About me

Hi! I am Casimir Jackson Maksymowicz but you can call me Kaz! I am a college student at Wheaton College in Norton MA, but I'm from NYC. I joined Fab Academy initially because my instructor told me that it was only for students who'd be in the Fabrication Lab on a friday night, as we were talking in our Fabrication Lab, on a friday night. I have a background in engineering from my highschool where I took nearly every engineering class available, including AI and Digital Design classes. This has given me experience with 3D Printing and Laser Cutting. Then, when I came to Wheaton College, I was hired as an assistant in our Fabrication Lab where I furthered my knowledge of 3D printing, laser cutting, and I also learned how to do vinyl cutting. I'm very interested in bio-mimicry design, which is the design of products that are inspired by nature. I'm also interested in the design of medieval armor and weaponry, which I've been studying for the past few years.

Previous work

I love to design and create crazy things, a few of which I'm going to describe in the following paragraphs. These are projects that I most recently made and am the most proud of. I'm currently in the process of designing platemail armor from soda cans, which I hand cut then glued onto a fabric backing. I'll add it to this page when it's completed.

Silly Straw Hat

I created a silly straw hat which allows you to drink various fluids through a silly straw and watch as it spins around and around your eyes. The design is inspired by octopuses, whose stomachs revolve around their brains, as I designed the hat to also serve as a cooling system for hot days, as your drink spirals around your face, cooling you down. This was a very spur of the moment idea and design, but I'm proud of it and how it turned out. If I could, I'd change how I attached the straws to the hat, as they're currently just zip tied on.

3D Printed Sword

I recently 3D printed a "Zweihander", a german sword designed to be wielded with two hands, as its name quite literally means "two handed". Its roughly 6' long! I purchased a 6ft wooden dowel that was about 1 1/4 inches thick, then I 3D printed several casings which stacked on top of eachother to create the blade. Then I printed the hilt in 2 pairs and attached them similarly. Finally, I added the pommel, and voila, Zweihander! I have dubbed it "The Blade Breaker" and it is my pride and joy. I'm currently working on creating a cover for it so I can bring it with me to a ren-faire one day.