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.

It's a Wrap! - Octopod Overview

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

The Octopod was my Graduate Thesis project from 2012. 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.  It was printed on an Objet Connex 500 - a multi-material polyjet printer. Body panels were printed using black and white rigid materials which were also mixed during printing for shades of gray.

The tentacles turned out great; every test print was worth it.

Panels removed. The main body panel is held on with magnets.

The entire back wall was a last-minute addition but totally worth it.  It allowed me to install lights, run wiring and add some nice details.

The door and latch are fully functional and the LED switch is hidden inside.

The hoist moves back and forth and turns.  The floor panels open to allow access to the body screws and to hide the LED battery.

The iris door is fully functional.

The cockpit lights up as well, although due to a print problem, the side controls currently don't work.   I'll reprint them at some point.

Rear hatch and ladder.  The wheel and rungs are the beefier reprints which were glued on.

Underside.  You can see part of the tentacle mount and the stand mount.  This was the only place where I tried modeling actual screw threads and it worked out great.

Component parts of the Octopod.  It was designed to be assembled with screws.

REPRINTS UPDATE!

I reprinted some Octopod parts for Maker Faire way back in September and forgot about posting pix.

The cockpit lid had a few problems.  Due to the nature of the material I printed with, it wasn't holding it's shape properly and the curvature of the top was acting like a spring which caused it to fit poorly.  

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.

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.

Iris Box v3

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

Sean Charlesworth - 3D Modeling & Printing Reel

3D DEISGN & PRINTING REEL

These reels are woefully outdated! Nowadays I do more fabrication.

I am a hard surface 3D modeler and printer with a specialty in designing assemblies. For the last 10 years, I have also been the Head Repair Technician for NYU Film & TV - responsible for the repair, maintenance and processing of all existing and new production equipment.  I use this hands-on knowledge and sensibility, to design working 3D printed assemblies, combined with actual hardware where appropriate.

Maker Faire NYC 2013

Charlesworth Dynamics will be at the New York Maker Faire!  We will have our Replicator 2X on hand and be happy to answer any 3D printing questions.  We will also have our iris boxes, TARDIS kits and other goodies for sale. 

Look for Charlesworth Dynamics in the 3D Printer Village exhibit #11803. Click banner for info and tickets.

To buy a TARDIS kit or iris box check out our Etsy Store.

If you have your own 3D printer, download files for the TARDIS and irisbox on my Thingiverse page.