Projects

Things I've built lately.

Mechanical design, fabrication, and product development — sliderules, snowskates, and rocket fin assemblies.

active · Product Design

PCBrule

A pocket slide rule made from printed circuit board, combining vintage calculation methods with modern PCB manufacturing.

  • KiCad
  • PCB Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Product Design
PCBrule

archived · Fabrication

DIY Snowskate from a Kids' Ski

Built a functional snowskate from a thrifted kids' ski, a plastic skateboard deck, and waterjet-cut aluminum trucks I designed in CAD.

  • SolidWorks
  • Waterjet
  • Sheet Metal
  • Design for Manufacturing
DIY Snowskate from a Kids' Ski

archived · Aerospace Design

Subscale Rocket Fin Assembly

Designed a mechanical fin attachment system for Project Kline's subscale vehicle, cutting fin replacement time from 24+ hours to a 30-minute hot-swap.

  • SolidWorks
  • Simulation
  • Manufacturing
  • FEA
Subscale Rocket Fin Assembly

active · Embedded Systems

Digital Climbing Finger Strength Trainer

An ESP32-based finger strength trainer that measures isometric loading in real time and spoofs the Tindeq BLE protocol for compatibility with existing climbing apps.

  • ESP32
  • BLE
  • Load Cell
  • Embedded
Digital Climbing Finger Strength Trainer

archived · Utility Design

Mechanical Engineering Student's Every Day Carry

A repurposed camera filter pouch rebuilt into a modular tool roll that carries a full field repair kit in the water bottle pocket of a backpack.

  • Sewing
  • Repurposing
  • Fabrication
  • Design for Use
Mechanical Engineering Student's Every Day Carry