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u/testmypatience · 9 pointsr/Entrepreneur

That's a tough question. Honestly a lot of engineers can't think uniquely enough because they don't know how all that stuff works. Most are book taught instead of hands on educated.

My father was an engineer and I loved taking things apart.

So if you want to learn some mechanical engineering I would do three things:

  1. Take things apart and attempt to put them back together. A great place to find things to take apart is 2nd hand stores such as Goodwill or Salvation Army. Possibly you see something sticking out of someones trash and you pick it up.

    WARNING: Do not poke around inside CRT TVs or monitors unless you want to die. Capacitors in large appliances will injure or kill you. Not even joking. Learn what a capacitor is before you take anything apart. Little capacitors can't do much but the larger ones can. Hell some little ones will scare the fuck out of you. Like the ones in disposable cameras. They will make you take a tinkle in your shorts.

  2. Read a lot of stuff on HowStuffWorks.com. It used to be better but it still has cool stuff on it. I would poke around using the search option. If you know what you want to see how it works, then type it in and go for it. Something like this.

    They also make a kickass book that is almost better than their website.

  3. Learn how to use a CAD program. Some of them have student versions. Or you could "find" one somewhere.

    Bonus: Check out /r/askscience and /r/machineporn and check out popular science then popular mechanics.

    Bonus 2: Physics and mechanical games.
u/OtisTheZombie · 3 pointsr/AskReddit

How Stuff Works

u/Slouching2Bethlehem · 2 pointsr/tipofmytongue

Love those books.

Depending on how old you are if you saw it growing up, it could have been [The Way Things Work] (https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473) or possibly the How Stuff Works [book itself] (https://www.amazon.com/How-Stuff-Works-Marshall-Brain/dp/0785824324/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491399864&sr=1-1&keywords=how+stuff+works)

u/jfb3 · 1 pointr/AskReddit

The book How Stuff Works (or a similar book).

u/freygrimrod · 1 pointr/explainlikeimfive

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