This week’s selection is “Life Would Be Boring Without 3D Printing” by Kathleen McDaniel.
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Book of the Week: The Industrial Revolution
This week’s selection is “The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction” by Robert C. Allen.
Book of the Week: Painting and Finishing Techniques
This week’s selection is “Painting and Finishing Techniques” by Gary Edmundson.
Book of the Week: Materials Selection In Mechanical Design
This week’s selection is “Materials Selection In Mechancial Design” by Michael F. Ashby.
Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers
This week’s selection is “Designing 3D Printers” by Neil Rosenberg.
Book of the Week: Parametric Solid Modeling Projects
This week’s selection is “Parametric Solid Modeling Projects” by Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University.
Book of the Week: 3D Printers For Woodworkers
This week’s selection is “3D Printers For Woodworkers” by Henry Doolittle.
Book of the Week: Essential Skills for Scale Modelers
This week’s selection is “Essential Skills for Scale Modelers” by Aaron Skinner.
Book of the Week: Feck Perfuction
This week’s selection is “Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life” by James Victore.
Book of the Week: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
This week’s selection is “Mechanical Behavior of Materials” by Norman Dowling, Stephen Kampe, and Milo Kral.
Book of the Week: Made in the USA
This week’s selection is “Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing ” by Vaclav Smil.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing” by The Open University.
Book of the Week: Robotics
This week’s selection is “Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Robotics from Beginner to Expert” by Peter Mckinnon.
Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers
This week’s selection is “Designing 3D Printers” by Neil Rosenberg.
Human Longevity Increases The Need For 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding considers increasing lifespans increasing medical 3D printing demand.
Book of the Week: Gears and Gear Cutting for Home Machinists
This week’s selection is “Gears and Gear Cutting for Home Machinists” by Ivan Law.
Book of the Week: The Toyota Way
This week’s selection is “The Toyota Way” by Jeffrey Liker.
INEOS: The Alchemists and 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding reads into INEOS’ story as it relates to a new book and to 3D printing.
Book of the Week: Steal Like An Artist
This week’s selection is “Steal Like An Artist” by Austin Kleon.
Arcanum And 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding considers the achievement of 3D printable porcelain.
Book of the Week: 3D Printer Troubleshooting Handbook
This week’s selection is the “3D Printer Troubleshooting Handbook” by Johannes Wild.
Book of the Week: Faster, Better, Cheaper in the History of Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Faster, Better, Cheaper in the History of Manufacturing: From the Stone Age to Lean Manufacturing and Beyond” by Christoph Roser.
Book of the Week: A Practical Guide to Design for Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “A Practical Guide to Design for Additive Manufacturing” by Olaf Diegel , Axel Nordin and Damien Motte.
Book of the Week: Generative Design
This week’s selection is “Generative Design” by Benedikt Groß, Hartmut Bohnacker, Julia Laub, and Claudius Lazzeroni.
Creative People Migration and 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Alyssa Schneider review ideas presented in Richard Florida’s books that can be applied to 3D printing thinking.
Book of the Week: The 3D Printing Handbook
This week’s selection is “The 3D Printing Handbook” by 3D Hubs.
Book of the Week: Project Management for The Unofficial Project Manager
This week’s selection is “Project Management for The Unofficial Project Manager” by Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore and James Wood.
2020 Is Not a Curse – Book Review
Charles R. Goulding reviews a new ebook that features tech insights and fits into the theme of an unusual year.
Book Of The Week: The Zombie Apocalypse Guide To 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “The Zombie Apocalypse Guide to 3D printing” by Clifford T Smyth.
Book of the Week: Mastering 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “Mastering 3D Printing: A Guide to Modeling, Printing, and Prototyping Paperback” by Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron.
Book of the Week: Job Shop Lean
This week’s selection is “Job Shop Lean: An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems” by Shahrukh A. Irani.
Book of the Week: CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies and T-Shaped People
This week’s selection is “CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies and T-Shaped People: Inside the World of Design Thinking and How It Can Spark Creativity and Innovation” by Warren Berger.
Book of the Week: Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design, Second Edition
This week’s selection is “Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design” by Bjarki Hallgrimsson.
Book of the Week: Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and Design
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and Design” by Nam H. Kim, Bhavani V. Sankar, and Ashok V. Kumar.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis H. Froes and Rodney Boyer.
Book of the Week: Advanced Materials
This week’s selection is the eBook “Advanced Materials” by 3dpbm.
Book of the Week: 3D Concrete Printing Technology
This week’s selection is “3D Concrete Printing Technology” by Jay G. Sanjayan, Ali Nazari and Behzad Nematollahi.
“Samsung Rising”: Book And Bioprinting Future
Charles R. Goulding dives into the book Samsung Rising.
Book of the Week: Design for Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Design for Additive Manufacturing” by Martin Leary, who explains the economics of 3D printing and how to apply them through CAD design.
Book of the Week: Raspberry Pi Cookbook
This week’s selection is the “Raspberry Pi Cookbook: Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions 3rd Edition” by Simon Monk.
Book of the Week: Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design
This week’s selection is “Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design” by David Halbstein.
Book of the Week: The Pushing Points Topology Workbook
This week’s selection is “The Pushing Points Topology Workbook” by William C. Vaughan.
Book of the Week: Close-Range Photogrammetry and 3D Imaging
This week’s selection is “Close-Range Photogrammetry and 3D Imaging” by Thomas Luhmann, Stuart Robson, Stephen Kyle and Jan Boehm.
Book of the Week: Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide
This week’s selection is “Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide” by Greg Horine.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Projects
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Projects” by Dorling Kindersley, a.k.a. “DK”.
Book of the Week: Introduction to Manufacturing Processes
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Manufacturing Processes” by Mikell Groover.
Book of the Week: The Ethical Engineer
This week’s selection is “The Ethical Engineer” by Robert McGinn.
Book of the Week: 17 Equations That Changed the World
This week’s selection is “In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World” by Ian Stewart.
Book of the Week: Functional Design for 3D Printing
This week’s selection is “Functional Design for 3D Printing: Designing 3d printed things for everyday use – 3rd edition” by Clifford T. Smyth.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing Design, Methods, and Processes
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing: Design, Methods, and Processes” by Steinar Western Killi.
Book of the Week: 66 DIY-Projects
This week’s selection is “66 DIY-Projects: 66 awesome projects to realize with a 3D printer For Beginners & Advanced!” by Johannes Wild.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing of Concrete
This week’s selection is “3D Printing of Concrete: State of the Art and Challenges of the Digital Construction Revolution” by Arnaud Perrot.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Projects
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Projects” by Sachidanand Jha. It is a book that will definitely increase your 3D CAD design efficiency.
A Great Way To Learn Grasshopper
A new book explains how to use McNeel’s Grasshopper plug-in for Rhino 3D in a very simple and easy-to-learn manner.
Book of the Week: Print Quality & Printer Calibration
This week’s selection is “3D Printing: Print Quality & Printer Calibration: Troubleshooting Print Quality And Calibrating Your Printer” by Luke Assad.
Book of the Week: Build Your Own Mini Metal Maker
Did you ever want to try 3D printing in metal but did not have a million dollar budget to do so? If so, this book explains step-by-step how to build an inexpensive 3D printer that can actually 3D print metal objects.
Book of the Week: Python for 3D Printing
There’s a rather interesting book that can show you how to use Python programming to supercharge your 3D modeling experience for 3D printing.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Failures: 2020 Edition
This week’s selection is “3D Printing Failures: 2020 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues” by Sean Aranda and David Feeney.
Book of the Week: Digital Modelmaking: Laser Cutting, 3D Printing and Reverse Engineering
This week’s selection is “Digital Modelmaking: Laser Cutting, 3D Printing and Reverse Engineering” by Helen Lansdown.
Book of the Week: Fusion 360 For Makers
This week’s selection is “Fusion 360 For Makers” by Lydia Sloane Cline.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis Froes and Rodney Boyer.
Book of the Week: 101 Design Methods
This week’s selection is “101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization” by Vijay Kumar.
Book of the Week: DIY Drones for the Evil Genius
This week’s selection is “DIY Drones for the Evil Genius” by Ian Cinnamon, Romi S. Kadri, and Fitz Tepper.
Book of the Week: Building Open Source Hardware
This week’s selection is “Building Open Source Hardware” by Alicia Gibb.
Book of the Week: Practical Electronics for Inventors
Building a 3D printed project involving electronics? If so, you need this book, which will teach you every conceivable thing you need to know about integrating electronic circuits into your design.
Book of the Week: The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics
This week’s selection is “The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics” by Helen Leigh.
Book of the Week: The Inevitable
This week’s selection is “The Inevitable” by futurist Kevin Kelly.
Book of the Week: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
This week’s selection is “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance.
Book of the Week: Build Your Own CNC Machine
This week’s selection is “Build Your Own CNC Machine” by Floyd Kelly James and Patrick Hood-Daniel.
Book of the Week: Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing
This week’s selection is “Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing” by Michael Gouge and Pan Michaleris.
Book of the Week: Hardcore Inventing
This week’s selection is “Hardcore Inventing” by Robert Yonover and Ellie Crowe.
Book of the Week: The Knowledge
What happens after the world ends? Do you know how to rebuild everything? This book gives you the steps to do so.
Book of the Week: Total Inventor’s Manual
This week’s selection is the “Total Inventor’s Manual: Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product” by Sean Michael Ragan.
Book of the Week: Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design
This week’s selection is “Prototyping and Modelmaking for Product Design” by Bjarki Hallgrimsson.
Book of the Week: Introduction to Polymers
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Polymers” by Robert J. Young and Peter A. Lovell.
Book of the Week: Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab
Do you have 3D printers in your school? There are best practices for doing so, and this book explains how to use 3D printing in a classroom effectively.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing Design
Need inspiration for 3D design? Designer and now author Francis Bitonti’s new book offers a peek into the mind of an additive manufacturing designer, whose 3D prints continue to amaze all.
Book of the Week: Fundamentals of 3D Food Printing
Want to learn about 3D printed food? This book contains pretty much everything you need to know about 3D printed food, including chocolate, dough, cheese and more.
Book of the Week: The Golden Ratio
Have you ever heard of the Golden Ratio? This incredible mathematical number is all around you, and a new book explains its history and importance.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing of Concrete
Where will concrete 3D printing lead? Will the construction industry undergo a revolution from computer controlled concrete extrusion? What will buildings look like?
Book of the Week: Automated Construction Safety
Do construction 3D printers offer any type of safety program? What might form a proper safety regime for construction 3D printing?
Book of the Week: Hacking Electronics
Considering a 3D print project requiring electronics? This book shows how to hack Arduinos, resistors, capacitors and other bits to sense, move and light up a project.
Book of the Week: Supercharg3D
This week’s selection is “Supercharg3D: How 3D Printing Will Drive Your Supply Chain” by Len Pannett.
Book of the Week: 3D Printing for Model Engineers
This week’s selection is “3D Printing for Model Engineers: A Practical Guide” by Neil Wyatt.
Book of the Week: Build Your Own CNC Machine
This week’s selection is “Build Your Own CNC Machine” by James Floyd Kelly and Patrick Hood-Daniel.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing Change Management
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing Change Management: Best Practices” by David M. Dietrich, Michael Kenworthy, and Elizabeth A. Cudney.
Book of the Week: The Way Things Work Now
This week’s selection is “The Way Things Work Now” by David MacAulay.
Book of the Week: Every Tool’s a Hammer
This week’s selection is “Every Tool’s a Hammer:” by Adam Savage.
Book of the Week: Discussing Design
This week’s selection is “Discussing Design” by Adam Connor and Aaron Irizarry.
Book of the Week: Model-Making for Set Designers
This week’s selection is “The Handbook of Model-making for Set Designers” by Colin Winslow.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis H. Froes and Rodney Boyer.
Book of the Week: Geometric Modeling
This week’s selection is “Geometric Modeling: The mathematics of shapes” by Nikolay Golovanov.
Book of the Week: Additive Manufacturing: Design, Methods, and Processes
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing: Design, Methods, and Processes” edited by Steinar Killi.
Book of the Week: The Makerspace Workbench
This week’s selection is “The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies, and Techniques for Making” by author Adam Kemp.
Book of the Week: 3D Concrete Printing Technology
This week’s selection is “3D Concrete Printing Technology: Construction And Building Applications” by Jay G. Sanjayan, Ali Nazari and Behzad Nematollahi