Welcome to this week’s blog. With Spring in the air, there’s a distinct sound of people taking to their gardens and lawnmowers firing up. Hopefully, you find all your machinery in fine working order. However, have you ever had the frustration of going to start a job only to realise Read more…
Welcome to this week’s Fun Fact. This week we’re delving into the exciting world of 3D printing. There seem to be endless possibilities to print everything from the everyday to large-scale objects. Do you know the first fully 3D printed electric car was designed in 2014? Following years of design, Read more…
This week’s Fun Friday Fact is about something around us. It helps the construction of our everyday essentials through highly complex structures. The mystery product holds things together. It’s also available in various sizes and is a toolbox fundamental. That’s right, and it’s a screw. The first standard for screw Read more…
Do you know the first speeding offence in the UK happened in 1896? Walter Arnold was caught breaking the then speed limit of just two mph! His ‘horseless carriage’ was travelling at a dizzy eight mph – even this seems slow in today’s age. We don’t know how Arnold’s speed Read more…
And just like that, it’s Friday again! And our SLA 3D printer is in full action, from minute plastic fittings to fantasy figurines! The breadth and intricate detail we create with the printer are astounding. I enjoy the variety of designs we work with, and we’re always ready to welcome Read more…
Welcome to our first blog post of 2021. Let’s start by sharing a Fun Friday Fact …. ‘In the 1920s, newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told, as a joke, to develop a frosted lightbulb. The experienced engineers believed this to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Read more…
We decided to put our new 3D scanner through its paces and chose a great challenge would be to scan and model a complex part that was originally injection moulded. The part we scanned was the cover of a pass-through plug that measures how much electricity a socket uses. It’s Read more…
We are trying out our new equipment on some household items we have to hand. Here you can see a 3D scan of one of my partner’s ornaments. The detail that’s been captured is fantastic! But if you think the web version looks good, you should see the quality of Read more…
White Horse CAD is pleased to announce that we have invested in a high-specification 3D scanner as part of our continual improvement program. We can now 3D scan items of up to 1200mm X 1200mm X 1200mm with an accuracy of around 50 microns, in either black and white or Read more…