Modular Tooling & Motion Concepts

This section collects generalized mechanical ideas around tooling, fixtures, motion, and testable mechanical subassemblies.

The focus is on how to break a mechanical idea into smaller pieces that can be sketched, modeled, fabricated, tested, and improved. Rather than documenting a specific machine or process, this area is about reusable design thinking.

Current Interests

• Modular mechanical subassemblies
• Rotating and indexed motion concepts
• Fixture and workholding ideas
• CAD-to-prototype workflows
• Practical test rigs
• Design for serviceability
• Fabrication-first design
• Mechanical iteration before over-engineering

The notes here stay at the level of reusable mechanical thinking: how motion, fixturing, and fabrication choices can be reasoned through before a design becomes overly specific.