CSI - Iron Pony

[equusmaximus]

     As I mentioned in the last post, what I do with failure analysis is more like a Post-Mortem than anything else; The idea is to go through whatever evidence I have (usually an oily pile of broken parts and shrapnel) and try to figure out what happened.  The customer is always hoping that I will find a factory defect, and the factory always

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[equusmaximus]

*Grump* Well, another example of why it's frustrating trying to post an entry on LJ with all their "improvements." The spacing of everything looked just fine in the editor, but it doesn't look right at all now that I see it in the journal itself. I'll eventually have to go in and put everything into tables to get it to line up nicely I guess. In the meantime, though, I'm sure folks can get the gist of it. :/

[mejeep]

Well done, Mr. Sherlock Holmes!
Great detective work on the customer's behalf.

[xander_opal]

Nice post-mortem. People assembling things in factories are a bit careless these days.

[equattraction]

You have the ability to repair machines that is almost spooky. It is a shame that you can't make a fortune on TV like the guy who repairs work done on houses by other builders. Or maybe you could teach at the local technical college. But then, who would do the work at Iron Pony?

[centaurg]

Ouch. That's ugly when the connecting rod goes and begins bashing the engine internals--until something >really< breaks.