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Practical, Hands-on Manual for the Plastics Professional
Practical, Hands-on Manual for the Plastics Professional
Plastic product design was never made so clear and pellucid

Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding : An Introduction (Spe Books.)
Robert A. Malloy
Manufacturer: Hanser Gardner Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly
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ASIN: 1569901295

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Non-Engineer Review.......2005-01-20

As a non- engineer, but fully engaged in the Injection Molding business as a recruiter of Plastic Part Design Engineers, this book delivers technical information but easy to read and comprehend. Not just a book on theory, but practical applications. I recommend for non-engineers and engineers.

Excellent book........2003-02-28

This book is excellent. It is technical but easy to understand, has illustrations, comprehensive, and very informative. Highly recommended.

Practical, Hands-on Manual for the Plastics Professional.......2002-09-17

This book reveals the basic background required by personnel in the plastics field in designing parts for injection molding. It has many examples and illustrations of real-life applications instead of endless derivations of equations. It is a very useful, well structured, easy to follow guide for assisting in your design and knowledge of polymer related products.

Practical, Hands-on Manual for the Plastics Professional.......2002-09-17

Plastic product design was never made so clear and pellucid.......1998-10-07

Dr.Malloy's book reflects the common problems an engineer would face while designing a plastic part. His book takes all the possible design problems that one might not even expect. He deserves 10,0000000**********'s.

I Am Plastic: The Designer Toy Explosion

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A Guide to the Beginnings of a New Art Form
Best Vinyl Toys Book ~
inspiring
great book for toy collectors and enthusiasts
Superb photographic manual

I Am Plastic: The Designer Toy Explosion
Paul Budnitz
Manufacturer: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810958465

Book Description

In barely a decade, the designer toy craze, which originated in Hong Kong, has taken the world by storm. Children and adults, celebrities and design aficionados now line up to pay anywhere from five dollars to thousands of dollars for these highly inventive designer creations.

I Am Plastic provides a colorful visual history of the phenomenon, which has energized not only the toy world but the global art community as well. Fashion designers, comic book artists, underground illustrators, graffiti and fine artists now lend their creativity to the task of coming up with innovative and striking new toy designs. Artists and toys featured in this stunning overview include Frank Kozik, Dalek, Gary Baseman, Bounty Hunter, Junko Mizuno, Jason Siu, Devilrobots, and Pete Fowler.

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A Guide to the Beginnings of a New Art Form.......2007-05-11

It wasn't enough to have regular dolls like Barbie or G.I. Joe. Some people had to go messing around with the dolls instead of leaving them as they were. They melted and remolded the limbs, or they substituted a speaker or a model of a radio for a head, or they gave G.I. Joe an orange afro. This was only about ten years ago, and the dolls were coming in from Asia. "It was as if artists were taking toys that I remembered from my childhood and imposing an adult aesthetic on them," writes Paul Budnitz, "They were cute, scary, hip, violent, scarce, expensive, and beautiful." Budnitz, a film-maker with a fine arts degree from Yale, was so taken by the strange dolls that he went to Hong Kong and started a toy company to manufacture more. In _I Am Plastic: The Designer Toy Explosion_ (Abrams), Budnitz has provided three hundred lovely color pages devoted to his obsession, both the designs made by his firm Kidrobot and by many others who are participating in a lively new art form. And if the prices for these items on e-Bay, for instance, is any indicator, there are lots of enthusiasts just as obsessed.

Budnitz asserts that these are true works of art, but that they have an unusual canvas, usually bright, smooth plastic assembled in parts. They come in limited editions, like prints, and many buyers are interested in collecting sets. Because there are so few made, the artists are free to take risks and make something very strange and otherwise commercially infeasible. The artists wind up putting their own money up for production, and spending their own time to sell their sculptures, when of course they'd be happier just being artists. It's a risk, and they want their customers to take a risk on buying, too, and buying just because the offered toy is "really, really weird." Weird they certainly are, and often laugh-out-loud funny; these are generally cartoonish creatures, although some are scary. Often they are beautiful, and the lovely pictures in this book will make anyone want to see the real objects. A set from Devilrobots inexplicably titled "Maffy Kubrick" looks like gumdrops of different colors with smiley faces. Devilrobots also manufactures cubes that come in mock tofu boxes, but the cubes of tofu have faces (usually unsmiling) and are driving around in little bumper cars. Lots look like they would fit into Japanese monster movies, for instance. There are bunnies here, too, mostly in the form of "Smorkin' Labbit", a puffy rabbit figurine whose cuteness clashes with the cigarette in its mouth. The labbit in each of its incarnations is physically identical, except for its paint job, which might be garish, pastel, plaid, or bondage-themed.

There is page after page of whimsical figures, full of color, with molding revealing fine detail. The people who produce these objects obviously love their work. The people who collect them, and pay premium prices, obviously love them, too. I certainly would be more interested in viewing a collection of these pieces than I would a host of items from the Franklin Mint. I didn't know a thing about designer toys before I opened this handsome book, but it is clear that this is a trend that will continue. Perhaps _I Am Plastic_ will be a foundation document for an established art movement in the future, to show the movement's Golden Age, but it stands on its own as a fine introduction into a very odd artistic and commercial endeavor.

Best Vinyl Toys Book ~.......2007-04-23

Vinyl Toys Maniac, this is the best complete book for you. Cool stuff & you'll want to read this book over and over again without gettin bore ~ 2 Thumbs up ^^

inspiring.......2007-03-14

inspiring, amazing , aesthetic value now change .
this book represent new aesthetic approach of toys

great book for toy collectors and enthusiasts.......2007-03-01

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys urban toys. Almost every page has very nice, large photographs of different single works and series. The book displays each toy very well; it includes different views of most of the works and some close-ups. It features artists from all over the world and contains some interviews as well.

Superb photographic manual.......2007-01-12

A simply excellent coffee-top style manual with great colour photography for all fans and serious collectors of Japanese toys. My 11-yr old keeps it next to his bed.

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A "must have" for design/manufacturing engineers

Design for Manufacturability Handbook
James G. Bralla
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Design for Manufacturability & Concurrent Engineering; How to Design for Low Cost, Design in High Quality, Design for Lean Manufacture, and Design Quickly for Fast Production
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Design for Manufacturing: A Structured Approach
Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
The Lean Design Guidebook: Everything Your Product Development Team Needs to Slash Manufacturing Cost (The Lean Guidebook Series)

ASIN: 007007139X

Book Description

From raw materials ... to machining and casting ... to assembly and finishing, the Second Edition of this classic guide will introduce you to the principles and procedures of Design for Manufacturability (DFM)Ñthe art of developing high-quality products for the lowest possible manufacturing cost. Written by over 70 experts in manufacturing and product design, this update features cutting-edge techniques for every stage of manufacturingÑplus entirely new chapters on DFM for Electronics, DFX (Designing for all desirable attributes), DFM for Low-Quality Production, and Concurrent Engineering.

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A "must have" for design/manufacturing engineers.......2000-02-12

I teach Product Design Engineering at Ohio State and I can honestly say that Bralla is absolutely the best single reference for working designers and manufacturing engineers that I've found. An incredible compendium of useful info on just about any manufacturing process you can think of, and plenty you HAVEN'T thought of, plus chapters on Design for Assembly, materials, economic considerations - you name it. The book is a bit pricey, but considering the amount of useful information packed into it, it's a steal. Bralla far exceeds McGraw-Hill's regrettably low standards for their handbooks - this one is a keeper!

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Wonderful Wonderful Reference
Good Text, But No Color

Fabric Glossary, Third Edition
Mary Humphries
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Plastic Comb

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Fabric Reference, Third Edition
Fabrics: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects
The Encyclopedia of Furniture: Third Edition - Completely Revised
Inside Today's Home
Furniture: A Concise History (World of Art)

ASIN: 013098549X

Book Description

This illustrated fabric dictionary explores the fascinating and satisfying characteristics of the multitude of fabrics available today. Comprehensive lists of fabrics for many uses are given, and over 600 names and terms are illustrated and/or explained. It provides a place for actual fabric swatches, and gives information about mounting swatches. Cerlox binding allows the book to lie flat when open. A comprehensive overview starts the book; it explains how to use the glossary, fiber families, fabric weights, and end-use categories. A section called “Fabric Files” follows, with notes on mounting swatches, alphabetically-listed fabric files, and references and resources. This book is an excellent resource for use on the job for those in textiles, textile marketing, and the fashion industry because of its clever layout and wealth of information.

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Wonderful Wonderful Reference.......2004-03-13

Fantastic book! One that is extremely useful and one that I take everywhere with me. Perfect for new designers acquiring fabric sense. I know several firms where this book is a staple reference guide. A+++++

Good Text, But No Color.......2000-06-28

I was a little disappointed that all of the pictures were blackand white. In order for this book to be useful to me, I would have topay [approx. $20.] plus shipping and handling to get the actual swatches used in this reference book.

The text seemed to be very thorough and all fabric types are covered. For the price, I would have expected color photos of the swatches since it is difficult to judge texture from black and white. If you don't mind investing [more money] for the swatches, you'll be happy with this book.

The Art of Resin Jewelry: Layering, Casting, and Mixed Media Techniques for Creating Vintage to Contemporary Designs

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Great all-round resin jewellery book
this book is great
Great Book For Inspiring Artists
A taste of Resin that will leave you wanting more
beautiful book

The Art of Resin Jewelry: Layering, Casting, and Mixed Media Techniques for Creating Vintage to Contemporary Designs
Sherri Haab
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0823003442
Release Date: 2006-07-01

Book Description

• Exciting medium, new formulations: perfect for crafters at all skill levels
• Award-winning, best-selling author with great crafts credentials
• First book on resin that provides detailed techniques and varied super-appealing projects

Resin jewelry is made from liquid plastic that magically turns solid when a hardener is added. Pretty cool! The popularity of these resins for jewelry making has soared with the introduction of easy-to-mix, low-odor products, ideal for crafters. Now best-selling author Sherri Haab shows how to put the miracle of modern technology to work making necklaces, bangles, bracelets, pins, earrings, and rings. Projects range from simple to sophisticated, from Bakelite-style heart pins to faux amber earrings to glitter gem bracelets, from scrimshaw bracelets to cloisonné pins to transparent resin necklaces backed with gold leaf. Packed with tips on tools, supplies, finishing, and creating special effects, including ideas on combining resins with polymer clay, The Art of Resin Jewelry is a beautiful and practical introduction to an exciting craft.

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Great all-round resin jewellery book.......2007-02-10

I am really happy with this book. It has a great selection of projects and lots of different types of resin jewellery. Lots of pictures. I haven't made anything yet but it seems really easy to follow.

this book is great.......2007-01-10

Sherri Haab can always be relied to to produce great books with funky projects that you actually want to make. Can't fault this one at all - fantastic!

Great Book For Inspiring Artists.......2007-01-10

I am speaking on behalf of my company (Fibreglass & Resin Sales), we sell this book to many customers, although some of my staff have also purchased the book. It has great, handy ideas for those who love their crafts, and even those who are new in the craft world! If you interested in Resin Art, I would recommend this book to get you going!!!

A taste of Resin that will leave you wanting more.......2007-01-08

As a Jewellery teacher who teaches Resin, I have been waiting with baited breath for this book to hit the shelves. Books on Resin are like hens teeth, I have used Kathie Murphys Book as a reference for years, now Sherri's book will happily be added. I especially liked her techniques showing people how to make molds by using margarine/yoghurt containers, polymer clay molds for inserts and her combination of media. Creating Faux work such as Amber is always a winner with students. The projects are accompanied by well written text, easy to follow instructions and excellent photographs, the gallery at the start is wonderful, who would not be inspired by the fabulous work of Lulu Smith and Robert Dancik. To be frank, the projects in the book, with the exception of the glass bracelet and the seed pod bracelet are not to my personal taste, a bit too glitzy and "home made" as opposed to "hand made", but I did not buy to copy her work, I bought it to show techniques and then apply in your own designs, it is perfect for that. I am a Sherri Fan, recommending her Art of Metal Clay to my clay students too, so she now has two books on my recommended list. I hope she does another one, taking this fabulous medium to a higher artistic level.

beautiful book.......2006-07-29

If you know nothing about resin casting, then this book is for you. Easy to follow projects and beautiful photographs make it a snap to get into the groove of resin casting.

The Complete Part Design Handbook: For Injection Molding Of Thermoplastics

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The Complete Part Design Handbook: For Injection Molding Of Thermoplastics
E. Alfredo Campo
Manufacturer: Hanser Gardner Pubns
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This indispensable, all inclusive reference guide to plastic part design is compiled with the product designer in mind, who is looking for more detailed information on plastic resins, the rules and geometries underlying their use in product design, and the advantages and limitations of their use in industrial applications. The designer will also find valuable advice on resin and tool selection and processing parameters that will allow fast and successful product development and manufacture. Thousands of hours of research and cross-referencing have gone into the completion of this work. In addition, the hands-on knowledge of a plastics expert with more than 35 years experience incorporated in this handbook makes it an invaluable tool for any product designer facing the challenges of our global plastics industry.

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Color Please?
Quark is Easy to Learn
QuarkXpress 7 Step by Step Training
Great intro to Quark

QuarkXPress 7 Step by Step Training
Noble Desktop
Manufacturer: Noble Desktop, LLC
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Binding: Plastic Comb

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In this workbook you'll be taken step-by-step through a variety of exercises that will show you Quark from the ground up. Including: basic layout, text and graphics manipulation, drawing tools, color creation and application, style sheets, master pages, baseline grid, hyphenation, indexing, libraries, and much more. Instructions are written for both Mac and PC. Class Files CD included (works on Mac & PC).

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Color Please?.......2007-05-02

For nearly $80 I expected a little more. It looks like someone used a copier to make copies of the pages and then spiral bound it together. It looks like something I could have done!
Then I get a burned CD that's been handwritten on? Honestly I don't think it's much to ask that for $80 the book at least look like it was put together professionally. Other than that I have not gone through the content but I am extremely dissapointed in the presentation of the material.

Quark is Easy to Learn.......2007-03-21

I came here specifically to write a good review about the QuarkXpress
training book from Noble Desktop. It's great! I'm not sure why the
gentleman below didn't learn how to put together a book, since this
workbook has step by step instructions on how to create a 120-page
book! And it's amazingly easy. Quark is a pretty easy program, I just
needed someone to walk me through all the steps without having to
figure them out myself. This book showed me how to do simple things,
but also major things like a magazine cover, a few different magazine
articles, a poster, and of course the 120-page book. I highly
recommend it, and I plan on getting Noble Desktop's InDesign book as
well.

QuarkXpress 7 Step by Step Training.......2007-02-19

If someone wants to learn QuarkXpress for the purposes illustrated, this is a good way to accomplish a first time get up to speed ability. If on the other hand, if one wants to learn the program for the purpose of putting together a book, as I am doing, this product will only be a waste of time. I have found an array of eBooks that give me what I need without having to learn all the features of this extraordinary program, and believe it or not, I am now suffering from the program not wanting to export to pdf. So, I have abandoned QuarkXpress, and I am now using Adobe InDesign now for my DTP needs.

Great intro to Quark.......2006-12-13

The text book here presented as well as the hands on class are very clear & consice, taking you truly step by step through the learning process. They only thing better than this book would be taking the class in person at Nobel Desktop's facility in New York City. Both the book & the class are worth every penny and minute of your time. Great investment in your future as a graphic designer!

The Art of Electronics (Student Manual with Exercises)

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The answers you need
Helpful? Reference, yes. Teaching/learning, no.
Outstanding
#1 Source Book For Electronics
very good book

The Art of Electronics (Student Manual with Exercises)
Thomas C. Hayes , and Paul Horowitz
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Book Description

This manual is both a guide and aid to users of The Art of Electronics. It is carefully organized to follow the chapters of the main text, providing extra explanatory notes, worked examples, solutions to selected exercises and laboratory exercises. Learning aids such as glossaries, reading assignments, objectives, data sheets and summaries are also included. The manual is a product of many years' teaching at Harvard University, which has given the authors direct knowledge of concepts that students find difficult. The extra explanatory detail makes this manual an essential purchase for students using The Art of Electronics.

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The answers you need.......2007-06-08

If you want to know how to design stuff that works without getting bogged down in the kind of math that gives most people the sweats, BUY THIS BOOK.

Yes, some of it is showing it's age, but even those bits have an enormous amount of clever design insights and very cool solutions to non obvious problems.

In short, whether electronics is a hobby or a career, you cannot do without this book on your shelf, preferably close at hand.

Helpful? Reference, yes. Teaching/learning, no........2007-06-01

I've used this book for two quarters at ohio university in physics 272 and 273. Other than the fact that the lab courses doen't do much in the way of actual teaching, this text and it's sarcasm is awful.
It does ask a lot of questions, but as a teaching text for an introductory set of labs, it is terrible. You may think I'm just too stupid to benefit from sarcastic questions with no material in the text to answer them, but if that is the case, you are probably some nerd type that knows very little in the way of education.
I'll be selling this set of texts, which is unusual, since as a teacher, I generally keep all my texts for future reference (even my introduction to particle physics by Das, and my quantum mechanics text by Ira Levine)...save money and use google, or wikipedia you will find more detailed answers.

Outstanding.......2007-03-09

This book came well recommended and has not been a disappointment. It is not in the style of anything written by the ARRL for learning LRC and RF material, nor had it been presented as such.

The information is very detailed and very complete. Some areas are a little devoid of extensive material but the reader should be easily guided to finding material that will complete their education.

I found nothing that was inaccurate and that says a lot for any technical publication. It covers most of the basics and does it very well. If you are looking for extremely detailed information in any particular subject, this is not the book for you.

Do not omit this book from your library. It is a de facto standard and deserves a lot of respect.

#1 Source Book For Electronics.......2007-03-08

Without doubt, this is the best single source book on the subject of electronics that has ever been written. Most publications on the subject are too technical with language hardly anyone understands.

The clear straight forward approach, written in everyday language, with a deemphpasis on mathematics, can truly take one from a novice, to a well respected professional. I know, I'm one of them.

Sincerely,
Robert K Walcott

very good book.......2007-02-10

This book contains virtually everything there is to know about electronics, however it may be a bit hard to understand for beginners with no previous experience. Lots of terminology.

Structural Design of Polymer Composites: Eurocomp Design Code and Background Document

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Structural Design of Polymer Composites: Eurocomp Design Code and Background Document
J.l. Clarke
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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ASIN: 0419194509

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Independent, practical guidance on the structural design of polymer composites is provided for the first time in this book. Structural designers familiar with design of conventional structural materials such as steel and concrete will be able to use it to design a broad range of polymeric composites for structural applications, using glass fibre reinforced plastic materials, components, connections and assemblies.

Composites for Construction: Structural Design with FRP Materials

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Composites for Construction: Structural Design with FRP Materials
Lawrence C. Bank
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471681261

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The first textbook on the design of FRP for structural engineering applications

Composites for Construction is a one-of-a-kind guide to understanding fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) and designing and retrofitting structures with FRP. Written and organized like traditional textbooks on steel, concrete, and wood design, it demystifies FRP composites and demonstrates how both new and retrofit construction projects can especially benefit from these materials, such as offshore and waterfront structures, bridges, parking garages, cooling towers, and industrial buildings.

The code-based design guidelines featured in this book allow for demonstrated applications to immediately be implemented in the real world. Covered codes and design guidelines include ACI 440, ASCE Structural Plastics Design Manual, EUROCOMP Design Code, AASHTO Specifications, and manufacturer-published design guides. Procedures are provided to the structural designer on how to use this combination of code-like documents to design with FRP profiles.

In four convenient sections, Composites for Construction covers:
* An introduction to FRP applications, products and properties, and to the methods of obtaining the characteristic properties of FRP materials for use in structural design
* The design of concrete structural members reinforced with FRP reinforcing bars
* Design of FRP strengthening systems such as strips, sheets, and fabrics for upgrading the strength and ductility of reinforced concrete structural members
* The design of trusses and frames made entirely of FRP structural profiles produced by the pultrusion process

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