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Reverse Engineering & 3D Printing 101
Tweet Making The Most of 3-D Printing Technology through Reverse Engineering. Recently Baklund R&D had a customer send a request for some reverse engineering. There were 9 different part numbers...
View ArticleSpeaking on Additive Manufacturing
Tweet Additive Manufacturing is a hot topic right now and Jon has been called on a lot to speak on the topic. I noticed that one question that is often brought up is, “Is 3D Printing taking over...
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The Mother of Invention…Expandable Collet Pin
Tweet The Mother of Invention… By Tara Baklund Isn’t it astounding the vastness of the inventions being created these days? I am amazed by the fraction that I see as my husband, Baklund R&D...
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3D Printed Metal and Plastic Hybrids:
Tweet 3D Printed Metal and Plastic Hybrids: By Andy Bleck, VP Business Development at Baklund R&D LLC. 3D Printed Metal and Plastic Hybrids: The next step in The Evolution of The Thought...
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Why does R&D Prototyping cost so much?
Tweet Why does R&D Prototyping cost so much? We began our business as an R&D and short-run precision machining shop. When green inventors or buyers contact us for a couple of precision parts,...
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Workholding the impossible part
Tweet Machinists are tremendously creative when it comes to holding & fixturing their parts- they have had to be as designs become more complex for workholding. As technology progresses everything...
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Isn’t 3D Printing just, well, COOL!?
Tweet Recently in a talk I presented on 3D Printing I thought of a joke about printing a light saber to a group of engineers would go over really well. So…I told the joke, I didn’t get a single laugh...
View ArticleIs 3D Printing Needed in Your Company?
Tweet It probably depends on whom you ask. Ask the visionary people designing your products and it’s a resounding YES! Ask the number crunchers, you’ll likely hear grumbles . . . until . . . When...
View ArticleTop Three Reasons for Success in business
Tweet Try, Try & Try Again. My 2 cents. The post Top Three Reasons for Success in business appeared first on JonBaklund.com.
View ArticlePop VS Vision
Tweet The future of 3D printing is not what you have been lead to believe. Written by Andy Bleck- The media has told us that popular opinion suggests this technology will mainly be used by consumers...
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Imagine the possibilities – Thermoset, Micro Molding – PEEK
Tweet Just thought I would write a blog for the thermoset guys out there. Imagine the possibilities of micro molding in a thermoset material, below .003 in.³Tweet Thispossibilities of micro molding in...
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Is 3D Printing Taking over Traditional Manufacturing?
Tweet As we’ve traveled speaking on Additive Manufacturing; one question that is often brought up is, “Is 3D Printing taking over traditional manufacturing?”Tweet This Well, in some areas of industry...
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#BaklundBuilds – Micro-Machining
Tweet BRD’s job was to make holes in these tiny ball bearings that, as you can see, they are a little larger than a ball in a ballpoint pen. The micro-parts had to be put on a gauge pin to not only...
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Wow! I Did My First 3-D Printing for jigs and fixtures webinar!
Tweet Hey everybody- so I did my first 3-D printing jigs and fixtures webinar; actually it was my first webinar ever! I was surprised at how nervous I was about 5 to 10 minutes into the webinar. I...
View ArticleFree Webinar – Leveraging 3D Printing for Production Planning and Tooling Design
Tweet Free Webinar – Leveraging 3D Printing for Production Planning and Tooling Design Jon Baklund is doing a webinar for Design News – details below–> About this webinar Many design engineers are...
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Saving Time and Money with Precision Repeatability in Machining and Assembly
Tweet It’s Simple to Saving Time and Money with Precision Repeatability in Machining and Assembly It’s Simple to Saving Time and MoneyTweet This It takes the right tools—> Saving time and money go...
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The Midwest Work Ethic – Precision Machining and Progressive Dies Made in MN
Tweet The Midwest Work Ethic – Precision Machining and Progressive Dies Made in MN BRD President, Jon Baklund, often tells of learning all that he has about machining from his father, Dale Baklund....
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Stay In Budget! Tips for Kickstarter & Startups from Prototype to Manufacturing
Tweet Stay In Budget! Whether its a $30,000 Kickstarter campaign or a $30,000,000 Medical Device Startup, we’ve seen too many companies burn through there budgets when it came to manufacturing their...
View ArticleHow to Prevent Expanding Material While Machining
Tweet How to Prevent Expanding Material While Machining. . . READ ON Expanding material is just one of the problems a machinist can encounter that can make a part go out of tolerance. Here are some...
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10 Tips To Go from Machinist to Toolmaker
Tweet 10 Tips To Go From Machinist to Toolmaker – Practical Goals for the New Year With the New Year many people think of goals, resolutions and where they want to be a year from now. Eating healthier...
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