This week’s selection is “3D PRINTING The Definitive Handbook: An Essential How-To for Beginners, Hobbyists, and Innovators” by Jay Bourgeois and Daniel Rossong.
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Book of the Week: The Mechanical Design Process
This week’s selection is “The Mechanical Design Process” by David Ullman.
Book of the Week: The Dungeoneer’s Guide to Miniature Painting
This week’s selection is “Arcane Arts: The Dungeoneer’s Guide to Miniature Painting and Tabletop Mayhem” by Noxweiler Berf.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Unleashed: Every Layer Counts
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Unleashed: Every Layer Counts” by Felipe Izquierdo.
Book of the Week: Blender 4.0: Precise Modeling for Architecture, Engineering, and 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “Blender 4.0: Precise Modeling for Architecture, Engineering, and 3D Printing” by Allan Brito.
Book of the Week: The Maker Marketplace Handbook
This week’s selection is “The Maker Marketplace Handbook” by Jennifer Maker.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers
This week’s selection is “3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers” by Stephen Hoskins.
Book of the Week: Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple
This week’s selection is “Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple” by 3D artist Lukas Kutschera.
Book of the Week: Fusion 360 for Makers
This week’s selection is “Fusion 360 for Makers” by Lydia Sloan Cline.
Book of the Week: Sculpting the Blender Way
This week’s selection is “Sculpting the Blender Way” by Xury Greer.
Book of the Week: The 3D Printing Adventure
This week’s selection is “The 3D Printing Adventure” by Hargurdeep Singh.
Book of the Week: Introduction to Electronic Packaging
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Electronic Packaging: Unconventional Guide to Product Design” by S.A. Srinivasa Moorthy.
Book of the Week: Autodesk Fusion 360: A Step-By-Step Tutorial Guide for Beginners
This week’s selection is “Autodesk Fusion 360: A Step-By-Step Tutorial Guide for Beginners (2024 Edition)” by SDCAD Academy.
Book of the Week: Peter And Pablo The Printer
This week’s selection is “Peter And Pablo The Printer: Adventures In Making The Future” by Jeffrey Ito.
Book of the Week: The Next Toy Sensation
This week’s selection is “The Next Toy Sensation: Designing and Creating the Next Toy Sensation” by Andrew Parry.
Book of the Week: Photogrammetry Fundamentals
This week’s selection is “Photogrammetry Fundamentals: The Ultimate Survival Guide” by ARCHIV3D.
Book of the Week: Autodesk Fusion 360 Surface Design and Sculpting with T-Spline Surfaces
This week’s selection is “Autodesk Fusion 360 Surface Design and Sculpting with T-Spline Surfaces” by John Willis andSandeep Dogra.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing with Fusion 360
This week’s selection is “3D Printing with Fusion 360” by Sualp Ozel.
Book of the Week: Machinery’s Handbook
This week’s selection is “Machinery’s Handbook: Toolbox” by Erik Oberg et al.
Book of the Week: Diamond Age
This week’s selection is “Diamond Age” by Science Fiction author Neal Stephenson.
Book of the Week: Smart Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Smart Manufacturing: The Lean Six Sigma Way” by Anthony Tarantino.
Book of the Week: 3D Scanning for Advanced Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “3D Scanning for Advanced Manufacturing, Design, and Construction” by Gary C. Confalone, John Smits, and Thomas Kinnare.
Book of the Week: 3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad
This week’s selection is “3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad: Create and Print Your Own 3D Models” by James Floyd Kelly.
Book of the Week: Smart Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Smart Manufacturing: The Lean Six Sigma Way” by Anthony Tarantino.
Book of the Week: A Beginner’s Guide To Using A Circular Sock Knitting Machine
This week’s selection is “A Beginner’s Guide To Using A Circular Sock Knitting Machine: Machine With Metal Needles” by Harry Rogers.
Book of the Week: Value Proposition Design
This week’s selection is “Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want” by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith.
Book of the Week: Workflow: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process
3D printer operators tend to be creative types. That’s the purpose of the device, to create new things. Once an operator learns how to design their own objects in CAD tools, literally anything might come off the 3D printer afterwards. But what should be made? That is the creative process, a “workflow” that begins with… Continue reading Book of the Week: Workflow: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Basics for Entertainment Design
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Basics for Entertainment Design” by Anne E. McMills.
Book of the Week: The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen
This week’s selection is “The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen” by Naomi Wu.
Lean Robotics: Paving the Way for More Efficient Robot Deployment in Manufacturing
Charles R. Goulding reviews a new book on lean robotics, where 3D printing can take a lead role.
Book of the Week: How to Day Trade for a Living
This week’s selection is “How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginner’s Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management, Discipline and Trading Psychology” by Dr. Andrew Aziz.
Book of the Week: 200 3D Practice Drawings
This week’s selection is “3D PRINTING PROJECTS: 200 3D Practice Drawings For 3D Printing On Your 3D Printer” by Sachidanand Jha.
Book of the Week: Pencil Me In
This week’s selection is “Pencil Me In: The Business Drawing Book for People Who Can’t Draw” by Christina Wodtke.
Book of the Week: My First Book About Engineering
This week’s selection is “My First Book About Engineering” by Patricia J. Wynne, Donald M. Silver and Ariel Fleming.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing Technologies
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing Technologies” by Ian Gibson.
Book of the Week: Perfecting Your Prints
This week’s selection is “Perfecting Your Prints: Mastering Post-Processing and Finishing Techniques for Exceptional 3D Prints” by Barrett Williams.
Book of the Week: Painting Wargaming Figures
This week’s selection is “Painting Wargaming Figures” by Javier Gomez Valero.
Book of the Week: Etsy Empire Strikes Back
This week’s selection is “Etsy Empire Strikes Back” by Eric Michael.
Book of the Week: Mastering Fusion 360
This week’s selection is “Mastering Fusion 360” by Jake O Sugden and Joshua Manley.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing For Dummies
This week’s selection is “3D Printing For Dummies” by Richard Horne.
Book of the Week: THE 3D PRINTING ADVENTURE
This week’s selection is “THE 3D PRINTING ADVENTURE” by Hargurdeep Singh, Harman Jot, and Saba Ijaz.
Book of the Week: CAD Projects with Tinkercad
This week’s selection is “CAD Projects with Tinkercad” by Johannes Wild.
Book of the Week: The Mechanical Design Process
This week’s selection is “The Mechanical Design Process” by David G. Ullman.
Book of the Week: Autodesk Tinkercad Exercises
This week’s selection is “Autodesk Tinkercad Exercises” by Sachidanand Jha.
Book of the Week: Construction 4.0
This week’s selection is “Construction 4.0: An Innovation Platform for the Built Environment” by Anil Sawhney, Michael Riley and Javier Irizarry.
Book of the Week: Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies
This week’s selection is “Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies” by Bill Snow.
Book of the Week: Starting an Etsy Business for Dummies
This week’s selection is “Starting an Etsy Business for Dummies” by Kate Shoup and Kate Gatski.
Book of the Week: Emerging Technologies Word Search
This week’s selection is “Emerging Technologies Word Search” by HecTech Silverstone.
Book of the Week: OpenSCAD For Beginners
This week’s selection is “OpenSCAD For Beginners: Step-By-Step Tips & Tricks To Mastering OpenSCAD” by Dessie Dr Brooks.
Book of the Week: Business and Emerging Technologies
This week’s selection is “Business and Emerging Technologies” by George Baffour.
Book of the Week: 400 CAD Exercises
This week’s selection is “400 CAD Exercises” by Sachidanand Jha.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing for Product Designers
This week’s selection is “3D Printing for Product Designers: Innovative Strategies Using Additive Manufacturing” by Jennifer Loy, James Novak and Olaf Diegel.
Book of the Week: 3D Printer Troubleshooting Handbook
This week’s selection is “3D Printer Troubleshooting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Fix all Common and Uncommon 3D Printing Issues!” by Johannes Wild.
Book of the Week: The ABC’s of 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “The ABC’s of 3D Printing” by Hannah Flint.
Book of the Week: Mastering Fusion 360
This week’s selection is “Mastering Fusion 360: 28 Step-By-Step Projects for Beginners in 3D Printing, Prototyping, and Making” by Jake O Sugden an d Joshua Manley.
Book of the Week: Digital Gastronomy
This week’s selection is “Digital Gastronomy: From 3d Food Printing To Personalized Nutrition”.
Book of the Week: Everything You Need to Know About Buying Your First 3D Printer
This week’s selection is “Everything You Need to Know About Buying Your First 3D Printer” by Y. S. Parham.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge: 7 Days To Your First 3D Print” by Benjamin Spahic.
Book of the Week: Open to Think
This week’s selection is “Open to Think” by Dan Pontefract.
Understanding the Reasons Behind the 99.5% Failure Rate of Major Projects
Charles Goulding and Valentina Alzate consider the use of 3D printing in the planning and design iteration process for big projects.
Book of the Week: Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360
This week’s selection is “Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360” by Fabrizio Cimo.
Book of the Week: A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering
This week’s selection is “A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering” by Marcel Escudier and Tony Atkins.
Book of the Week: The Future of Leadership in the Age of AI
This week’s selection is “The Future of Leadership in the Age of AI” by Marin Ivezic and Luka Ivezic.
Book of the Week: The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Building An Unstoppable Team
This week’s selection is “The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Building An Unstoppable Team” by Kelly Roach.
Book of the Week: Blender for Dummies
This week’s selection is “Blender for Dummies” by Jason van Gumster.
Book of the Week: Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD” by Colin Dow.
Book of the Week: Futureproof: 9 Rules for Surviving in the Age of AI
This week’s selection is “Futureproof: 9 Rules for Surviving in the Age of AI” by Kevin Roose.
Book of the Week: FreeCAD Beginner’s Starter Kit
This week’s selection is “FreeCAD Beginner’s Starter Kit” by Aleksander Sadowski.
Book of the Week: 3DU: A Guide to 3D Printing in Every Classroom
This week’s selection is “3DU: A Guide to 3D Printing in Every Classroom: Simple and Affordable Ways to Start 3D Printing in ANY Classroom, No Matter What Grade or Content Area!” by Keven Rinaman.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing with SketchUp
This week’s selection is “3D Printing with SketchUp” by Aaron Dietzen.
Book of the Week: How to Draw
This week’s selection is “How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination” by Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling.
Book of the Week: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers
This week’s selection is “Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers” by Coos Eissen and Steur Roselien.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues” by Sean Aranda.
Book of the Week: Digital Crafts: Industrial Technologies for Applied Artists and Designer Makers
This week’s selection is “Digital Crafts: Industrial Technologies for Applied Artists and Designer Makers” by Fabbaloo friend Anne Marie Shillito.
Book of the Week: Sell Your Crafts Online
This week’s selection is “Sell Your Crafts Online: The Handmaker’s Guide to Selling from Etsy, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Shopify and More” by James Dillehay.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Step by Step
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Step by Step” by Carmelito Andrade.
Book of the Week: Thinkertoys
This week’s selection is Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques” by Michael Michalko.
Book of the Week: How to Invent Everything
This week’s selection is “How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler” by Ryan North.
Book of the Week: Cracking Creativity
This week’s selection is “Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius” by Michael Michalko.
Book of the Week: Hit Makers
This week’s selection is “Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction” by Derek Thompson.
Book of the Week: A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements
This week’s selection is “A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements” by Thomas Walter Barber.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge : 7 Days To Your First 3D Print (Become An Engineer Without Prior Knowledge” by Benjamin Spahic.
Book of the Week: Dancing With Robots
This week’s selection is “Dancing With Robots: The 29 Strategies for Success In the Age of AI and Automation” by Bill Bishop.
Book of the Week: Designing Pleasurable Products
This week’s selection is “Designing Pleasurable Products: An Introduction to the New Human Factors” by Patrick W. Jordan.
Book of the Week: Invent to Learn
This week’s selection is “Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom” by Sylvia Martinez and Gary S. Stager.
Book of the Week: Digital Gastronomy
This week’s selection is “Digital Gastronomy: From 3D Food Printing to Personalized Nutrition”.
Book of the Week: Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper
This week’s selection is “Advanced 3D Printing with Grasshopper” by Diego Garcia Cuevas and Gianluca Pugliese.
Book of the Week: Understanding OpenSCAD
This week’s selection is “Understanding OpenSCAD: A hands-on introduction to OpenSCAD for 3D printing and CNC milling” by Alicia Doors.
Book of the Week: Make It Fit
This week’s selection is “Make It Fit: Introduction to Tolerance Analysis for Mechanical Engineers” by Jason E Tynes.
Book of the Week: The Engineering Design Process
This week’s selection is “The Engineering Design Process: An Introduction for Mechanical Engineers” by Peter Ostafichuk, Markus Fengler, and Antony Hodgson.
Book of the Week: Practical Electronics for Inventors
This week’s selection is “Practical Electronics for Inventors” by Paul Scherz and Simon Monk.
Book of the Week: Problem Solving 101
Why select a book about problem solving? The answer is easy: because 3D printers break. A lot.
Book of the Week: Advanced Jewellery CAD Modeling in Rhino
This week’s selection is “Advanced Jewellery CAD Modeling in Rhino” by Jack Meyer.
Book of the Week: Create Stunning AI Art
This week’s selection is “Create Stunning AI Art” by Antonis Tsagaris and Andreas Pampoukkas.
Book of the Week: A Guide to Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “A Guide to Additive Manufacturing” by editors Damir Godec, Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Axel Nordin, Eujin Pei and Julia Ureña Alcázar.