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How many times have had to send someone a really large file? Your company’s email server chokes on it, so you can’t simply email it. There are a large number of free (and not free) services that will handle this for you. We’ve tried many, our favorite is sendspace. We typically use this service for such things as… Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever been at a loss when trying to explain to your children what engineering is all about (much less other non-tech adults). Or have have you ever wanted to give a 30 minute presentation about engineering at your child’s school? (been there - done that). We have found a great resource - “The Futures Channel” at thefutureschannel.com. They have a great… Read the rest of this entry »

We have always been amazed at how difficult it can be to get a small quantity of several different standard sizes of orings for prototype assemblies. It usually involves several phone calls and/or emails to get through the process. Well we have finally found a website that we now use for our orings: Marco Rubber - www.marcorubber.com.

The site has an online ordering system… Read the rest of this entry »

We felt we needed an update to our site’s look. As we added features, we outgrew the format. The initial roll out does not include everything,… Read the rest of this entry »

Sourcing prototype components can often be a challenge. Current suppliers are too busy with production parts to give you reasonable lead times and not motivated enough to give reasonable cost estimates. How many times have you waited a week or two just to get a quote? PROBLEM SOLVED: We have been using MFG.com to solve these issues with great success.

Create an account, upload a drawing…, Read the rest of this entry »

We’re not sure how “secret” this is but Google has an incredible units converter built into it’s search engine. Believe it or not, you simply type in plain text what it is you would like converted… Read the rest of this entry »

Hello everyone,
We hope that you are getting the most from the iCrank.com website. We have decided to start this forum to keep everyone informed about features that are added to the site and links to great engineering resources that we find… Read the rest of this entry »