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The Red Line Tracker: Free Visual Task Manager for Engineers

The Red Line Tracker: Stop Letting Engineering Tasks Slip A streamlined, VBA-powered task manager designed to keep engineering projects on schedule and drive highly effective weekly stand-up meetings. The dashboard provides an immediate 30,000-foot view of your active tasks and looming deadlines. ⬇️ Download The Red Line Tracker Trusted by engineers and PMs to stop missing deadlines. The Problem: Static Lists Hide Project Delays In fast-paced mechanical design and automation environments, standard to-do lists fail because they lack urgency. When an engineering manager is juggling CAD models, vendor approvals, and manufacturing drawings, it is far too easy for critical-path items to slip unnoticed until they are already delaying the build. Engineering projects rarely fail all at once—they fail one day at a time. To prevent this, your task tracker must visually scream at you when a deadline is breached. The Solution: Visual Triaging for Eng...
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About Sheet Mechanic

Hi, I’m Suparerg Suksai.

I am an Engineering Design Manager and Mechanical Design Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the trenches of industrial automation. I have designed fixtures, conveyors, and complex assembly machines, but I have also managed the chaotic reality of getting those machines built, shipped, and installed.

I am the author of The Sheet Mechanic, a field manual for engineers who have to navigate the messy gap between the "perfect" CAD model and the real world.

Why "Sheet Mechanic"?

University teaches us how to calculate stress on a beam. It doesn't teach us what to do when the client changes the scope three times a week, or when the vendor delivers the parts 50mm too short.

Throughout my career, I found that the biggest engineering failures weren't caused by bad physics—they were caused by bad systems. Scope creep, version control errors, and manual data entry kill more projects than weak steel ever will.

"In practice, engineering challenges are rarely just design problems. They are data-handling problems, communication problems, and process problems."

I created Sheet Mechanic to solve this. It is a philosophy (and a toolkit) that combines:

  • The Field Manual: Practical strategies for project management, vendor negotiation, and design reviews (documented in my book).
  • The Toolkit: Using Excel VBA, Google Sheets, and Access databases to automate the boring, repetitive parts of engineering so we can focus on design.

Technical Focus

My work sits at the intersection of Mechanical Design and Data Automation. I don't just draw machines; I build the digital systems that help teams build them.

⚙️ Engineering Mechanical Design, Fixtures, Conveyors, Automation Systems, Project Management.
💻 Automation Excel VBA, Google Apps Script, SQL Database Connections, BOM Automation.
🛠 Tools SolidWorks, NX, AutoCAD, MS Access, The "Iron Triangle" Framework.

Contact

I am always open to discussing automation challenges, engineering leadership, or the content of my book.

Connect with me on LinkedIn
Or email me directly at contact@sheetmechanic.com

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