Disassembled "Wonder Bible" audio player, 3D printed enclosure, and standard electronic components.

Circuit-bent is somewhat of a lie here - as detailed by LookMumNoComputer, these cheap electronic Bible players are nearly unbendable. Instead, there is a circuit-bent Sparkfun .wav player, hooked up to a series of momentary SPDT toggle switches that each trigger a different bible verse on an SD card, up to 4 of which can be played simultaneously. Glitch and pitch controls are included, with a 1/4" output jack and 9V jack (battery power optional). The bible verses can be switched out with any .wav file, making it a cute and glitchy audio trigger device. Pardon the wiring job!

FDM & SLA printed injection mold for metal-powder printer spindle vacuums.

3DEO's binder-jet, metal 3D printed relyed on tiny, high-RPM spindles cutting through layers of sticky stainless steel powder. To protect these delicate spindles from being clogged with micron-size powder, each had to be equipped with bellows that allowed them to retract and extend hundreds of times per cycle.

I personally 3D printed hundreds of these bellows, which would tear after two weeks of constant uptime - the goal here was to create a simple injection mold for creating silicone rubber bellows at a fraction of the cost of 3D printed ones.

The project was successful with a nice 3-part mold, but ultimately never implemented, as it would have required re-certification of multiple processes that the company was unwilling to entertain at the time.

Arduino-based console for playing Jeopardy at home

A COVID project made only with parts available at the makerspace, the box is programmed with traditional Jeopardy rules and features host controls, 3 color-coded player buzzers linked via TRRS audio cables, a speaker with unique sounds for all actions, and two seperate LED circuits. Electronics are housed in a laser cut enclosure and powered by a cheap Arduino Nano clone. I'm particularly proud of the 10-unit Neopixel array used as a countdown indication, which act just like the real contestant podiums!

Finger-jointed birdhouse assembled from 2 laser-cut 16" x 16" 1/4" ply sheets. Modeled in Rhino, it's a 3-walled structure with an optional sliding fourth wall (theoretically, an open design is better for birdhouses, while a closed design is better for bird feeders). Pictured example currently hangs on the Chesapeake Bay, with the occasional visitor.

X-stitched rendition of the iconic Microsoft XP default wallpaper

My first go at cross-stitching - this was mostly eye-balled, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

AKA a Optical Goniometer

Fixture for using a camera phone to measure the contact angle of 3DEO's prioritary binder solution, used to keep metal powder together during the 3D printing process. Made of aluminum extrusion and 3D-printed parts, a diffused backlight silhouettes a droplet extruded from a screw-activated syringe. Professional models cost well over $10K.

Cast reproductions of 1967 Porsche 911R lenses, seals, bending jigs & bucks for vacuum-formed lens housings

Commisioned by a local Porsche shop, this project is how and why I learned to cast and design molds. Luckily, I was working as a lab manager at the time, and had all the tools lying around in different corners of the factory. I had planned on SLA-printing all 25 lenses until I encountered the upper limits of photopolymer resin transparency. Scroll through the photos to see the many trials and errors of the process.

SLA-printed Glock 17 model

Resin-printed prop to display 3DEO's 3D-printed steel Glock 17 parts, including the firing pin, slide back plate, magazine release, trigger, and more (photo only shows the first two). Model was brought to multiple firearm manufacturing conventions. To be clear, this is non-functional, and only designed to fit some parts - other glock lower parts would not fit, nor could it actually accomodate a real slide.

Self-contained kit for building a hobby-motor car and controller

Designed during first COVID lockdowns as an alternative to in-person instruction. Tested during virtual BitSpace summer camps, and later distributed to Chicago Public Schools. The challenge was designing a kid-proof electronics kit for a wide age range, without requiring any soldering or fine motor skills.

Designed while I was a Product Engineer // Makerspace guide at BitSpace Chicago. Arcade buttons respectively control left and right DC hobby motor - signal travels with a TRRS audio cable that tethers the controller to the car. Assembly slides linked here.

3D-printed Ceramics Stamp

Made for my very talented mother-in-law, I vectorized her signature marking and imported it into Solidworks for a simple hand stamp. Printed on a Formlabs Form 3+ using their Tough 1500 resin at a 0.1mm layer height.

3D-Printed Vacuum Fittings

Fittings for cleaning excess stainless-steel powder from printer surfaces & cakes. Developed with the help of printer technicians, each fitting is designed to make their multi-step process of part production easier. Second photo shows what they were using beforehand.

3D printed tactile map of Laura Owen's Untitled, 2013, designed to accompany a verbal description of the artwork. Print-quality is terrible, but it was my very first print (and first time using Blender), and opened my mind to the possibilities.

I designed this piece as a part of a Comparative Literature course in college - the assignment was to translate a piece of media, and in the process, learn to make the difficult choices translators face in the process. Being monolingual and with a museum background, I wanted to incorporate a tool I had learned about in different disability studies classes: a tactile map of a painting for visually-impaired art viewers. The map functions best when paired with verbal description, which can be found here - [link to come].

In the past, museums have specialized Swell Form printers, the paper for which costs hundreds of dollars per ream. While there are a few online examples of using 3D printed alternatives, I believe its a teaching tool that has not been explored nearly enough.

Deck built from scratch, painted to resemble the cover of Sunny Day Real Estate's 1994 album, Diary.

7 layers of maple veneer glued in perpendicular orientation, placed in a vacuum bag, and shaped around a carved foam mold. Once the glue is dry, the shape is jigsawed out, painted, and finished. I'll be the first to admit I'm no painter, so I used a laser cutter to etch out a layer of masking tape.

Last photo shows the camper skateboards made during BitSpace's week-long 2019 summer skateboard camp. Please note the amazing Piranha plant, Final Fantasy Cloud sword and TWO Jojo's Bizzare Adventure characters - the kids are very alright.

Circuit-bent Texas Instruments Speak & Read. A very well-documented bend (by others), but with fantastic results. Video coming soon.