Building Prototypes Dan Gelbart part 10 of 18 Flexures
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Part 10 of Dan Gelbart's prototype-building lecture series, covering flexures: flexible joints that give precise, frictionless motion. It shows how a cheap piece of aluminum can become a nanometer-accurate mechanism.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends the series as a fascinating, practical course in precision prototyping, with the flexure episode singled out as especially impressive.
“He starts off with a $10 piece of aluminum that took maybe an hour or two to make” Read on HN ↗