“Not that easy, but just a boring hole.” Kevin Hayashi In the last Autodesk Inventor course, the subject of modifying the hole tables i...

“Organize your life around your dreams - and watch them come true.” Unknown Every time I train an Autodesk Inventor class, I mention th...

“Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together.” Pat Colander Now I've returned fr...

I don't mind sitting in the back row of an airliner.  Aircraft usually don't back into a crash. Jonathan Landeros This weeks t...

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker. Roger Daltrey In a few short days...

“Wisdom is a blessing only to those prepared to absorb it.” Anonymous  Sometimes lessons come from the most unexpected places. One of tho...

“There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.” François de la Rochefoucauld Th...

Yeah, it felt a little like that! Sometimes it pays to check the obvious!  Occasional "spring cleaning" of your CAD machine...

 Delay is preferable to error. Thomas Jefferson I'm afraid this is one of those weeks that I have to push my blog back a bit.  It was ...

“In one fell swoop they could make a pretty big dent.” Harry Schuhmacher This week I found myself working with Autodesk Inventor Publishe...

“It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitio...

Tricks of Me Trade, Boy-O.  Tricks of Me Trade! Jack Dalton in MacGyver (Jack of Lies) When working in an assembly, one of the tricky thi...

Typing the quote just doesn't have the same effect.  So let's hear it from Gene Wilder himself: For this weeks blog, I had a c...

Life is too short for traffic. Dan Bellack I've got to put this weeks post off a day or so.  I was fortunate enough to drive to Las V...

“He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself” James Matthew Barrie At long last, my next  (an...

“The truth should never die. It is our mission to keep the true history of 'our' side alive for our descendants.” Grady Howell An...

“He listens well who takes notes.” Dante Alighieri At long last.  Here's my next post for Autodesk Inventor Publisher . In the last...

“We learned a lot and lost a lot of sleep.” Mabel Smith I still haven't had a chance to come up for air!  :-)  It's been a hect...

This weekend was a busy weekend composed of my usual volunteer gig at Planes of Fame on Saturday, and taken technical test for the new 2012...

“A little help at the right time is better than a lot of help at the wrong time.” Proverb Last week's blog saw us explode an assembl...