Plate Brkt reinforcment

[Toolmaker51]

(paraphrased a bit)

This happens all the time. Not trying to take away from engineers, but too many times a final design is a product of what and engineer or architect can DRAW.

I loved hearing stories of things he worked on and problems he had to solve. So many times, engineering would send down a drawing that was so difficult to machine, but, easy to draw.

When making things, I always try to engineer first for sizes and locations of critical features, but once in the shop the design is more often than not changed due to material availability and machine capability.

The engineers and guys in the shop HAVE to work together. Neither position, is superior to the other.

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I can remember reading this decades ago.
The Designer's Poem (not mine, author unknown)

The designer sat at his drafting board A wealth of knowledge in his head was stored Like "What can be done on a radial drill Or a turret lathe or a vertical mill?”

But above all things a knack he had Of driving gentle machinists mad. So he mused as he thoughtfully scratched his bean "Just how can I make this thing hard to machine?

If I make this perfect body straight The job had ought to come out first rate But would be so easy to turn and bore.
That it would never make a machinist sore.

So I'll put a compound taper there. And a couple of angles to make them swear. And brass would work for this little gear.
But its too damned easy to work I fear.

So just to make the machinist squeal I'll make him mill it from tungsten steel.
And I'll put these holes that hold the cap Down underneath where they can't be tapped.

Now if they can make this it'll just be luck Cause it can't be held by dog or chuck And it can't be planed and it cant be ground.
So I feel my design is unusually sound.

And he shouted in glee, "Success at last! This dam thing can't even be cast.