Does anyone know whether aviation incandescent light bulbs used for various cockpit lighting are special in any way? How precise do voltages need to be? How sensitive are they to ripple/noise/spikes/etc in the power supply?
The third post has a diagram of a side view of a gantry for a CNC Router and the forces upon it.
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/diy-cnc-router-table-machines/205766-cnc-cad-posts-3.html
Question is, the force arrows look wrong to me. Shouldn't the pivot point be point A in both directions of...
@DraftingMan thanks for the link but I prefer books and poking around first hand. I don't learn well in these kinds of settings. As they say - Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
@Belanger Acquring standards is definitely on my to do list. Unfortunately...
Hi,
I'm interested in learning GD&T and also Fits and Tolerances. What would be the best way for me to learn these two things short of going to uni? Books, online resources etc.
Do I need to learn one before the other or are these largely independent?
Hi,
Trying to figure out how to attach a wheel between two plates like this:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iYcAAOSwFe5XxwA~/s-l300.jpg
I don't want to use a bolt because the bolt and the nut would be adding width to the assembly - I'm trying to keep the whole construction as narrow as...
Ah very good points that I hadn't thought of Mike, thanks for that. Glad I asked the question.
Yep aware of redbird.
What do you mean by 1-peek is worth a thousand guesses?
Hi,
I'm building a recreational flight simulator. I'm no professional engineer and need some help with designing a base. Maybe one day, I'll put the simulator onto a 6dof motion platform so I would like to design the base with that in mind. How would you go about talking this task? How do I...
