Jun 26, 2012 | Tooling
Just what goes into the design of a race car? For the many people who have had the pleasure of driving or watching a sports car or professional race car, its quite apparent that some talented minds were involved in the engineering of such a masterpiece. Nick Roberts...
Jun 5, 2012 | Tooling
Marc Pollack of Flix FX, Inc in North Hollywood, CA has been producing special effects/props for use in TV, commercials, movies, events and the music industry for the past 21 years. They’ve branched out to include a new patent pending process that will expand the...
May 30, 2012 | Tooling
The Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicle Team recently competed at the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) student Human Powered Vehicle Challenge West competition with their newest bike "Gemini", which was built using donated Precision Board Plus HDU. The event...
May 24, 2012 | Tooling
Here are some pictures from the Coastal Enterprises booth at a great SAMPE Baltimore 2012 show!
May 15, 2012 | Tooling
How do you design a champion Human Powered Vehicle? Jonathan Sanders, Fairing Engineer of the University of Missouri Human Powered Vehicle Team gave me the details of this years competition winning build. Background of the HPVC challenge: Designed to provide an...
May 9, 2012 | Tooling
The University of Maryland Terps Racing team recently unveiled their brand-new 2012 Formula SAE car. They are looking forward to an upcoming first race, which will be held in Ontario, Canada on May 24th, and is known as Formula North. Over 70 school teams out of 1200...
May 4, 2012 | Tooling
Aeronautical Engineering students at Purdue University were tasked with designing, assembling, and launching a rocket – with an egg inside! Mission success rides on the rocket achieving an altitude of exactly 1,000 ft. above ground level, deploying a parachute and...
Apr 25, 2012 | Tooling
This weekend on April 28th, the University of Maryland SAE team, Terps Racing, will be unveiling their car for the 2012 Formula SAE season. Formula SAE is a massive international student design competition that has been in place since 1979. The concept behind SAE is...
Apr 16, 2012 | Tooling
We discovered an excellent video recently about vacuum forming using household items. Using scrap wood and a shop vac, check out how easily vacuum forming can be done in your own house. Talk about a great potential science project!...
