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  1. Lumber Jim

    Bending device Calculate required forces

    It looks like you should do some research on press break tonnage calculations since that is basically what you are attempting to determine if a theoretical answer is necessary but just at a much smaller scale compare to what I'm used to seeing. Here are a few calculators to give you an idea for...
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    EIT Certifications

    @pgheng learned something new today. Thank you!
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    EIT Certifications

    The P.E. License is what you are aiming for if you are an EIT where passing the FE is one of the Prerequisites otherwise there isn't much point to the "title". EIT is not really a certification, just a milestone. If you pass the FE exam you get to call yourself an Engineer in Training (EIT) on...
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    Horse is to stable

    shed
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    Horse is to stable

    fishing
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    Horse is to stable

    trucks
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    New Member

    Pick the one you are most interested in that will result in something billable in a couple of years based on solving future client's problems. You might find that you don't need the others and can then focus on the independent contracting goal. In my experience, there is plenty of work to do in...
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    PDH Electrical Courses

    I'm checking out a NoonPi free webinar next week (not electrical) that I found via web search this past week. Their courses look decent for PDHs... and may be my cost effective yearly plan. We'll see... I've never tried a plan before but I now have more than one license to manage so I hope it...
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    New(ish) licensing process from NCEES

    This ^^^ Just Recently added a second P.E. License through the state board and NCEES and the NCEES process was painful but now it's done and should be easier to maintain. I was lucky enough to have plenty of qualifying years with P.E.s that I could contact yet but I had a situation where a...
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    Happy birthday lumber jim

    Apparently this is pretty late... 😏 Glad I found it though... Thank you!
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    Christmas / Seasonal Decorations

    Sure do... We have a walking path around a large pond near us that gets decorated with lights and displays. Popular and fun to visit. Sorry I don't have pictures...
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    Pe reference

    Tough sell on a forum for Professional Engineers... I think you need to begin working with Engineers that will vouch for you if you have not done so already...
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    Fellow Mechanical PE's That Took Machine Design & Materials, What Is Your Occupational Industry

    I recently started an engineering services business with mine. We mostly help manufacturing companies with product development and engineering work related to operations like tooling design, manufacturing processes, procedures, policy, maintenance, QC, FEA, improving communications through...
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    Horse is to stable

    Dent
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    Horse is to stable

    Time
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