Engineering Thinking

Short technical notes about manufacturability, fixtures, jigs, production reliability, CAD modelling, mechanical design decisions, and practical engineering problem solving.

These notes started as blog-style posts, but their purpose is to support the engineering portfolio by showing how I think about production-oriented mechanical design.

Published notes

• Why Small Design Decisions Matter in Manufacturing
• The Hidden Cost of Overcomplicated Machine Parts
• Design for Assembly Starts Before the Drawing
• Why Manufacturing Drawings Are More Than Dimensions
• Why Fixtures and Jigs Are Often Underrated

Planned topics

Future notes may cover:

• fixture and jig design principles,
• DFM decisions,
• CAD model cleanup,
• special-purpose machine concepts,
• automation retrofit challenges,
• tolerance thinking,
• practical design simplification.

Publishing rhythm

The goal is to publish short, practical engineering notes periodically, roughly every two weeks.

The focus is not high-volume blogging. The focus is useful engineering thinking.

The earlier notes are in the archives.