July 2010

using diamond pins for locating

When two parts need to be precisely aligned.  It’s tough to beat a two pins.  One goes into a hole (that fixes X + Y translation), and the other goes into a slot (that fixes rotation). It works great, but it’s always seemed a little sloppy to me. Then I was turned on to diamond [...]

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UL + sustainability = the future?

Earlier this week I made my way up VC Hill to attend MassMEDIC’s Envirofoum. The two presenters, Robert B. Pojasek of Capaccio Engineering and Kevin Johnson of Siemens did a fantastic job, but one of the topics perked my ears up a little more than the rest: the recent rise of UL Environment. what is UL [...]

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video: curvature continuity 101

Courtesy of Adam O’Hern, the CAD Junkie. Be sure to check out the rest of his amazing tutorials here

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