This is an in-progress shot.
A man broke a part from his boat and asked us to fabricate a new one. The fin itself was carefully sculpted with a milling machine, some creative fixturing, and a whole lot of sanding.
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Underhood
A man obsessed with chrome wanted everything under the hood of his Cadillac Allante to sparkle. I prototyped and produced stainless steel covers for each of the holes under the hood. The one shown above was a test fit in traditional steel. This work required some lateral thinking to problem solve, and skills in traditional and computer drafting.
Lamp of DOOM
Made from squirt guns and a found lamp. The guns can actually swivel, and one of them is still useable as a squirt gun(although not advised).
An exercise in architectural drafting
Freshman year of high school
I carved the main design out of foam, made the teeth out of steel, and spray metallized the whole thing with zinc. The foam did not appreciate being melted so violently, which is why there are supremely lumpy areas.
Making a fixture
I’ve been known to design, fabricate, and dramatically over weld fixtures.
I had a real axe to grind that day.
Adding a pipe onto an axe or sledgehammer does two great things- adds a little more weight, and helps to extend the life of the handle. Missing and hitting the axe near the head puts a ton of stress on the handle, this protects it.
I also built up the bottom edge, which had worn away, with TIG welds, and then ground it back into shape.
Guerilla Engineering
Nothing like some cardboard, paper, sharpies, and a tape measure when it comes to designing new products!
I’m big on CAD- Cardboard aided design.
I don’t mind using computers or drafting programs, but this way is more fun, more tactile, and way more immediate.
SCIENCE!
Acid etching the cross sections of SAW beads with different variable changes.
Thumbody loves you.
Playing with Adobe Illustrator. Gotta love vector images.
Rexicorn 