Mythical animals might save your day.

I got a chuckle out of this one last night while working on a client's product. I find this hilarious in 2 ways.  The first thing to note is ways in which humans cope with failure, by deflecting the feeling in a number of ways.  The second is the method which I chose to use.

What started out as a 4-legged product turned into a cute dino.

Sketching is fun, at times it can take a lot of concentration to pry one's mind off of reality and be able to fluently express one's ideas on paper.  At times one can become tunnel-minded with the drawing at hand, which can lead to some grotesque drawings or drawings which are simply not drawn right, yet are finished.  Such finished drawings are frowned upon.. as an artist one must be able to realize when the drawing goes from being 'Work in Progress' to complete and utter "Garbage".  The line is fine, is not set in stone and if you are using pencil, this line is flexible.

CRJ-100 Engineering Model

CRJeezy is in tha hizzouze...

8 Observations about No-Shave November

I'm putting too much effort into this not to make a post about it.  And the truth of the matter is that at this point this is more a personal challenge than anything else.  I have made it through No Fap February so I should have no problem with No Shave November right?


I want to admit to the fact that I started a week early on October 20th, so I had a head start.  Oh well not single fuck is given.  Anywho, it's the 15th so without further ado here's a pictorial update.

Received my BOTMILL sample chip

So here it is, the Botmill chip they were giving away a few weeks ago.  The accompanying letter states it was printed on the fastest settings.

Factory Tour of Churchill Corporation

TIME TO LEARN!!!  Videos and pictures from a factory visitation I made in 2009 to Churchill Corp in Boston, MA.  Aside from the KIA RONDO they gave me, it was a pretty fun trip.  It was cold as hell and the touchscreen on my smartphone did not work when i had 2 pairs of gloves on....


I uploaded them a long time ago to a dedicated Youtube channel and pretty much forgot about them until the other day when I was reviewing my Goog portfolio.  As expected, the videos do a lot of explaining and you will also hear the Lead Engineer explaining certain things about the processes.  On this blog post I will point out the not so obvious things.


Let's start out with the Glorious Finn-Power 3 Ton CNC Press executing a routine for an aircraft equipment tray.  Here it is running at 100%.

One of my favorite websites

This site sits bookmarked right next to Wolfie.

There she goes...

Finally got over myself and uploaded the Coupe up to GrabCad.  I know, took me long enough but finally I decided to Let Go, and Let GrabCad come up with some new renderings... Or maybe I will see a bastardized version of my coupe in the future who knows!

Keeping your Station Clean

Today I will talk a bit about regular upkeep procedures for maintaining a clean Workstation.

Some of the benefits of maintaining a tidy system are the following:
-Faster Startup times
-Less lag during high loads
-Faster Overall performance

MM-3 Grain Mill by Monster Brewing Hardware

These Made in The USA mill grinders are made of high quality materials and used by brewers to crush grain.


More specs on their page.

The Mighty Phiculator

What's that a calculator?


No it's a Phiculator.


Phiculator??


Yeah, as in Phi, 1.618, Fibonacci, The Golden Mean, The Golden Rule... yadda yadda yadda


*draws blank*

RAM-101 by National Products, Inc.

Nifty RAM arms for everyone.

RAM-101MU has a metal knob

Mechanical Motions

So tonight I started working on a new project.  Anyways, started out doing some research into the motions that the product will need and so far looks like I have found all of them.


The first two are alternatives for the same motion.  My design will probably use something closer to C8.

My 3DCC Aerospace Library

This is a short blog post to point out a medium-sized parts repository I populated during my time in the Aerospace field.  Most of the parts are Hardware for Mechanical Installations and are located over on the 3D Content Central website.


A lot of the hardware is purpose-built using MIL Specs as reference.  In some cases, the actual hardware was measured and reverse engineered into the 3D model.

Subwoofer Enclosure: TL Monster

The TL Monster is taking over your radio.  Here's one of my "what if" creations.

Popped my GrabCad cherry this week

I registered for the site a few months ago when it first opened up.  I threw up my company profile (along with a proper W gang sign) and pretty much forgot about it.   The site was just starting out and I probably should have also uploaded some work up there.  I have no solid excuse but like all things in life, the timing just wasn't right.

my humble profile as of today

4G Nano Car Jacket by Zsolti Szabo

Here's a concept for the 4G iPod Nano designed by the Industrial Designer formerly known as Rob Szabo.  Basic shape by the Zsolto and final tweaks by moi.   This one is from 2009, it lays in the 'short lived hopes and dreams' bin.

Building a Simple Car with Surfaces in SolidWorks Youtube Video

This is my second Car Video on Youtube.

767 Aircraft in SolidWorks 2011

I'm gonna get flamed really good for this one.  An awful model with exaggerated features such as missiles, external fuel tanks and gunner pods...  and horrible music to tie it all in together.  This isn't gonna end up good.

Check out the video after the break.

Unofficial Renderings of Production-Spec BC Case by AWT Case Co.

Rims, Rims and More Rims...

In this blog post we will look at a couple of rims I have modeled over the years.  Now keep in mind these rims are purely cosmetical.  They are 'quick and dirty' renditions of whatever pattern I had in my head at the time. Usually modeled during down time at work, or while trying to kill a few hours, who knows...


Obviously these rims are not compliant with Tire and Rim Yearbook specs so you have been forewarned, this is all for show.

5 Spoke Chrome with Split Fingers.

More images after the break.

Building a Toy Car in SolidWorks 2010 Youtube Video

According to my favorite computational engine, it been a little over 8 months since I posted this video on my youtube channel.  It is my first solidworks-related video and as you can see, I chose a minimalist route both work wise and video wise.

I will go ahead and call myself a Bum for being so lazy and just making an extrude for the body.  I received a bit of criticism regarding that bit by a few so for my next car video I made some upgrades.  We will talk about those at a later time but for now let's see this toy concept after the break.

Akira-Inspired 3 Wheeled Motorcycle Concept

Sometimes a movie comes along that really affects the way we think.  This movie may not come in the form of a flashy and expensive action flick but in this case came in the form of a cult classic from the 80's.  Ironically, Akira was a movie with a relatively humongous budget in comparison to similar movies of its time.  So while the movie was in fact 'expensive' it came across a vast ocean, and across an entire continent before it was played on my humble abode's VCR. 

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