I just found that some of my consulting work for Xplosafe has been featured in The Oklahoman! As you may have noticed, I have been so busy with real life, that I have been neglecting my website. Yet I am still among the living, and this article is proof of that. One of the things …
I was recently inspired to design a 3D printed SMD strip dispenser for small rolls. I designed the part to be compatible with a little roll I found on Thingiverse and fell in love with. The little roll is called the Mx SMD Component Strip Holder. I decided the cute little Mx needed a better …
It is a new year, and my dissertation has finally made it past embargoes to publication. Allow me to present: Development and Applications of Chemical Sensors for the Detection of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Methane. You can view the ProQuest entry here. There is a download link to the full text at the bottom of …
I was recently gifted a new Shun knife without a sheath. Obviously, I did what any normal person would do – I designed my own custom 3D printed sheath. The Design The original design is based on the Shun DM0706 Classic 8-Inch Chef’s Knife. The curvature of the blade is similar between knives, and the …
EDIT 07/18/17: This post has been getting a lot of hits lately. Since I don’t have comments enabled for my site, if you have questions or would like to comment on anything, please feel free to email me directly. My email can be found on my CV (I won’t post it here so the spam …
Minor note: I got my PhD the other day. No big deal. The important part of the story is that I got a sweet graduation present from my mom. She bought me the 3D printer of my choice. Talk about awesome! I decided to go with a machine I have had some experience working on/with …
The Purchase and Return of a Makerbot Replicator+Read More »
After I got hooked by the allure of 3D CAD, I decided to practice my skills by making a 3D modeled keyboard cap. I started working on something using OpenSCAD, but it proved difficult to get the sort of organic curves I wanted. I wanted to get some experience using a GUI based-program, rather than …