This page chronicles my ongoing quest to clean, organize, stock, and generally improve the Caltech student shop.
Shop Table
Metal shop table after grinding to remove rust and grit.
Tempering Oven
Graciously Donated by Beth in the deans office.
Lathe Drawer A
The first part of our new organizational system for the metal shop.
Vise Jaws
Tree Mill vise jaws, surface ground to 3 ten thousandths over their length.
Clean Curtains
Perhaps not as dramatic as a new welder, but sometimes it’s the little things…
Garden of Forgotten CADs
Projects whose design phase was largely or completely completed but never built. In general these projects were deliberately set aside, or never started, rather than abandoned.
I keep this gallery around as a source of humility and inspiration.
Lightsaber 2018 - A looks-like CAD for a high power lightsaber/flashlight build. Designed for a 2000 Lumen emitter with 12 AA batteries.
Spring Tester - A rig for repeaedly flexing 3D printed springs. This is the first project I ever designed for CNC fabrication.
3D Touch Probe - This design is for the inner cartridge of an electronic 3D touch probe.
This project was with Jack and Maheck, we purchased the parts and made some prototypes but canceled the project when it became clear the utility would be limited.
Blacker Cart - A 2-Ton utility cart designed out of wood and steel.
We just about wrapped up the design (except for the handle) when COVID hit and we had to retire the project.
