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April 27, 2025 62 mins

#39 – Kyle Smith: Engineering knowledge and wisdom

  • Kyle saved Bert’s butt by modifying parts overnight
  • You tend to repeat small mistakes, but not big ones.
  • Another engineer who started with Legos
  • Self-taught on an early computer animation program – Maya.
  • Which led into SolidWorks
  • Got a mill for cheap and converted to CNC
  • Kyle and Bert both use Send Cut Send – not sure how they make money.
  • Company name is Sparrow Hawk Design – small and agile.
  • Industrial designers need to interact with engineers.
  • Two excellent books
  • Can AI advise you on capabilities of manufacturing processes?
  • Prediction: AI will be in SolidWorks in the not to distant future.
  • Difference between junior and senior engineers
  • Executives don’t need to know all of the problems
  • Flies radio control airplanes and built drones
  • Rides motorcycles
  • Wants to ride from Patagonia to Alaska

Kyle’s company – www.sparrowhawkdesign.com.

Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com

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