1955 Alcoa 50,000 ton hydraulic press
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Oxy-acetylene cutting torch being used to cut roughly 300mm of steel. The click-through link is full of engineering porn from the William Doxford and Sons shipbuilding company.
An incredible video of the shuttle
Can we stop with the “engineers are forever alone” circlejerk that seems to be permeating the internet? It’s annoying as shit.
Why 3-D Printing Won’t Turn Your Home Into a Factory
You’ve probably heard that 3-D printing is going to save U.S. manufacturing. All those “makers” say it, even President Obama has chimed in of late. So it wasn’t too surprising at the recent SXSW gathering to see 3-D printers busy cranking out doodads under the big tops of television networks and tech companies. You stood in line for a taco, you watched a link of plastic parts slowly emerge from a nearby machine.
Back in the day, there were four Hughes Aircraft engineers who got together and wrote a rap song about their job. Their song is on Doctor Demento’s playlist. Hard Drive is also a two time winner on the New Gong Show.
Anyone can design a bridge that stands. It takes an engineer to design a bridge that barely stands.
Open-Sourcing Outer Space: 3-D Printing Meets Rocket Science
Sure, a 3-D printed car is cool, but it doesn’t go to space. And there’s probably a good reason for that, but now a competition is aiming to launch the newest manufacturing fad into the final frontier by challenging people to design 3-D printed rocket engines.
Posted March 14, 2013 at 3:01pm in open source space science engineering 3d printing rapid prototyping
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Autodesk Partners With MakerBot, But Really Wants to Make Its Own Hardware
Autodesk’s President and CEO sees the possibility of the powerhouse 3-D design software firm getting involved with hardware.
