I’m here at the Bespoked Bristol Bike Show, in um, Bristol! What a buzz! the characters on show, the bikes on show, the technology on show; it’s full to the brim and everybody’s loving it! I’ve been impressed with how forthcoming people are to talk, to chin wag about bikes and about the artisan nature … Continue reading »
We’ve recently been experimenting with the 123D design, make and create apps/programs from Autodesk ( http://www.123dapp.com/ ) . These are seriously great for prototyping and for photogrammetry (capturing 3D geometry from a range of photographs of an object). Here’s an image of Evan Mackrill’s hockey sticks that have been prototyped using the Make app which … Continue reading »
Here are some links to various finishing techniques for ABS 3D printed models, as would be typical using our Stratasys Fortus machine. Some really neat finishes here, be careful with using acetone though, for anyone considering this make sure you consider the health and safety issues here, and in particular make sure you do it … Continue reading »
This lab bite covers the basics of ZPrint and ZEdit 3DPrinting software used to make objects on the Zcorp 510 (and other) 3D printers. This is a useful piece of software for some basic checks and calculations, and any finishing touches that need to be made. Checking the layers to be printed, checking for access holes, … Continue reading »
Here are a series of videos relating to 3D printing. This first video lecture by Lisa Harouni is about the technology itself. It’s a couple of years old now, but it’s still a very insightful overview of what 3D printing (the new name for rapid prototyping) can do, what materials it can make use of … Continue reading »
I’ve been doing quite a lot of bike related projects lately. I’ve managed to build my own frame: a 51cm classic, full fleur-de-lis lugged steel audax steed made from lovely columbus spirit tubing (made from Niobium which is not the ultimate extremo quality tubing, but still great performance none the less with a UTS somewhere … Continue reading »
Yesterday I took a group of our engineering students out to the Dando Drilling factory in Ford. We were well received by the MD Martin, the Operations Director Erik, the Design team manager Pete and the Chief Engineering Designer Tim. Many thanks to all for being such great hosts, and for the demo on the … Continue reading »
