What do you do when a $0.05 part breaks on your IKEA coffee table? Order a new one, right? Of course not! You learn how to use your favorite CAD software’s topology optimization package! The algorithm that is used by most of the CAD packages is called SIMP. The important thing to know is that…… Continue reading Over engineered Bracket
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First CNC project
First project! A little shuttle-inspired spaceship carved from pine. CAD I whipped it up in Fusion 360 with the sub-d modeling environment. CAM I used Fusion’s built-in CAM package. Adaptive clearing pass (1/4″ flat endmill) Morphed spiral finishing pass (1/4″ ball endmill) Cutting Result
3d printed airplanes
I printed a batch of airplanes for co-workers. I spent a while trying to optimize the size without increasing printing time too much. Eventually I pitched it up 15 degrees and turned it diagonally. Here’s an earlier slice:
Dice shrine
I build some dice holders to improve my DnD game. I’d been making some bad rolls so I built these devices to give my D20s positive or negative feedback. Dice shrine (right) which charges up good luck.Where there is the carrot there must be the stick – if the dice performs poorly it goes in…… Continue reading Dice shrine
Epoxy drip catchers
I had a problem with resin and hardener dripping onto my workbench resin drippage I solved it with an overengineered dripcatcher
Garage shop
Over quarantine I’ve gotten into woodworking and built up a garage workshop. Shout out to Steve Ramsay’s youtube series on woodworking. I already had a nice little workbench I used for modelmaking and painting, and odd jobs: original workbench Now I have another workbench and a toolbench, as well as some important tools like table…… Continue reading Garage shop
Bowling pajama micarta
my bowling pajamas I had a pair of bowling pajamas that were beloved to me. This is me the morning of my Google interview. I wore this to the interview, and yes I got the offer. I left the ball at home. Well pajamas finally had too many holes in them. They would rip when…… Continue reading Bowling pajama micarta
Sculptures
I’ve been doing a series of sculptures. Originally the motivation was to build a webcam holder so that I could monitor 3d prints: The original one The second one was more organic and had mostly parametric features with one sculpted feature: The next one was almost fully sculpted. A mechanical engineer at work asked if…… Continue reading Sculptures
mini paint holder
This was purely a CAD challenge to myself. It is an efficient way to store paint, but not an efficient use of time.
Arsch mit ohren
There is a German expression “Arsh mit Ohren” which means “ass with ears”. I suppose it roughtly maps to “butthead”. Anyways I got my hands on a 3d printer for the first time and for some reason decided that this was the thing to print. I found the model on Thingiverse. I left these on…… Continue reading Arsch mit ohren
Greg Horn 