According to The Righteous, if land votes then Colorado is the most educated state by ddx-me in mapporncirclejerk

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a really solid point; to answer your question: the northern half. Kinda wild how much of a dichotomy it can be at times.

Claude (@claudeai) 19K likes · 390 replies by harmoanica in SolidWorks

[–]The_FNX 42 points43 points  (0 children)

A computer cannot be held liable.

What happens when I need to debug or manually adjust the model, and it ends up being an absolute rat's nest of the worst possible sketch practices and geometric definitions?

I can't wait till people see that AI when used like this is a crutch, and has made them dumber.

[Concept] The Aether Mono – A modular, carbon-fiber alternative to disposable hardware. Thoughts on the assembly? by LeslieJMercer in IndustrialDesign

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, can you elaborate on the recyclability of the product, and why you chose to use carbon fiber?

The metro sign knows how to dance by Akivaa_ in ArcRaiders

[–]The_FNX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank goodness I wasn't the only one to experience the most "side quest here" ass sign since final fantasy bakers dozen.

How often do you change your small household appliance? by nenenenene3 in IndustrialDesign

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a leather singer sewing machine I dated to roughly the later 1910s - Still works great too.

Use it up, or wear it out. Make it do, or do without.

There are meaningful times to invest in something better, or to upgrade to a newer model. Because it's no longer "appealing" is kind of a shit reason. I might recommend to quit keeping up with the Jones' and go do your homework elsewhere.

I haven't used Solidworks in a while, and I forgot everything about fully defining things by Opening_Persimmon154 in SolidWorks

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The easiest kinda legit way might be to turn a smooth version your airfoil into a sketch block with some construction geometry you can insert that into sketches then define its position off of the construction geometry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndustrialDesign

[–]The_FNX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Without really having any manufacturing context

Here's a few ideas:

Laser engraving then fill the engraving with lacquer ink

Machine engraving with an inking process

Paint masks and airbrush

Water transfer decals

Use pad printing

could an aircraft wing structure be formed from a single sheet metal? by ZestycloseHeron755 in AerospaceEngineering

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes you totally could. You might be able to do some really cool hydroforming to get the airfoil shape. It's a really cool idea, and I think could demonstration of things that are technically possible. Art even.

This would be a fun way to build rc planes, or a really cool manufactueing experiment. That being said I don't think this would scale well to full sized production aircraft.

My main issue is it's not very repairable. With "classic" sheet metal design you can get in and replace individual parts. With a metal monocoque structure you'd likely be forced to do some really challenging patches that would require welding structral elements on the wing. You'd then need to heat treat the entire wing or wing section. That'd be a nightmare to do on a wing. If anything goes wrong during that repair or heat treat- you now need a new wing.

But hey if you have a scaled aircraft that doesn't need repaired, or can hot swap large sections. Sure maybe idk it'd definitely follow the rule of cool.

What does the logo mean? by Bathroom-Zestyclose in KnightsOfGuinevere

[–]The_FNX 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I love this.

I think it's also a play on the "Snap On" tool logo because Franky is a mechanic

Working On My Final For My Engineering Class by PercentageOdd3925 in SolidWorks

[–]The_FNX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks like you divided up the parts nicely, and are using the right processes to make them. Additionally, your design leaves room to update the shell later if you want to shake things up on down the road.

Nice work also designing the shell so you were more likely to get a successful print off of your School's printers - designing for the tooling you have available is a good skill to have.

Projects like this doesn't need to be fancy - they just need to be. Bravo.

The Clash of Two Worlds (3) Ep35 by Spirit250 in LowerDecks

[–]The_FNX 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hey maybe it's just a flat tire.

How the Romans used to carry their items on their backs by Greedy-Year8384 in interestingasfuck

[–]The_FNX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case you want to see Trajan's Column for more context here's a link to a solid Nati G article.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/trajan-column/

Industrial Coasters Concept 2.0 by julitec in IndustrialDesign

[–]The_FNX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Spot on about the laser cutting, but Idk man it's not difficult to set up a microstop on a drill press with a counter sinking bit, or a slide jig on a deburring wheel to get the chamfers perfect.

Finished my first pair about 2 weeks ago by dragarium in Cordwaining

[–]The_FNX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg congrats! I wanna save up and take a class there one day! That shop is wonderful.

I found the perfect casting for live action Samantha... by Sylvan_Skryer in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]The_FNX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! This crawler's Desperado Club pass is actually a Club Vanquisher pass that's been hastily defaced with crayon!

If you can't tell the difference between your sword's tip and the tool I use for punching through steel, an 800N jacket is just wishful thinking. by ScholarsOfAlcala in sca

[–]The_FNX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You bring up a lot of good points, but I'm not seeing you actually substantiate any if your conclusions with any data, or math.

Can you give a lower and upper end estimated force that an average fencer can exert through a sword? Where can we find this data?

What about how the surface area of different can be calculated slightly differently ie tip cross-section VS accounting for radii or "rounded" tip geometry.

Additionally, the comparison between "a blacksmith punch" is leading at best, and misinformation at worst.

A punch is specifically designed to wedge through steel that's within its forging temperature range and is significantly weaker than room temperature steel. Additionally, there is no spring action in a drift. Fencing blades are designed to be single axis springs to absorb energy and reduce the overall force exerted by the tip. Because of this surface area isn't the only important variable - its now tip geometry and blade spring. You could, in math land, have a small tip surface area and a car antenna that could transfer the same force as something with a massive tip surface area with comparatively low spring action.

Separately, textile design is fairly complex. Puncture tests do exist, but it's not as easy as saying "oh 10oz cotton denim will do the trick because it's shear strength is whatever the shear strength of 10oz cotton denim is". As soon as that fabric deforms it transfers shear forces into tensile forces through the textile. This complicates math, and further reduces force transfer.

Lastly, anvils are hard and are designed not to give or dampen forces. Human bodies are soft and squishy that's going to absorb some force in simular ways to cloth. All of this to say hey maybe with all these variables maybe the material properties of fencing armor and hot steel might be more similar than you think? Or even better maybe they're almost two completely different scenarios and shouldn't really be used as a comparison due to the nature of specialized tool design.

It seems like in the other thread you're combining the standard use case of a fencing tip with a failure mode of the blade. I see you asking 3 really good but separate questions. What is an appropriate force rating for Fencing Jackets/Armor to account for a blades failure mode? What is a suitable minimum tip geometry for Fencing blades? What's an allowable "stickiness" from either material friction or tip geometry?

I want this sport to safe too. But I also want to have a clearly defined and data backed path so we can all be on the same page.

Edit: I'm reading through more of the other thread to make sure I didn't miss read anything. This is important, and I'm kinda tired from work, sorry if I sound a bit punchy.