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Thursday, August 30, 2012

How to Draw your Depth Gauge

This last drawing was one out of a new textbook, Mechanical Drawing: Board and CAD Techniques. It was a 4-part drawing of a depth gauge, including a base, a knurled screw, a depth rod, and a handle. It was a pretty easy drawing, but I did get to learn some new things in inventor while drawing it. Below are drawings of the depth gauge:


Monday, August 27, 2012

The Weldment Unit

This first unit in Technical Manufacturing was a fun and semi-easy one. I'm two weeks into school and I know all about weldments now. I drew several weldment drawings and added weldment symbols to them, as well as the standard dimensions. This unit also took me back to AutoCAD, which I hadn't used in about a year. Some of my assignments are pictured below: