Best boss I ever had was my Dad, for a whole lot of reasons. Second best wasn't really my boss, but the owner of a small screw machine shop where I worked one summer when I was In college. He was well into his 80's, and an old time practical machinist. I worked second shift as a production operator, and Joe would come over about three nights a week and pull me off the job, take me off in a corner, and show me how to sharpen a drill, or tap, or a lathe tool. All by hand, no gages, no templates, just by eye. Absolutely drove my foreman nuts, he had to get production out and I was off messing around with Joe--but he couldn't do anything about it. What I learned from Joe went far beyond the mechanics of what he showed me. He saw something in me that he wanted to teach his craft to. I have passed on what I learned many times. I never sharpen a drill without thinking about him and the confidence he had in me all those years ago.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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