Hi! Follow along while I learn to Make (almost) Anything

During Fab Academy we work on a different assignment or project each week.
Here I document my mistakes, successes and learnings.

These are some of my favorite builds:

Balance bike

In the Computer Controlled Machining week I made a balance bike from plywood parts that I milled on our labs shopbot

Sun tracker

I've built a Sun tracker that is composed of 3 milled PCB parts

Vinyl cutting heater pad

I made a flexible heater pad with the vinyl cutter. I attached it to a glass to heat water

Multipurpose handle

I the Moulding and Casting week I created a mould to cast handles. I had fun casting different hardware into the handles

Motor control board

For my final project I milled a 2 layer PCB that can control 2 stepper motors.
In this image I'm sending commands to the motor control board over a wireless serial link

Motion wall

In the machine building week we worked in a group of 4 people. We've built a motion wall consisting of multiple hexagonal tiles that can be controlled individually

Flexible circuit

I experimented with the fabrication of flexible circuits. They're made by cutting thin copper sheets with the vinyl cutter.

Final project

As final project I've built a heliostat - A mirror with automatic orientation control

If you’re interested in how I experienced Fab Academy check out my retrospective

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Last update: June 19, 2022