THD, Inc, of Winona, MN made this sign for the Dahl Automotive Museum in LaCrosse, WI. The letters are all made out of Precision Board Plus and were drawn by Tim Russell, who designed them to be truly prismatic (The center height of the letters remains static but the angle changes depending on the width …
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How do you design a champion Human Powered Vehicle? Jonathan Sanders, Fairing Engineer of the University of Missouri Human Powered Vehicle Team gave me the details of this years competition winning build. Background of the HPVC challenge: Designed to provide an opportunity for students to gain valuable design team experience, the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge …
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The University of Maryland Terps Racing team recently unveiled their brand-new 2012 Formula SAE car. They are looking forward to an upcoming first race, which will be held in Ontario, Canada on May 24th, and is known as Formula North. Over 70 school teams out of 1200 worldwide will be competing, and University of Maryland …
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Aeronautical Engineering students at Purdue University were tasked with designing, assembling, and launching a rocket – with an egg inside! Mission success rides on the rocket achieving an altitude of exactly 1,000 ft. above ground level, deploying a parachute and hopefully landing with an intact egg. Will the egg survive? The project was codenamed Sputnik …
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Why are HDU signs more popular than wood signs? Wooden signs often fall victim to moisture intrusion, which will then cause the sign to swell and the paint to crack. A wooden sign requires much more maintenance, commonly requiring yearly repainting to keep it looking fresh. HDU is also much more readily available, and being …
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The US Navy is developing a new class of guided missile destroyers known as Zumwalt. Designed as a multi-role ship, the main focus will be on land attack. State-of-the-art stealth technology is incorporated into the design, which will result in the radar signature being similar to a fishing boat, despite being over 40% larger than …
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This weekend on April 28th, the University of Maryland SAE team, Terps Racing, will be unveiling their car for the 2012 Formula SAE season. Formula SAE is a massive international student design competition that has been in place since 1979. The concept behind SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team …
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Rob Estes, of Brushstroke Signs in Paducah KY, wants everyone to know that hand carving is still alive! Rob has been making signs since 1985 and has always been an avid hand carver and hand painter. He’s been using Precision Board Plus for years for his dimensional signs and does not own a CNC, and …
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SpaceX and NASA announced that they will be launching the Dragon Space Capsule on April 30th to the International Space Station. You may remember our previous blog: SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule – 360˚ View, which includes a 360˚ interior view of the spacecraft. The mission is designed as a comprehensive evaluation as one of the final …
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We discovered an excellent video recently about vacuum forming using household items. Using scrap wood and a shop vac, check out how easily vacuum forming can be done in your own house. Talk about a great potential science project! Vacuum forming is a variation of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic is heated to a …
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