Icosahedrons?

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Design

I didn’t think I’d missed a simplification of my design but I had a quick check. Icosahedrons don’t work since they use two different triangles, 8 equilateral and 12 isosceles. I could of course change designs but then I have more chance of being...

Interesting link

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Other sims

I found a video that displays a very similar idea to the Feel Three, albeit not fully realised. Seems they came up with the idea in 2009 but doesn’t look like they followed it though. Their use of air to lift the platform, like playing air hockey, is quite nice...

The Alibaba dance

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Design

So I opened a new ‘buying request’ on Alibaba. I haven’t bought anything from them but I have used the site to get quotes before. It’s kind of a nightmare to figure out to be honest :p You post details of what you want made and then people send...

Drawing

by | Jul 15, 2014 | Design

Engineering firms need technical drawings to work from so I’ve started messing with them in Inventor. Makes it pretty easy to just transfer over from 3D to 2D.