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Ransome and May Mill Engine

Posted by pillars on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:45AM
from the modelengineeringwebsite.com dept.

https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Ransome_&_May_mill_engine.html

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Machining Square Inside Corners: Conquer the Nightmare

Posted by pillars on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:44AM
from the makeitfrommetal.com dept.

https://makeitfrommetal.com/machining-square-inside-corners-the-nightmare/

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Model Aero Engines Free Manufacturable Plans/Blueprints

Posted by pillars on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:43AM
from the outerzone.co.uk dept.

https://outerzone.co.uk/plans.asp?cat=Engines

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An Introduction to EUV Sources for Lithography [pdf]

Posted by pillars on Friday October 16, 2026 @10:10PM
from the strobe.colorado.edu dept.

https://strobe.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/STROBE_ASML-EUV-Sources_Purvis_25-Sept-2020-1.pdf

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Re:How Machines Learned Precision on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @09:00PM (#50000780)

Great Work! I want to share some great resources related to Precision Engineering:

[1] Origins of Precision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58

[2] The books that taught me precision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM9X_gjnleY

[3] 2.75 FUNdaMENTALs of Design - Alexander H.Slocum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgMq7yha9wU&list=PLksE8LDXGX...

[4] Building the most accurate DIY CNC lathe in the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEr2CJruwEM

[5] Design Principles for Precision Mechatronics

https://www.dspe.nl/knowledge/dppm-cases/

[6] Tutorials in Optomechanics

https://wp.optics.arizona.edu/optomech/tutorials-in-optomech...

[7] American Society of Precision Engineering - Recommended Readings

https://aspe.net/resources/recommended-readings/

[8] What books should a precision engineer read?

https://precisionmindsetllc.com/recommended-readings.html

Precision engineering is the biggest rabbit hole,an endless supply of interesting stories and artifacts.

Foundations of Metrology(1981) [pdf]

Posted by pillars on Saturday October 03, 2026 @01:08PM
from the nvlpubs.nist.gov dept.

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/jres/086/jresv86n3p281_A1b.pdf

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Jos Benschop over ASML [video]

Posted by pillars on Saturday October 03, 2026 @09:37AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g2h1Vuy990

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Nokia Design Archive (2025)

Posted by pillars on Thursday September 24, 2026 @05:49AM
from the nokiadesignarchive.aalto.fi dept.

https://nokiadesignarchive.aalto.fi/index.html

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Project OM10 – open-source Mechanical Watch

Posted by pillars on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @11:27AM
from the openmovement.org dept.

https://openmovement.org/project/om10/

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Milestones in Optical Lithography Tool Supplier [pdf]

Posted by pillars on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @08:26AM
from the lithoguru.com dept.

https://www.lithoguru.com/scientist/litho_history/milestones_tools.pdf

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From Abbe's theory of microscopy to high-NA EUV lithography [video]

Posted by pillars on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @08:19AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8em0mGni7Gc

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Live-Cell Imaging and the Limits of Structural Biology – Eric Betzig [video]

Posted by pillars on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @01:29AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUB37QhWNkw

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Seismic Isolation

Posted by pillars on Sunday September 06, 2026 @12:12AM
from the ligo.caltech.edu dept.

https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/vibration-isolation

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From Magna Carta to microchip – The measurement of time (1981)

Posted by pillars on Friday August 21, 2026 @03:02AM
from the rigb.org dept.

https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/magna-carta-microchip-measurement-time-1981

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A New Kind of Bearing [video]

Posted by pillars on Thursday August 06, 2026 @01:29AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvOfX1s3-k

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Open Micro-Manipulator

Posted by pillars on Thursday August 06, 2026 @01:18AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper

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2.75-FUNdaMENTALs of Design(a.k.a. Precision Engineering Basics) by Alex Slocum [video]

Posted by pillars on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @11:24PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgMq7yha9wU&list=PLksE8LDXGXl_MQHKr2DqhfDC64W7QHjxL

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Origins of Precision(2017) [video]

Posted by pillars on Monday July 27, 2026 @12:44PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58

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Re:The Beam Engine on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:53PM (#49030414)

The interactive article is so good!

(Sorry I am pasting my old comment.)

Some Model Engineering related resources:

Engineering drawings of small model engines used in model aircraft making. These designs are intended for manufacturing and practical operation, rather than merely for display, and can be used to build fully functional engines.

https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Beam_Engine_drawings...

https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Classic_ME_beam_engine.h...

https://outerzone.co.uk/plans.asp?cat=Engines&Xcardsperpage=...

https://modelenginenews.org/midge/index.html

https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Midget_gas_engine_1.html

https://www.adriansmodelaeroengines.com/catalog/product.php?...

See inside insects with an electron microscope and a femtosecond laser [video]

Posted by pillars on Sunday July 19, 2026 @10:32PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhVJ7cv9B4

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Atomic resolution interferometric surface roughness metrology in the dining room [video]

Posted by pillars on Sunday July 19, 2026 @09:51PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvxDJ61e9xE

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Control of shear thickening rheological properties of polishing slurry(2021) [pdf]

Posted by pillars on Thursday July 16, 2026 @01:40PM
from the euspen.eu dept.

https://www.euspen.eu/knowledge-base/ICE21153.pdf

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Micro Stirling Mechanical Cryo-Cooler Teardown by Fraser(2023)

Posted by pillars on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @10:16PM
from the eevblog.com dept.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/thermal-imaging/micro-stirling-mechanical-cryo-cooler-teardown-by-fraser/

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Re:Hacker News but for Independent Blogs on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @02:41PM (#48574788)

Sorry, I copied my old comment.

Some Machining related channels on youtube:

this old tony, Chronova engineering, cylo's garage, inheritance machining, breaking taps, blondie hacks, tarkka, dan gelbert, Jonesey Makes, Eric(with a K), Clough42, Alec steele, NBR Works, Not An engineer, Stefan Gotteswinter, oxtoolco, ROBRENZ, MrCrispin, Clickspring, Artisan Makes, MH Anything, Jellyfish machine,Maker B,

And also there is great course on precision engineering by Alex slocum