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On my last post I was admiring the simplicity and elegance of an architectural drawing for the Star that sits on top of the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte, TX (about 20 miles East of Downtown Houston) This star was designed to it could be admired as a 5 point shape regardless of vieweing angle. I wanted to model it for myself in Autodesk Fusion 360, which turned to be tougher than I expected at first. After a couple of practice runs and changing modeling philosophy I was ab

Picture of the architectural drawing of the star that sits on top of the San Jacinto monument. I live south of Houston and everyday on my way to work I drive by the birthplace of Texas. There is a monument called the San Jacinto monument and on top of it sits a 45' tall star. For hours and days I have been admiring and studying this drawing. And I have now decided I must draw and model this for myself in 3D on my computer, and for that I have to decipher the coordinates for e

In 2009 doing some random google research I came across a quote "Facts not opinions". It completely took me down a rabbit hole to discover an incredible story that as an engineer really resonated with me. I've always held that some of the best engineers I've met, and my favorite whiskey are from Scotland. And here is proof. Sir David Kirkaldy does not only fall in the category of "best engineer", but is a true pioneer. We owe this guy so much, his contribution to engineer

OG Wobulator (TK-3) by Bently Nevada On my last post I wrote about why and how we use displacement probes or proximity probes to monitor...