New Issues for March
AMT Section
Australian Manaufacturing Technology, March 2006
Machine Design, February 23 2006
Design Section
DG Magazine, Issue no. 122
MD, March 2006
I.T. Section
Linux Journal, Issue no.144 (April 2006)
Woodworking Section
Australian Woodworker, March/April 2006
Woodturning, April 2006
The Woodworker & Woodturner, May 2006
Electronics Section
Electronics World, April 2006
Everyday Practical Electronics, April 2006
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Australian Manaufacturing Technology, March 2006
2 KEEPING YOU INFORMED
Vision for a bold manufacturing future
INDUSTRY NEWS
4 Work Choices: "Most significant reform for 100 years"
Peter Nolan, Director of Workplace Relations for the Australian Industry Group, provides AMTIL members with a comprehensive summary of the principal elements of the new Work Choices legislation, specifically the possible impact of the new industrial relations environment on manufacturers' businesses ...
6 ERP makes impact on medium sized auto parts supplier
12 ISS makes awards to promote skills
14 Capabilities of new press brake models from Safan revealed
16 Sydney to London -- a two hour trip!
It's no pipe dream! All-Australian technology has produced a scramjet " an air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engine - which has the potential to revolutionise the launching of small space payloads and stand conventional aviation on its head ...
18 Deep hole drilling -- no worries
20 Roundup of world news highlights
ONE ON ONE
22 Marcus Clayton: retired counter spook, rally driver & CNC boffin
Marcus Clayton of Alltime CNC, has had a varied past, including motor sports driver, ski instructor, counter espionage operator and designer of electronic controllers for a complex variety of manufacturers. His colourful and varied background culminates in a career today which is involved in developing CNC or PLC controlled machines in such areas as gear cutting and work with safety systems such as laser guarding and light curtains. There are today four companies under the CNC banner ...
INDUSTRY FOCUS
28 Aussie auto casting shop thrives in face of world competition
A success story in Nissan Casting in a world where automotive components businesses are shrinking due to loss of business to overseas competition. This vigorous Australian endeavour has beaten the odds ...
MATERIAL REMOVAL MACHINE TOOLS
34 Measuring process capabilities of machine tools
This paper, little known in Australia, entitled "Dynamic Evaluation of Machine Tool Process Capability, from the University of New Hampshire, presents the results of investigation into novel techniques and strategies for dynamically measuring the process capability of machine tools. The information is aimed to accurately estimate machining costs, a perpetual problem for every machining shop ...
39 Ron Mack's Goodway machine scores big time in Taiwan
42 ANCA's pro woodwork tool grinder
44 Mazak Nexus series machine sales top 10,000
SAFETY & GUARDING
46 Sutton Tools Safety Program
Sutton has made a very strong commitment to safety through its OHS program in its five major facilities. It tackles the complex area of OHS by systematically following strict procedures to analyse risk. Sutton has achieved results "
CAD/CAM SOFTWARE
52 FastCAM offers a useful MTO freebie
One problem for the metals industry is the lack of any standard in how request for quotes (RFQs) and material take-offs (MTOs) are exchanged and managed. The FastCAM software described here is an attempt to solve the MTO problem and make the task quick by authorising a spreadsheet style program called "FastCAM MTO". The software has been described as "painless" to use ...
56 Optimising equipment usage
56 Version 18 beefs up WorkNC auto machining capabilities
58 Aussie manufacturer software distributor packs multiple CAD clout
With 25 years experience in the production and distribution of software for the manufacturing industry, Aussie company N.C. Computer Systems has provided CAD/CAM and manufacturing solutions to over 400 Australian companies. Some of their many software products, including CAMWorks, ProCAm and Predator are described here ...
60 GOelan 2006 -- benefits trifecta claim
TOOLMAKING
62 The promise of high precision manufacturing using PEM
This paper follows up on the October 2005 issue of AMT where we described a PEM (precise electro-chemical machining) machine on display at EMO. This paper illuminates the science and technology behind the PEM process, where particular value may emerge in the tool making sector especially where fine moulds with fine detail are concerned ...
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DG, Issue no. 122
News
16 Graphics Report
Reviews
26 QuickCut QuickPrint 5
28 Nikon D20s digital SLR camera
29 Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire 800 hard drive
31 HP colour LaserJet 2600n printer
124 Autodesk 3ds Max 8
32 Resfest 2005
A brief overview and showcase of images from this annual global travelling festival that celebrates the convergence of innovative film, music, art, design, fashion and technology.
38 Robert Czarny
When space travel as a career fell through, Polish-born Robert Czarny truned his love of anything sci-fi into a hobby. We chat with Robert and showcase a selection of his 3D graphics.
50 Docklands Village Art
Vashti Gonda's mixed media, multi-layered montage sculpture commissioned by developers Village Docklands and VicUrban represent the history of the Melbourne Docklands area.
56 Jonathon Barnbrook
Typographer and political commentator, Jonathon Barnbrook shares his views and experiences on beauty, typography, anger and breaking taboos in Korea.
62 Holden Efijy concept car
Richard Ferlazzo, Industrial Designer for GM Holden, talks about the making of the Efijy concept car and re-defining an Australian icon.
74 Regina Pessoa
Terri Dentry speaks with Portuguese animator, Regina Pessoa, about her award- winning film 'Historia Tragica com Final Feliz', screened recently at the Festival International de Cinema de Animacao, Cinanima, in Espinho in Portugal.
78 Hugh Peachey
Fashion and commercial photographer, Hugh Peachey shares his experience in exploring new boundaries and maintaining command of his own style in the commercial world.
94 Salvation Design
With origins in D.I.Y. shows for his own band, NYC-based graphic artist, Sal DellAquila got into graphic art as part of a natural progression and hasn't looked back.
Studio Skills
108 Contouring hair
A master class in conquering the perennial problem of masking hair.
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Electronics World, April 2006
3 Editors Comment
Savings or just a hassle?
4 Technology
10 Top Ten Tips: Selecting User Interfaces
11 Insight
WiMax Has Landed. By Gilles Karolkowski
12 Focus
Israeli Fabless Semiconductor Start-Ups Find Their Niche.
By Joel Bainerman
16 Multi-Threading
Vivek Sardana describes the workings of the latest microprocessor architecture from MIPS Technology
20 Embedded C++
Mike Haden presents an overview of the capabilities of Embedded C++ (EC++)
26 Maintaining Real -Time Performance in Highly integrated Processors
Kevin Pope explains how control and data plane developers can use a common infrastructure while staying clearly within their own comfort zones of development environments
31 Data Centric Design for Networked Applications
Gordon A. Hunt presents a data-oriented approach that enables seamless integration of different communication and data storage models in a real-time system
38 Simulated Software Project Driven by Quanlity Gates
Daniel Lubke and Thomas Flohr explain their experience from a simulated software project driven by Quality Gates
43 Automatic Conversions Between Analogue and Digital Rational Transfer Functions
Aydin Kizilkaya and Erkan Yuce present simple and fast algorithms, which automatically perform either continuous-time to discrete-time or discrete-time to continuous-time conversions for rational system transfer functions, without computing matrix inversions
48 Tips 'n' Tricks
PlCmicro Microcontroller DC Motor Control
51 RoHS Forum
Gary Nevison will answer reader’s questions relating to RoHS and WEEE issues
52 Book Review
54 Circut ideas
- A Novel Single-Capacitor, Single-Current-Conveyor, Sinusoidal Oscillator
- Single Comparator Performs V-to-F Conversion
57 Gadgets
58 Products
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Everyday Practical Electronics, April 2006
PROJECTS AND CIRCUITS
A Programmable Continuity Tester by Trent Jackson
An ideal go/no go tester
Omni Pendulum by Thomas Scarborough
A fun design to entertain you
Ingenuity Unlimited – Sharing your ideas with others
Sound Effects Generator
The PortaPAL Public Address Amplifier – Part 2 by John Clarke and Leo Simpson
Building our state of the art design
'Smart' Slave Flash Trigger by Jim Rowe
Works with multiple flash "red-eye reduction" cameras
SERIES AND FEATURES
Techno-Talk by Mark Nelson
Funny Facts About The Mains
Consumer Electronics Show by Barry Fox
The 2006 annual CES show in Las Vegas
PIC N’ Mix by Mike Hibbett
Experimenting With Overclocking PICs
Circuit Surgery by Ian Bell
More On Extending PIC Output Capabilities
TEACH-IN 2006 by Mike Tooley BA
Find out how circuits work and what really goes on inside them
Part 6: Transistors: types, operation, and characteristics. Basic concepts of amplifiers: gain, frequency response and bandwidth. Some practical amplifier circuits.
Interface surfed by Robert Penfold
Boosting Output Currents
Net Work – The Internet page surfed by Alan Winstanley
It’s Good To Talk; Voice On The Net; Simply Skype
E-Chip review by Robert Penfold
Logic circuits educational system reviewed
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Machine Design, February 23, 2006
Safety in the lab
Navigating the winds of change: Letting innovation work for you
Roller coasters go robotic
Knee bones, thigh bones, Ceramic Implants
When to go Linear
Measuring liquid levels with LVDTs
No more Fender Benders
Motor city sadness
Threadless coupling for leak-free connections
Desktop coordinate-measuring system
Servomotor, actuator, amplifier, and positioner, all in one unit
Rocketplane sets record
How to optimize a spaceship
Corrosion-resistant rebar builds better bridges
"Buddy, can you spare a... finger?"
Denmark approves Swedish fighter design
Online die-casting expertise
Wired for a slam dunk
2006 Cadillac STS sports sedan
IBM wants to invent a better patent
Next-generation nuclear reactor is closer to reality
Chinese automakers called two decades behind world-class manufacturers
Nanoring memory
All that glitters does so differently at the nanoscale
Minilab On A Microchip
Nanotornados stir up trouble for superconductors
FEA program unites design with analysis
Thermal Imager
High-Resolution Magnetic Encoder
Bidirectional Current Transducer
Bidirectional Flow Sensor
Ultrasonic And Photoelectric Sensors
Proximity Sensors
Sensing Calibration Software
Depth And Pressure Sensor
Linear Encoder For Press Brakes
Double-Sheet Detector
Touch Sensor ICs
Miniture Thermal Controls
10,000-NM Torque Sensor
Simulate Complex Physical Systems
Compute Resources As Needed
Program Helps CADKEY Users
Web-Based Data Access
Free Software"Shreds" Electronic Files
CMM Data Easier To Manipulate
FEA Licenses Made Flexible
Part Catalogs For Engineering Communities
Software Protects Digital Assets
Online Project Management
Rotational Moldable Polyethylenes
Easy Flowing 4/6 Nylon
Acrylic Copolymer
Medical-Grade Polycarbonates
Strong Polyester Alloys
Sound-Damping, Glass-Mat Composite
Safety Screens Keep Out ESD
Machined Springs
Voltage-Controlled Saw Oscillator
Sensitive Accelerometers
Trunion Ball Valves For Severe Duty
Ultrashort Servocoplings
Low-Profile LED Display
Biocompatible Silicone Rubber
Submersible Level Transducer
Wireless Telemetry System
Ethernet For Safety Controllers
Water Sensor Archived Webcasts From Machine Design
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MD, March 2006
KULTUR + GESCHICHTE
14 Try your hand
Zaha Hadid Architects
18 Law and Order
Santiago Calatrava
20 Deceleration
Richard Melee & Partners
24 Scenes of Hope
Studio Andreas helier
30 I Want to Tell Stories
Michael Schweer
BADEN + ENTSPANNEN
35 All-Inclusive
Rafael Moneo
38 Curotive
Sacker Architekten
40 A Bath in the Crowd
Architekturburo 4a
44 Sanitary Products
KLIENTEN + PATIENTEN
48 Cutaway Model
Sabine Theis-Krömer, Judith Engel
50 Colour Code
Mateja Mikulandra
52 For-Sighted
Angelika Hulser-stohr
55 Luminaires
SPIELEN + LERNEN
58 All-Rounder
Roland Dorn mit R. Bondzio
62 For Kids
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
64 building Services
BURO + VERWALTUNG
68 Legal Angles
Bumiller & Junkers
72 Small is Great
Marzluf Maschita Zurcher Architekten
74 In a New Light
Pitz & Hoh
77 Glass fittings
PRASENTIEREN + VERKAUFEN
80 Strietly on Order
RaiserLopez Designers
82 Black and White
RaiserLopez designers
84 sporting spirit
Iynx architecture
87 Materials
88 Functional surfaces
Christiane Sauer
90 Floorings
92 Furniture Components
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Woodturning, April 2006
REGULARS
1 From the editor
4 Round and about
12 Tool talk
33 Review
36 Turning tips
44 Reader’s workshop
55 Letters
58 Next month
66 View from down under
69 Diary
80 Your turn
92 Journal of a woodturner
96 The life of O’Brien
TECHNIQUES
22 Central reservation
Tracy Owen opts against the norm to turn an off-centre platter in maple
29 Handle with care
Wade Muggleton explains how to make an unusual and challenging drinking vessel
PROJECTS
18 magic of the Orient
In the first of two articles, Jimmy Clewes shows George O’Brien how to make this intricate oriental box
38 And now for something completely different
Seeking a change from the norm, Alan Holtham tries his hand at turning a small box in Corian
60 King of bling
Got several offcuts you're not sure what to do with? Bill care shows now to turn those leftovers into jewellery
71 Open plan
In an extract from her book, Bonnie Klein shows how to make a simple letter opener
TEST REPORT
77 Air force
Melvyn Firmager puts the Microclene MC3000 ambient air filter through its paces
FEATURES
8 Decoding da Vinci
Sturat King explains how he recreated Leonardo da Vinci's lathe
16 Let there be light
Simon Whitehead enlightens us about the experience of trying to make a lamp
48 Learning to fly
What have aerodynamics, the saxophone and the world of advertising have to do with woodturning? Giles Gilson explains all the Kevin Wallace
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The Woodworker & Woodturner, May 2006
TESTS
30 Giant Test
Workshop vacuums
38 Draper Expert bench
86 Erbauer laser saw
88 Bahco chisels
89 Timberex oils
89 Bosch SDS drills
93 Robland extractor
FEATURES
48 Ally Pally review
The people, the tools and displays that made our 2006 show such a success
53 Win a bandsaw!
Upgrade your bandsaw for the Spring with this great Ryobi easy to enter competition
84 Using a mobile sawmill
Having butts planked up on site can save you thousands on timber costs
94 Fit a drawer/box lock
Peter Dunsmore completes his veneering series with a look at hardware fixing
98 The Young Woodworker
After such a good response from young readers in our Woodworker of the Year competition, it's time for a dedicated series
COVER FEATURE
ROUTING SPECIAL
56 Choosing a router
60 Which cutters do I need?
64 Making base patterns
68 How to cut curves
72 Vertical panel raising
75 Pin routing table
78 Custom depth gauge
PROJECTS
22 Bedroom combi
Using MDF for the carcase and ash for the show parts, Dave Mackenzie creates an all-in-one unit for a teenager's boxroom
40 Dutch Cape cabinet
Our professional project this month is this timeless cherry and hard maple cabinet designed by Martin Greshoff
50 Kitchen stool
Malcolm Stamps turns up a set of bar stools with some simple repeat turning techniques
80 Slide open coffee table
A contemporary solid wood coffee table with a difference. An ideal intermediate routing project
100 Keepsake box
Some oddments of spalted ash inspire Andy Brough. The result is a great little boxmaking project
TURNING
36 Pagoda
Professional Canadian turner Brian McEvoy uses fine piercing together with carving and airbrushed colour to enhance the character of his stunning pieces
50 Kitchen stool
A weekend project to make a set of neatly turned bar stools
90 Tool angles
Percy Blandford offers a practical guide to get your angle of approach perfect every time
110 Wine bottle coaster
This wine coaster in Indian tulipwood gives you plenty of scope for some miniature turning
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