I’m really good at following directions. Give me a recipe, or building plans, or even just a good hard look at something along with it’s dimensions and I can probably build it (within my skill set, naturally). But designing something from scratch is hard. Going from a rough sketch to actual measurements and assembly methods…
Month: May 2024
This is where the self doubt comes in
Inspired by a youtuber’s analog on-the-go note-taking desk, I decided to try my hand at improving the concept. I sketched it, mocked it up for an idea of size, and then I said: you have a 3D printer, why not print the parts you need? Which I thought was a grand idea. Being neither an…
No hot glue? No, hot glue!
I had an idea for a 3D printing project. Of course, being an old-school kind of guy, almost any idea starts out as a sketch (maybe digital, maybe not), but prototypes are probably not going to be digital. Regardless of the medium, a proof of concept can be mocked-up with card stock or cardboard. Now,…
May the 4th
I wasn’t feeling well this week, so this will be very brief. I’m not really one to get all excited about phony holidays that are probably really just promotions for commercial endeavors, but this weekend is May the 4th, a.k.a. “Star Wars Day” and something jogged a very, very old memory. I was very young…