I’m really excited about a great new resource available to all those engineers, scientists, students, and enthusiasts out there that perhaps never got exposed to CNC machining while in their college years (like yours truly) and/or that wish to learn the basics on how to program and operate a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine.  It is a book  -actually  it’s a complete course w...

My family adopted a puppy a couple of months ago. He’s a sweet and easy going dog, but given that he’s supposed to be an indoor dog, it was quickly obvious that he would benefit from some training, and so would my carpets and the rest of the family. I’ve had many dogs in the past, but I’ve never actually trained any dog before.  So we decided to take one of those puppy training classes at...

It may just be that I’m running a fever as I write this, I’ve been as sick as a dog all this week, but I can’t help feeling this way.  Can I pour my heart out to a listening ear out there on this vast cyber universe?  Well, it’s like this. My own copy of the newest SolidWorks book I had been (un) patiently waiting for so long finally got here just a few days ago. It is, indeed, a great b...

Back in January, when I started blogging about my learning journey as a SolidWorks apprentice, I had no idea of all the different roads that I would be travelling in hopes to arrive to my destination and ultimate goal of learning and becoming proficient with this software. I have tried so many different ways so far that I almost lost count! I started with the tutorials that come with the student e...

I just thought I should mention the awesome treatment I received from SDC (Schroff Development Corporation) not so long ago, as an example of what I’m talking about in my previous post. Schroff Development Corporation publishes a great variety of tittles on CAD, CAM, FEA and Engineering Graphics.  They have plenty of tittles on SolidWorks and COSMOS, commonly used as textbooks in school. They a...