In addition to dumpster diving as a source of items to fill my apartment, I like to create knickknacks and furniture with my hands. Feel free to send an email with any cool ideas or to share any of your work!
I enjoy woodworking, music, and scavenging - to combine these joys, I decided to recreate my Intro to Engineering project (Cigarbox violin with 3D printed parts) using:
Data is the New Oil
Commemorative SculptureTo celebrate data being the new oil (and other buzz phrases at work), I decided to make a pumpjack which also serves as a fidget toy (rotates with finger motion). This lives on a shelf I made to hold knickknacks above my monitor at the office.
I purchased a Ender 3 V2 quite recently and am impressed with the print quality. I got lucky with not having issues. My main workflow is:
I printed the default dog (1) which came with the printer. The huge raft is a waste of plastic and print time. Afterwards I printed the standard benchy (2) which came out smooth and nice.
I love model engines, and this air balloon motor has sparked a lot of joy. Some pieces snapped when putting together, and I tried to use rubber seals to prevent leaks, but I enjoyed this nonetheless. Unfortunately, I’ll need to tinker with this more before it can be balloon powered. I tried using balloons that were too tight which gave me a headache. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4197583 Todo: gif of rotation
Part of weather station. Todo: Add picture
Need to sand the gears better using smaller files and reassemble. Some pieces snapped during assembly, and needed to be “soldered”/”welded” using scrap plastic and a soldering iron. Runs but not as smoothly as I would like. Would have liked to not have printed the waste plastic, but there was no easy list of required parts. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3308710 Todo: gif of movement
Gifts for friends, and a fidget toy for myself. Needed some sanding but spins VERY smoothly. Not sure if it is this one or another one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:802145
Gift for friend. Works pretty well if given enough flat space. Spins until it flips upside down. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3053074
Gifts for girlfriend’s sisters.
Gift for friend
Gift for relative, possibly got lost in the mail
Some pieces catch, but not fully assembled yet.
Using LDraw and converting to stl works sometimes, but other times the holes are filled in weird. Failed universal joint (62520c01): small base led to piece falling over. Various clutch pieces (look up all the gears, connectors, etc. part numbers) - dreamed of use in transmission, but lives inside of a lego orrery now (TODO writeup and link) Small turntable (Orrery)
I then realized I could buy these pieces for pennies each…
After ensuring printer is calibrated using fish, I printed out the body of the turtle, the gears, crank, rods, etc. In order attain success, hours of sanding joints had to be performed, and each individual component of the system had to be smooth and as frictionless as possible. Lubrication techniques should be investigated when the opportunity arises.
Pieces printed and assembly is on todo list.
“It’s Wednesday, my dudes.” Gift for friend. Printed at 50% scale.
Gift for friend. Todo: mail to friend; make topo map of D.C. and California.
Still in the search phase. I have a spreadsheet of candidates but might design my own variant of available pendulum clocks.
Several paintings will be here one day
MSFS2020 with keyboard is inferior to controller-based flying. TODO: add pictures, finish and polish Lego - Done. Electronics - Done. Code - To finalize. vJoy vs unoJoy design decisions.
Review to be done hopefully this weekend.
Complete! TODO: add images At some point my classification scheme will get weirder yet (if I make a forts section, this will move there)
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One Day…
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