Recent content by drmar

I wouldn't use black oxide for sea spray applications. We used it on springs that were used indoors and still got corrosion. I have seen other black coatings, but VERY expensive.

I vote equally for Mark's and Lindeberg's books. I use them regularly.

I am trying to analyze the load needed to pull a wire rope through a multiple pulley assembly. There are a number of complicating factors (the pulleys are horizontal, not vertical, the wire rope weight cannot be neglected, there are frictional forces due to guides for the wire rope, etc.) but I...