Recent content by pfengineer

Hi folks, My company has been having problems with our heat-treater. When we send them small parts (.3"-.4" diameter, .1" tall cylinders), they have been coming back with severe damage. We had thought they were just tossing them in and not worrying whether larger parts bumped...

Oops. Not handling of materials, metal engineering. Sorry! :-)

Hi folks, Not sure if this is the correct forum, but the question's related to handling of materials, so here goes: My company has been having problems with our heat-treater. When we send them small parts (.3"-.4" diameter, .1" tall cylinders), they have been coming back with...

Hi folks, Not sure if this is the correct forum, but the question's related to handling of materials, so here goes: My company has been having problems with our heat-treater. When we send them small parts (.3"-.4" diameter, .1" tall cylinders), they have been coming back with...

Hi Steve, Sorry for not responding sooner but as usual I've been busy :-) I tried to send you a message (and the CAD file) to steveasmith@yahoo.com, but I'm getting an invalid address response. Any ideas? Thanks again for the ideas, Erica Pfister

I'm a MechE, so this isn't my usual forum; really simple answers would be appreciated :-0 My company has designed a very simple circuit board (essentially nine resistor holes with traces between) and we need it fabricated. Unfortunately the best-priced company only accepts Gerber files, and we...

Exactly what we needed!!! Thanks SO much for the help! :-)

Hello, My company is investigating a part made from "ETG 100, a free cutting steel". We have tried to look up its material properties, but can't find the specs for it anywhere. The best clue that we have is that it might be a European name (the manufacturer is German), and any...

I would be interested as well; my company recently merged with another. We used to use Cadkey, they use AutoCAD, and so trying to exchange drawings can be a nightmare. To date, we've been exporting Cadkey drawings as DWG or DXF files which AutoCAD can open fairly easily. As for the reverse...

I am relatively new to using AutoCAD, and have come across a couple things that I can't find in the user's guide and have me stumped. Main question for today: how do I make screw threads? I've assumed that it needs do some sort of revolving and extruding at the same time but I am completely at a...