#39 – Kyle Smith: Engineering knowledge and wisdom
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- 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
Hat tip to Joseph McDade for free use of his music "Mirrors".
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