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Dec 10, 2023

The Flower of Forest Park: Innovation in Architecture

Author’s note: This article contains architectural terminology. For clarity, a brief glossary of terms can be found at t

Dec 06, 2023

Megabass Vision Oneten Jerkbait Review

If you know anything about jerkbait fishing then you know about the Megabass Vision Oneten. This jerkbait is widely know

Dec 02, 2023

Grain direction’s effect on sheet metal bending

If press brake operators bend a small radius with the material grain—that is, the bend line runs parallel to the materia

Nov 28, 2023

Laminate tooling, depression grooving, and more about bending sheet metal

This laminate die is comprised of 0.5-in.-thick sections of 304 stainless steel. This month, I cover a range a topics fr

Nov 24, 2023

Tier 1 masters massive stampings with 3,000

Only 22 years old, automotive Tier 1 supplier Martinrea operates in 58 locations, including sales and engineering center

Nov 20, 2023

Improving the efficiency of 4A

Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 12533 (2023) Cite this article 854 Accesses Metrics details This study foc

Nov 16, 2023

High bending strength at 1800 °C exceeding 1 GPa in TiB2

Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 6915 (2023) Cite this article 482 Accesses 1 Citations 1 Altmetric Metrics

Nov 12, 2023

Motorcycles Sold In China That'll Make Americans Jealous

Spoiler alert: One of the motorcycles is a 500cc, V4 cruiser with air suspension! We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it

Nov 08, 2023

The Seven Best Jeep Grab Handles Get You In and Out And Held in Place

Stop bouncing around or jumping up into that Jeep. Hold on with the grab handles you need. Getting in and out of your Je

Nov 04, 2023

The Monochrome Collection Brings a New Appeal To Aluminum

Aluminum in its rawest form has a very industrial aesthetic, which is the beauty of the Monochrome line by Chinese desig

Oct 31, 2023

MXA TECH SPEC: WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOUR HANDLEBARS

Stiffness increases to the third power; strength to the second power of the percentage of diameter increase. What concer

Oct 27, 2023

How to Fix a Bent Derailleur Hanger

Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley A few of you asked me to cover repairing bent derailleur hangers so that’s the topic for