Monday, December 28, 2020

Adam Savage and the Millenbaugh Motivator


At the end of 2013 I entered Adam Savage's Inventern competition on Tested.com and, to my surprise, I won. The grand prize was to work on a week-long project with Adam - it turned out to be a bigger project than I could image, lasting 3 months.

Sunday, December 27, 2020

It's a Wrap! - Octopod Overview

Thesis was defended May 3, 2012 and passed with Distinction. Not bad for the guy who had an undergrad GPA which shall remain nameless.  I have collected the key entries here, but check out the rest of the blog for more on the process.

For those new to my project, the goal was to design, model and then 3D print a mechanical octopus vehicle, complete with working features and LED lighting.  The video is an introduction to the piece, followed by lots of pictures and construction details.  Don't hesitate to contact me with questions.


I built a custom stand with a ball-joint to allow for different of poses.

Continue on for more pictures and info...

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Tested Articles


I am the 3D Printing and Fabrication corespondent for Tested.com.  I try not to skim over topics and get into the nitty-gritty while still making it clear for beginners and once and awhile I will do a non-3D article as well.  For your perusal...



I recount winning Adam's Inventern competition and the grand prize - helping to finish his Hellboy Mecha-Hand.






Valcrow!

Friend of Tested, Jacky Wan aka Valcrow, came down from Canada for a visit to share some of his excellent 3D printed creations.


Form 2

I had a sneak peek of the Formlabs new Form 2 SLA printer. Full review and video can be seen here.

Scuttlefish
Norm and I build my Scuttlefish, AKA Gowanus Monster kit. Download and print your own or get a kit to build. Read about the design here.







Ultimaker 2 Reviewed

A great printer from novice to expert.  Also see our Ultimaker 2 video.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Etsy Building Costume



When we lived in NYC, my wife worked at Etsy and they always had an amazing Halloween party.  They have an awards ceremony in which one of the prizes is the most 'Etsy' costume.  They are moving into a new building soon, so we made a New Etsy Building costume - she ended up winning Best in Show.































Wednesday, January 22, 2014

TARDIS Deluxe Kit




Designed right from the BBC blueprints, my TARDIS kit is meant to print flat to avoid the cracking problems I have experienced with other versions.

Read the my full write-up of building the TARDIS on Tested.com.

Iron Man Arc Reactor MK I


Yeah! It looks awesome, right?  Came out of the MakerBot and did a little clean up, and there you go.  Nah, it's the actual movie prop.  This is an on-going project in it's early stages.  My goal was to have a really small, bright, self-contained light puck that could be recharged via USB that would be part of the existing prop cable.

Iris Box v3


I did a major overhaul on the iris box and printed 100+ for Maker Faire NYC 2013.