Continuing my rant on over-reliance on commercial software The gears are the easy part. My clients and students have grown tired of my ...

Regular readers know of my concerns about the over reliance on commercial gear design software. Some of what you are about to hear may sound famili...

We have faced this How vs. Why balance before in both the magazine and the blog. The technical papers published tend to be at the cutting edge of g...

Last time I quoted a university professor equating the teaching of “why” with education and the demonstrating of “how” with training. Some may find...

My son Derrick is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design. He completed the five-year, mandatory co-op program at a tim...

AGMA’s acquisition of the assets of Randall Publications LLC, the company responsible for both Read More

I had planned to attend the MPT Show in Detroit last week and participate in Gear Technology ‘s Ask the Expert panel, but...

The exhibition is torn down, the displays packed away, and tired exhibitors and guests are looking forward to a relaxing weekend before planning st...

Does nature hate a vacuum more than a designer hates a blank sheet of paper? We will never know for sure because nature is too busy to write a blog...

The last blog posting cautioned against over reliance on reference books for design guidance. A perfectly logical follow-up to that caution is “Whe...