@jimdetry9420
I got my PhD in EE from U of I 40 years ago, so I doubt you were around back then, but your videos give me good feelings about having gone there.
@justtinkering6713
Thank you for the review. Being a Fire controlman in the navy in 1966, I used to heat up my submarine sandwiches with the 50,000 watt Fire Control radar. We also used to test to see if the radar was emitting by waving our hand in front of the parabolic dish. If it got warm , it was working. Just a quick check . Thanks for the video, it brought back memories.
@dragons8347
One thing i would really love to see is a series where he collabs with a Physicist he informs us of how the object works its inspiration and the physicist tells us why it works like that. As someone who really likes to know both sides it would be a dream come true
@peterjensen6844
I absolutely LOVE the way the tolerance problem was solved by thinking so outside the box.
@Tomary
But when the world needed him most, he returned.
@GoatBarn
Early 70's, home from school on a sick day, watching the Price Is Right, and the late Johnny Olson touting emphatically on a Show Case presentation, "...and this beautiful Amana Radarrange! with its modern cooking capabilities..." will forever be stuck in my head for some strange reason...
@xjohnson42
Beautifully and carefully written/produced. This is the quality of content which will stand for years. Hello ppl from 2060
@jimurrata6785
These four new episodes have been great! I really appreciate your featuring the positives rather than the failure analysis we get from most engineering-centric sources. Hoping for more in the future.
@PilotMikeR
As a retired engineer myself (and both my son’s are engineers), thank you for this series. You do wonders to explain what engineering is! Well done!! 🎉
@stephendoyle3352
Bill it is so good to have you back. I think the work and effort you put in is amazing and I for one am TRULY grateful for all these new episodes and not forgetting all your previous works. All the best from Steve in the UK
@emilywilcock4039
On another note, and at the risk of being melodramatic, I just subscribed to this channel and have only seen 3 videos yet. And my mind is kind of blown right now. I had considered engineering in my college years but thought it to be an exact science! I thought it would be too challenging for me and not quite fitting with my natural tendencies. But now I see that I use that engineering mind a lot in my life to solve problems and implement solutions. I just didn’t have any role models to show me and guide me to see that I just might have the mind for it. And I didn’t have the confidence in myself to find out for myself. This makes me sad for missed opportunities. But moreso excited! I still have plenty of life left and plenty to learn. This makes me feel like I actually do have something I’m capable of contributing. Thank you for breaking an old, outdated belief! *edited for clarity
@CatFish107
Little bit of positive meta feedback here: I very much appreciate the soft spoken, lower paced delivery. Thank you for the mellow learning experience.
@three-card-dead
Idk if you read these comments but the people of the internet love you and want learn more from you. We're listening
@user60521123
Welcome back, Engineer Guy! I’m so glad this channel is producing videos again. The content is so fascinating. .0001 is a heck of a tolerance, and machining the magnetron from solid copper would’ve have not only taken a week per unit but wasted material. Microwaves would have never become affordable. Not to mention needed a plumber just to install in a kitchen.
@nerdycus6935
It's nice to have a living, breathing example of 'What an Engineer Means by Best' doing the narration for the video.
@SquigglesZero
I am a professional design engineer, 9 years in the business. When watching these videos I regularly find myself nodding an smiling. Really good content! And I especially love the message, that even people decades in the field forget, that it doesn't need to be perfect, but good enough.
@jackielinde7568
Speaking of Magnetrons, I have some fun memories of playing with magnets from some. My father's a retired USAF radar maintenance tech. He would occasionally bring home a dead Magnetron and strip the twin horseshoe magnets from it. Those suckers were strong, and if you weren't careful, would do a number on any fleshy parts that got caught in the way. Never thought to disassemble the inside of the magnetron itself to see what it looked like. Sadly, that's a missed opportunity that won't come again.
@danilooliveira6580
you just said something I always thought, people like mythical stories about inventions and inventors, and sometimes even get angry when they read the real story because "it ends the magic". but it doesn't make sense to me, the details are the most amazing part of history, there is so much magic in reality when you try to dive deep into it. why would anyone prefer some mythical story ?
@prattomatic
I graduated in 1999 with a CompE undergrad degree from UIUC, and I absolutely adore every one of these videos. Thank you so much.
@kelalia