He also got a peek at the NASA engine shop, shuttle landing facility and control tower, vehicle assembly building, and mobile launch platforms, as well as several other difficult-to-remember locales.

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At first glace, we might think that Woods is no longer the top dog at Nike Golf, as Ed Kiernan, president of sports marketing agency Engine Shop, told FORBES SportsMoney guru Kurt Badenhausen.

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United mechanics who inspected the engine found that two shop towels had been used to cover openings in the oil sump area, instead of protective caps.

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The repair shop put an engine on a test bed, attached sensors, hooked it to computers, and tried every possible combination of gas and air.

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These upstart, independent engine companies range from ventures backed by Silicon Valley venture-capital funds to a bootstrap shop run as a hobby by the owner of an aircraft-engine machining company.

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Similarly slim as against chunky figurines, building a pet grooming shop as opposed to a steam engine and so on.

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Sculpteo prides itself on its 3 D printing Cloud engine which lets shops and designers embed 3D printing options into their online shop, they call it a factory in the cloud.

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Once the fiberglass hull arrives in the Foley, Alabama, shop, Caribiana's craftsmen customize the details: cushion fabrics, engine type, rails, ropes, fishing-rod and cup holders, picnic tables, Bimini tops, bronze hardware, and of course all the hand-finished teak you can handle in the floorboards, rub rail, steering pedestal, and helm seat.

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