The job of an engineer hasn’t changed in the 90 years since Machine Design first published. The role is still to improve the performance and lower the cost of problem-solving devices, as well as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oh! The allure of die cutting and embossing machines! Versatile and precise, these machines cut intricate designs with ease. Some ...

Closing the casting-to-machining divide reduces scrap, speeds production and lowers costs without compromising quality.

Stepper motors are great for projects that require accurate control of motion. 3D printers, CNC machines and plotters are often built using these useful devices. [InventorArtist] built a stepper-based ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. While Carol’s machine works slowly, it can be programmed to draw images using a complicated chain of plastic ...

Surely, if you’re reading this website you’ve teased the thought of building your own 3D printer. I certainly did. But from my years of repeated rebuilds of my homebrew laser cutter, I learned one ...

For all those who could never quite manage a straight line in Drawing 101, Saurabh Datta may have an answer. For his thesis at Copenhagen’s Institute of Interaction Design, Datta developed an odd ...