CNC Workholding: My Go-To Methods for Securing Material Workholding is one of the ultimate givens of CNC work: you absolutely must have a secure way to keep your material stationary while machining it. There are as many types and approaches to this as there are fish in the sea, and what works beautifully for one…
#learningmoment I did not expect some of the cuts on this project to blow out so badly. Most of the 3/4” sheets of Baltic birch in this 6 sheet job turned out great but at least 2 had MAJOR delamination and blowout. So what went wrong? When cutting MDF or more coarse plywood, you’re fine…
Students often mistake Artificial Intelligence for a “black box” design generator—a tool where you input a prompt and receive a rendered image of a building. However, for the contemporary architect, the true power of AI lies not in generating the image, but in facilitating the logic. As we move deeper into the decade, the most…
There’s no doubt that parametric design can be a powerful tool in the hands of architects and industrial designers. Its applications vary with design goals and the technical requirements of the project. Below are summaries of typical use cases for parametric design techniques and strategies for implementation. Each strategy includes a few very simple examples,…