The job of a mechanical engineer is problem solving - whether it's figuring-out how many gears you need to make a certain piece rotate within specified material tolerances without breaking or doing product simulation - the puzzles just keep on...
3D printing is great fun because of the freedom to create your very own products exactly the way YOU want it to be - this is also true for CNC routers and lasers of course - but there is something...
Tim is the president and head of product development for Just Right Products, a company that prides itself in "Made in the USA" innovations and product lines. He has four registered patents and two more on the way and is...
It has been a while since I designed a simple bird house here on CNCKing.com so it's fun to redesign things with the knowledge I've gained over the past few years to see if the results are better. Here is...
If you do any amount of CNC plasma, routing, waterjet or even laser cutting - you want to get automatic nesting software to greatly reduce the amount of scrap you produce while at the same time, cutting efficiently as time...
It took about two weeks to get to this point, now it's time to make the cutting files and tool pathing based off the model I created here on CNCKing.com. My wood is 6.5 mm and not 6 mm, I'll...
... he spends a few weeks designing a 10 x full-sheet (2440 x 1220 mm) project and then the next two weeks cutting and building it! It's Wooden Wheels and I learned so much from this project - happy it's...
Paul is the founder of FastCap that started when he invented a very easy to use and incredibly effective "peel and cap" system which has since grown into a multimillion dollar business that's now about to move into a new...
We are now in the home stretch of finalizing this massive Wooden Big Wheels Tricycle on CNCKing.com! I've now modified the seat so it fits perfectly within the new parameters I've established and got rid of the raised sides so...
I received an amazing e-mail from Ken, president of ShapeMaster, a few weeks back and after finding out a bit more about his company, asked if he'd like to share some of his knowledge and he agreed! You can visit...