Pictures: ^ Phantom 7 ^ Phantom 6, with me at the bow ^ Getting Underway ^ On the beach Skills used: Teamwork, CAD, SCUBA Diving Description: Yeah, yeah, I know I’m a bit late on the draw, but I had to post something about this. If you don’t know, I’ve been on the…
Pictures: ^ RAMses in it’s current state; defunct. I scrapped some bits and pieces for modifications to the Velleman Vertex I’m building, but most of the structure is still there. ^ A test run of the axes. This is the only video of the axes running before the machines untimely demise. Skills used: 3D Printing,…
Lets talk 3D printers: How big can we get? As many of you that know me know, I am heavily involved in 3D printing, and after building one printer, PISCES (I am still working on making it print steel though), I am looking forward to my next printer. I made a lot of mistakes with…
Skills used: Mechanical Engineering, CAD design, Basic FEA, Intensive Design for Additive Manufacturing. Description: Whew, it has been a while since I have posted anything, but rest assured, it’s because I have been too busy to post, not because I haven’t been doing anything. When I wasn’t doing classes, or working in the makerspace I…
Pictures: ^ Augmented Reality watch testing on Unity3D. ^ Playing Halo: CE on Oculus Rift using my gyroscopic game controller. Skills used: Spatial reasoning, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Unity3D, C#, a little JavaScript Description: Recently my friends have been bugging me to get an Oculus Rift, mainly to see what…
Pictures: ^ The Inventor model of the the gantry system. ^ The printer in full. The testing transformer can be seen to the lower right of the image. ^ The brilliant arc flash of a 3D printer printing steel. Skills used: Autodesk Inventor, Marlin Firmware, Mechanical Design, Electrical Engineering, Welding. Description:…
Pictures: ^ The work to the naked eye ^ The work where the viewing sheet is at 0 degrees ^ The work where the viewing sheet is at 90 degrees ^ A picture of the work where half is seen through the viewing sheet, and the other is not. Skills used: spatial reasoning, basic physics,…
Pictures: Me wearing the QR code to a social A closeup of the QR code Skills used: Duct tape, spatial reasoning, computer engineering Description: This is a rather old creation, made during the summer of last year, but it is still quite interesting nonetheless. I have always had a fascination with duct tape (I even…
Pictures: ^ Version 1.1, the old version ^ Version 1.2.1, the newer version ^ Version 1.2.2, the card rotated 90 degrees ^ stacks of both Skills used: Rhino CAD software Description: After I cut version 1.1, I realized the 0.09 inch thick slabs of basswood were excessively large and bulky. In addition, I thought the…
Pictures: ^ The device displaying my logo ^ The back of the device. note the ziptied pins along the right and top edges. ^The device pinned to a shirt. Quite large, but still effective. Skills used: Electrical Engineering, Microsoft PowerPoint Description: Whenever I find myself at an event that would effectively utilize nametags, I…