├REFERENCE LIBRARY
Resources
A running collection of tools, references, and books I have found genuinely useful as a student and maker. I hope you find them as useful as I have. If you have any suggestions for resources, I would love to hear from you!
R-01 · TOOLS & REFERENCES
05 ITEMS
Handy web tool for generating textured and knurled surfaces you can drop straight into a CAD model or 3D print. Essentially an overpowered fuzzy skin tool.
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BME Reference Library
A broad and detailed encyclopedia of all things biomedical engineering. Written by Joseph Sharp here at UNC, this reference library gives a great overview of the major areas of research in BME.
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Bolt Science
I'm not sure I've ever seen a website as dedicated to a specific subject as boltscience.com. Any questions regarding bolted joints has surely been answered at some point on this website in its over 30 years of operation.
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Lopaka
Really cool feature-rich and easy-to-use graphics editor for embedded systems projects. No more painstaking code changes and waiting for your microcontroller to flash for the 1000th time in a row to see your edits.
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Engineering Toolbox
A bit of an eyesore, but a genuinely useful website with concise technical summaries and useful calculators for all things engineering.
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R-02 · BOOKS
03 ITEMS
Douglass L. Blanding · ASME Press, 1999If I had one book to recommend, it would be this masterpiece on mechanical design. Exact-constraint design is a brilliantly simple and effective technique that all engineers and makers should be familiar with.
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Mechanisms, Linkages, and Mechanical Controls
Nicholas P. Chironis · McGraw-Hill, 1965If you find yourself needing some sort of mechanism, it's probably already in this book waiting to be found. Chironis delivers 354 pages of inspiring mechanisms and designs.
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Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design
Richard G. Budynas & J. Keith Nisbett · McGraw-Hill, 11th ed., 2019A classic in mechanical engineering with something to give for readers of all levels.
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