Whether you have an idea for a new product and are looking for people to help you with the design or manufacture it is important to make sure you protect your intellectual property. If you chat to ANYONE about your Read more…
For those lucky enough to get a 3D printer for Christmas, here are a few hints and tips to allow you to get the most from your new equipment. There is a very steep learning curve to owning a 3D Read more…
In some cases the most appropriate way to protect a design is to apply for Registered Design Rights. This is much more cost effective than a patent and only takes a few weeks. However while registered design rights offers protection Read more…
Nature is a great source of inspiration for product design. As is using existing product images to re-create geometry. The problem is that although there are billions of photos in the world, they don’t often come with a scale bar Read more…
Conditional formatting allows you to format an excel cell, or cells, in a particular way depending on the data contained in the cell. For example, a quick glance of the simple spreadsheet below does not make it obvious which clients Read more…
See warning and disclaimer at the bottom of the page!! Correctly positioning the cutting point of your turning tool in relationship to the centreline of your lathe is critical to a number of things, but most notibaly… Tool life Surface finish (also affected Read more…
I have been learning some basic HTML code to improve the quality of some of the websites I manage and thought posting what I have learnt would be a useful resource for others who are getting into the world of Read more…
Please see the warning and disclaimer at the bottom of the page!! Just about every engineer who has ever used a centre lathe has at some point had the misfortune of uncontrollable chatter. There are many causes, and a good Read more…
Imagine you’re writing a report or a letter to a friend, and you are telling them it’s really cold outside and write… “The 25mm diameter thermostat reads 3 degrees centigrade and it has an accuracy of plus or minus 1 Read more…
White Horse CAD would like to wish all of our clients and contacts a very happy Christmas and a prosperous 2019. 2018 has been quite a year. New clients aside, the biggest event for me was successfully completing our first Read more…
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