{"id":30351,"date":"2022-05-20T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=30351"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:03:19","slug":"mechanism-library-hemostat-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2022\/05\/mechanism-library-hemostat-tutorial.html","title":{"rendered":"Mechanism Library: Hemostat Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve had the privilege of interviewing over 50 engineers while co-hosting the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/teampipeline.us\/being-an-engineer-podcast\/\">Being an Engineer Podcast<\/a>.\u201d I\u2019ve noticed a trend of senior mechanical engineers mentioning that tearing apart and reverse engineering products\/gadgets is one of the optimal ways to improve one\u2019s mechanical engineering skill set.<\/p>\n<p>I have a passion for optimizing my learning curve, which led me on the path of developing this video playlist called \u201cThe Mechanism Library,\u201d in which I\u2019ll tear apart products all around us to teach you their inner working mechanisms using SOLIDWORKS. (So that you don\u2019t have to, and can learn them in less than 8 minutes per gadget). Join me on the journey to becoming a better mechanical design engineer in the most efficient way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This week I\u2019ll tear apart a hemostat. I\u2019ll teach you the mechanisms that govern the item\/device, while specifically focusing on how the compound joint mechanism works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note: For a full, rich explanation on how the inner mechanisms work, make sure to watch the video below and leave a comment. You won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tHS_B-w_vH0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A few key features\/geometries photographed below. Explanations are provided in the video above.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"docs-internal-guid-02b17e4f-7fff-4e36-ebb5-c8c29e50e6d9\"><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/screenhunter205441-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/screenhunter205441-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/screenhunter205441-615x434.png 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/screenhunter205441-728x514.png 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/screenhunter205441.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30350\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/with20ruler.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Any recommendations of a mechanical product you think I should tear apart next? Feel free to reach out to me on Linkedin or Instagram. I read all correspondence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Linkedin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/testai\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/testai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"docs-internal-guid-eb833aee-7fff-d92c-9591-0c5087e7c4bb\">Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafael_testai\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafael_testai\/<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had the privilege of interviewing over 50 engineers while co-hosting the \u201cBeing an Engineer Podcast.\u201d I\u2019ve noticed a trend of senior mechanical engineers mentioning that tearing apart and reverse engineering products\/gadgets is one of the optimal ways to improve<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2022\/05\/mechanism-library-hemostat-tutorial.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":30349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2924,35],"tags":[443,2955,2941,2942,1585,2939,2940,1467],"class_list":["post-30351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks-2022","category-tips-tricks","tag-cad","tag-hemostat-cad-model","tag-master-modeling","tag-mechanisms","tag-multibody-part","tag-rafael-testai","tag-reverse-engineer-solidworks","tag-solidworks-tutorial"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30351"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30385,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30351\/revisions\/30385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}