I was recently interviewed on the Engineering Career Coach Podcast I reached out to Anthony Fasano (who runs the podcast) on some advice on how I should grow my business and he gave me some great advice. Take a listen and don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review for my podcast as well
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Here is a short video I made for other Solidworks users on how to create a complex part using the loft command
A fun recent project we have done is to create a miniature Mass Spectrometer. (A Mass Spectrometer is a rather large device that separates isotopes, molecules, and molecular fragments according to mass) This client wanted to create a miniature Mass Spectrometer as a retirement gift for a friend who worked as a scientist for many…
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My answer to If I wanted somebody to do a 3D modeling of a concept art, could I do it? Answer by Scott Tarcy: Hi Korey I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “concept art” but here is an example of a 3D Model and 3D print that I did for an artist. 3D…
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I recently received a Calcutta Tumbler as a gift (it is basically the same thing as a Yeti Tumbler, which more people seem to be familiar with). The cup works great on keeping your drinks cold, but I found one major flaw: there is a hole in the lid where water can splash out. I…
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My answer to What’s the best way to build prototypes for sunglasses? Answer by Scott Tarcy: What’s the best way to build prototypes for sunglasses? Examples or guides would be awesome. I’m particularly interested in how lenses are made. I imagine the first step could be cutting out films to glue over them, but how…
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My answer to What is the best way to design metal & steel doors and frames using CAD? Answer by Scott Tarcy: I utilize Solidworks so I will explain my answer using features in Solidworks. First, you should understand how doors and frame are made in real life. For example, if you are talking about…
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Recently I have done some work for a small company in Charlotte that makes fiberglass splints. These parts are used to help stabilize an injury, like a broken hand. Currently, they use a stamp tool to the cut the fiberglass pad. See Figure 1 for an image of what this looks like. This is an…
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Very exciting news this week. Tomorrow (6/30/2016) our founder and CEO, Scott Tarcy, will be featured on the Side Hustle show podcast. The Side Hustle Show is a podcast for people who start side hustles (side jobs) while working their 9-5. The show has many guests who have started their own business while working full…
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There are many ways. First off, are you in a Mechanical Engineering program in college? If so, there are many groups and activities you can get involved in. I went to Virginia Tech from 2002-2007 and I had options like Formula SAE (http://students.sae.org/cds/form… which is a project to develop a small Formula-style race car. Here…
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