than Romantic, does that mean Robert would identify more with Aristotle than Phaedrus?

Hien: Primary & secondary America – has it changed since?

Kaixing: It’s more a matter of ideologies of modernity vs. past & disconnect from reality.

Prof. Littman: There’s some discussion in the Afterword, comparing between this book & Tom’s Hut. This book was written around the Vietnam War time, with a real rejection of technology among the younger people because of the negativity.

Rupert: Plato vs Aristotle – method of dialectic vs. rhetoric. Phaedrus doesn’t line up with either of them properly. The idea of Quality is for people who contribute to the world.

Chapter 31 & 32:

Taylor: Phaedrus pop back into the discussion more prominently (the “I knew it” statement). If Phaedrus is back, where did Robert go?

Cecilia: Not a switch, but a merge. Gives up the way he’s been pretending to be. More like a resolution.

Prof. Littman: Robert suppressed Phaedrus to get out of the hospital to reach his kids, but now realize his kid likes Phaedrus more than himself, which lets Phaedrus comes out again. Chris was relieved. Also shock therapy only works for a short period of time to suppress personality

Kaixing: Robert’s behavior in the last few chapters is like a cornered animal. Robert realizing that he wasn’t preferable of the two personality.

Reese: Referring to Phaedrus was a stylistic choice, not something reflective of his actual identity.

Jen: When he feels defeated, it’s more like Chris helps him feel that he doesn’t have to keep struggling and can just let Phaedrus come back.

Prof. Littman: Thoughts on ending?

Barry: The end was surprising that the author couldn’t find a middle ground and had to go to either of the extremes

Kate: Surprised at how happy the ending was, like a Hollywood ending to a book that had so much nuance to it.

Jen: Thought that Robert was the better persona for Chris, but the opposite was true.

Afterword:

Summary: Before Chris’s 23^rd birthday, he’s mugged & killed. Author wondered where Chris went, his wife became pregnant again. They had a little girl despite his unwillingness, and that’s how Chris came back into his life.

Prof. Littman: From the afterword – the book came out at the right time, being a culture bearer.

Ben: Fabric. Is there something that will break someone’s fabric but not somebody else’s, or a universal fabric.

Kate & Prof. Littman: Practical Ethics – abortion. Are lives replaceable?

Thoughts on the book?

50-50 on neutral & enjoyment

(I personally feel like I didn’t get all I could out of it due to a lack of understanding of many philosophical issues and will read it again with some better research. It had many thought-provoking ideas that was still very exciting though, and I’m glad I got to read it)

Announcements:

– We will have groups on Fusion 360: a group with the entire class, and smaller groups with the teams on different parts that we’re currently on.

– 1 set of Lego Technics is in with 2 options to build a retro or modern bike. We also have some calipers to measure the parts on the Lego motorcycles so we can rebuild those in Fusion 360.

– The small groups will still have a final presentation on the parts we work with as a final assessment.

Chapter 25:

Discussion leader: Adam

Adam: Chapter 25 has a focus on romantic & classic quality

Ben: This is where the zen in the book starts. The clash between classic & romantic is unnecessary, and it’s cathartic to get to the final focus on zen and peace of mind in motorcycle maintenance

Adam: “just sitting” & “just fixing” on page 303 exude this

Ben: it makes sense from an eastern philosophy perspective

Prof. Littman: “techne”, the root word for “technology”, originally meant “art”

Adam: “programs of a political nature are important end products of social quality that can be effective only if the underlying structure of social values is right” – page 304

Kate: representation of Buddhism has been more accurate than representation of other Eastern philosophies. Physicist’s discussion with a poet on how the poet can’t see the beauty in the molecules parallels this

Prof. Littman: The peace of mind on 3 levels: physical, mental & value quietness connects to the next chapter. Architects often add styles to object. However, adding styles to structural art – being both elegant & functional is a concept that contrast to how style adds to phoniness in the book.

Cecilia: “Understanding another person’s mind is an illusion” towards the end of the chapter. In conjunction with the Phaedrus chapter, it’s an interesting divide

Anna: “Beauty & ugliness is inherent in the way you make something, Quality is inherent”: this idea is kinda upsetting in how it’s implied in the creation of the object.

Prof. Littman: The issue of subjective perspective influence this a lot. Back and forth pistons might look bizarre, but how well they work is potentially beautiful

Hien: “serenity at the center of it all” on page 304 is confusing

Taylor: Interpret it as a deep diving into that idea, an explicit statement that the peace of mind you have on whatever machine you’re working on (in our case: motorcycle), enjoying it for the work you’re doing, removing the process from the end goal is the high quality mode of work that is the central “serenity” of it all

Prof. Littman: Eiffel Tower – Peace of mind produces right value of building a maximally efficient structure, producing the right thoughts of reducing materials & costs, building elegant structure, producing the right actions of building this structure, which create the right work for people to see a center “serenity” from how people witness the final work of the Eiffel tower

Kate: The train of thought is common in Eastern philosophy.

Rupert: If you do it, everyone can also see the quality of work and the ultimate peace of mind that you’re putting in

Kaixing: This is a very elitist way to put it. Saying this means assuming that people need to have a structurally accurate/correct scientific understanding, which isn’t accurate for everyone. The process of accurately translating ideals to reality isn’t that simple and isn’t that straightforward for everyone, and isn’t that guaranteed.

Barry: “just sitting” at the bottom of page 303 – duality of self & object isn’t dominant. When you get lost in your thoughts and isn’t dominated by separateness from what he’s working on, then he’s said to actually “care” about what he’s doing. This is very interesting.

To Kaixing: It feels like a very general process applying to life, rather than a straightforward and directly applying to a single working process, hence its seeming elitism.

Chapter 26:

Discussion leader: Jen

Motorcycle references:

Reese: The end of 312 & 313. Connecting rods & bearing

Prof. Littman: Page 325. Jammed nut & bolt & threads. Page 331 on the tightness of nut & bolts

Content:

Gumption traps & gumption loss

Jake: Personal experience with gumption is similar with many of the issues in the book. Author handled the troubleshooting really well.

Taylor: The situation itself doesn’t change much. Don’t be overwhelmed by the amount of work you have, change how difficult you perceive it to be is really fun to read & relate to.

Prof. Littman: External are “setbacks”, and internal are “hang-ups”

Setbacks – external

Hien: setbacks are motorcycle related and not more life related like the inner hangups. They are “out-of-sequence reassembly, intermittent failure and parts problems”. Not directly relatable to life, but life happens, especially with how we’re in the covid situation

Andy: A lot of stuff related to what the fluids team did.

Kaixing: A lot is still relatable to life: troubleshoot, get the tools helpful to solve them, etc.

Cecilia: General in how we can use the skills of dealing with frustration

Prof. Littman: A sense of pride in machining our own parts

Hang-ups – internal

Rupert: Not applicable to us in the “ego” part

Barry: bottom of 317: “value traps, truth traps & muscle traps”. Necessary to reevaluate things down the life as you work on things. Value traps – an example is how John has an ego and preconceived notion of how things should be done

Kate: specific example is the tin can used to fix the bike

Reese: Boredom + tiredness gumption trap. Start seeing things in the same way, it is important to take a break from it and come back with fresh eyes.

Anna: Interesting idea on “anxiety” – use motorcycle as a means to achieve your calm mental state of mind beyond working on the machine

Prof. Littman: resonates with the idea that motorcycle maintenance makes you humble, because you always encounter problems that are hard to figure out. There is a middle ground of learning to be not egotistical but also fearless in tackling problems. Not let the problem defeat you. True persistence in learning any sort of problem can be tackled.

Cecilia: Once you get down to it, fixing the motorcycle isn’t gonna lie

The idea of mu

Taylor: Yes and no isn’t sufficient. Mu is a helpful answer in life.

Jen: Using mu is looked down on, but it’s actually the answer to discussing things more broadly in the broader context and finding the better question, hence finding the better solution in life.

Hien: asking someone the trolley problem is just a trap, and the actual answer is realizing why it’s asked and what’s the purpose in discussing it.

Prof. Littman: To fix boredom, stop working on it or find curiosity. Patience is always an important thing, especially in the machine shop.

Anna: Two moments on the sad nature with his son: Yelling “WAKE” at Chris and his thought that Chris only wants to be popular to him. He also doesn’t do anything to fix it.

Chapter 27:

Discussion leader: Jen

Cecilia: Author’s relationship with Phaedrus is kinda violent in who’s the dominating figure

Kate: The shadow is the embodiment of himself comes up again

Rupert: The big reveal is that Robert is the shadow, but we knew all along, so he’s pretty slow in learning about himself.

Taylor: The animosity towards Phaedrus isn’t apparent till now, so it was exciting to see.

 

Discussion on Fusion360:

Daphne was inspired to make a LEGO brick from Fusion360. Used the sketch & extrusion tool to create the rectangular block, then the circular knobs.

Everyone should try to draw these LEGO bricks if possible.

Aah;;; didn’t realize to upload them seperately, here they are at once:

 

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reports

Littman: bought a new head, pilot jet close to running; front fork should tighten the handling on green bike

 

Carbonator: ready to insert into bike, attempt to run; learned how best to adjust with adaptable wrench; love affair with duct tape “if you haven’t

 

Detailing: sanding and priming surfaces for paint; will have to sandblast and weld a hole

 

Fluids: oil pump screws weren’t tightened -> had to pound the screws, seem to have figured out the oil leakage

 

Front fork: making caps to prepare for powder coating, will need to drill threads, weld on a clamp

 

Clutch: learned how to start orange cycle, noticed leak

 

Top end: bad seal, dismantled the plate; largely absent due to athletics

 

Electrical: sandblasted rust off some cords, unable to process load anyway, will continue diagnosing

 

Transmission: worked with engine team on leaks, noticed foreign substances in clutch that’ll have to be clean, tested for magnetism; Jake: “everything is problematic”

 

Frame: fixing the dent, has separated the fork from the swing arm, used vice to bend back in place, will be sandblasting holes soon

 

gears

Clutch basket usually attached to shaft of transmission, which turns the gear and turns the wheel: if the torque/load is too high, the clutch will skip and protect the engine; amount of slippage adjustable through central gears

-> has three sets of gears to provide more friction, make it more difficult to slip

 

barrel

Gets reboarded/fitted with an oversized piston every year

 

 

 

readings

 

chap. 13; Taylor

Taylor: learned more about school, Church of Reason; took up majority of chapter

Adam: subjects are alive, teaching v. research (teaching can be dull)

Rupert: p.148; the university is a state of mind “quite interesting”

Kaixing: teaching is a refreshing return to the fundamentals and not necessarily a place for intellectual death (Fine Hall retiring math prof)

Kate: visualizing history as archaeology

Benjamin: “a legal corporation cannot teach” -> New Hampshire tried to make Dartmouth public and failed

Cecilia: association is still important, regardless of executive (church now bar)

Mary: “teaching behalf of reason, not the university;” pastor serves the community, but more importantly god

 

chap. 14; Barry

Taylor: object being right or wrong -> manuals written by the dumbest person in the line

Benjamin: “good maintenance delivers peace, bad maintenance disturbs it;” quality of job you do is reflection of state of mind

Kate: lose the manual, figure it out yourself

Adam: p.165, instructions begin and end with the machine, destroying creativity -> the university gets you from one point to the next, but only in one way

Barry: Robert disturbed by how he changes (defining quality)

Littman: dialectic discussion is to seek the truth, debate is to convince

Kaixing: Robert is incredibly self-centered, isolates himself because he thinks he’s unique – he’s not, and in exchange he loses out on a lot of solidarity (students who will sacrifice a little GPA to explore)

Tianh: something about rotisseries (sry)

Daphne: “a long-lost form of sculpture;’ structurally speaking all mechanical work is art

Reece: Robert contradicts himself frequently between mechanical and romantic

 

chap. 15; Ben

Rupert: why is Robert trusting his motorcycle to a random mechanic -> needed a shop

Taylor: rhetoric is art of language for persuasion

Kate: he’s clearly attempting to teach -> writing this book, tells you to write an essay

Cecilia: broader issue with his life; if he thinks of Quality of purpose, where’s the other elements of life?

 

 

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reports

Taylor: motorcycle won’t start, will work on carbonator

Barry: detached plate, attempting to fix oil leak, will work on gaskets today

Adam: saw sandblaster for first time while cleaning spark plug

Andy: still in process of cleaning dried material off gasket

Daniel: cleaning springs and gasket

Reese: finished making cover, learned how to measure pits/use lithe/cut threads

Kate: took apart and pieced tgt model of transmission

Anna: attempting to diagnose oil leak in cover as well (engine case apparently leaks in too many places)

Jen: took apart and pieced tgt model of clutch, needs to rethread a part

Macy: ^ditto + spindle

Benjamin: horn wasn’t shorted out, needs freer movement

Cecilia: white paste gets dark as it removes aluminum

Annie: cleaning

Rupert: compression testing; put in compression tester, kickstart, check for max pressure

Jake: worked on transmission, needs to fix a split washer

Tianh: sandblasted frame, sand was extremely

Daphne: also horn!

 

tools!

Horsepower dynameter???

Slack Kevlar rope goes at speed of torque input into system, will pull the sensors that measure torque via. pressure -> since it’s spinning, toque of upper rope goes up as torque of lower rope goes down

Calculates the torque v. speed, a little bit of math gets you the power

Running motors at half of no-load speed seem to offer best capacity, so you should load it down (going up incline, etc.)

 

 

readings

 

chap. 16; Anna

Anna: idea of quality

Adam: rhetoric of present vs. what’s to come

Barry: writing paper but not knowing what she wrote about

Tianh: narrow it down five times

Reese + Kate + Anna: discouragement of originality

Jen: coherence of argument; get disengaged u flunk out (have intrinsic motivation)

Macy: quality of work v. grading

Annie: people are breaking down over grades

yah this is just a conversation about grades

“not how it’s taught but how the subject is approached”

 

chap. 17; Jen

Tianh: quality may not be defined

Barry: arguing what quality is//”interesting”

Kate: lack of definition

Cecilia: when the focus is only proving yourself, there’s not much meaning in it

Littman: present examples, not definitions

Adam: to the untrained eye, climbing is identical

Tianh: OA
Jen: what words do you think are vague?

Kaixing: sustainability

Barry: justice

Anna: art

Littman: beauty

Macy: eye of the beholder

Ben: where is insanity, in attempting to measure or in leaving it unanswered

 

chap. 18; Tianh          

Ben: son gets injured to get reaction from father

Rupert: problem is his son can’t separate him from Phedrus

Kaixing: separation of memory self and depiction

Taylor: original thought

Anna: interpretation? “what is existence”

Barry: realism: importance of quality (the arts, sports, etc. cannot exist without quality)

Kaixing: quality is a social construct (art is human behavior, u don’t tell a dog they can’t bark well)