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Designing with Autodesk

I wrote a little post over on the Autodesk site about the software we use and my thoughts on present & future of design and manufacturing. Love working with these guys!

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Visit to Haas Automation

Enjoyed touring Haas Automation today. We're local to each other and it was awesome to see American manufacturing at its finest.

Haas Automation
Yard of castings. One of the few outsources components.

Yard of castings. One of the few outsources components.

Pretty typical assembly factory layout.

I used to do robot end of arm tool design so it was cool to see automated manufacturing implemented.

Tool changer on the biggest mill I've ever seen.

Tool changer on the biggest mill I've ever seen.

The 5 axis that cut the Formula 1 car plugs.

The 5 axis that cut the Formula 1 car plugs.

Tool changer assemblies.

Making chips. This is the machine I came to look at. *hint hint*

Making chips. This is the machine I came to look at. *hint hint*

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Tech in Motion TIMMY Awards Booth

Our demo booth came alive last night at the TIMMY awards. Such a pleasure to work with the Tech in Motion girls and awesome to see whats going on in the LA startup scene. Check our booth video here.

The real booth.

The real booth.

The CAD booth.

The CAD booth.

Curt Chan from Autodesk on the photobomb.

Curt Chan from Autodesk on the photobomb.

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Another Throwback

It's been a week of meetings so far so in place of some fresh content, lets do a throwback to 2007/8. This was for a brushless quadcopter design I was developing way before the 'drone' market exploded. Might show some more of this in the future.

CNCing a mold.

CNCing a mold.

Thermoformed parts pulled from the plug.

Thermoformed parts pulled from the plug.

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Housekeeping

Having a 3D printer around can be very useful!

iPhone tripod mount.

iPhone tripod mount.

Headphone parts.

Headphone parts.

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Industry Experts

It was awesome to tour the new Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and learn about the future of manufacturing from industry expert Curt Chan of Autodesk.

It was awesome to tour the new Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and learn about the future of manufacturing from industry expert Curt Chan of Autodesk.

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Softgoods Concept

Some of our work is on the simpler side of things. Purse concept for BCBGMAXAZRIA.

Some of our work is on the simpler side of things. Purse concept for BCBGMAXAZRIA.

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