I really enjoy building things. I get immense satisfaction from the creative process. I am a multidisciplinary problem solver who never backs down from a technical challenge. Below is a selection of my personal projects. I spent a lot of effort building stuff for festivals, because they present an opportunity for expressing unchecked creative energy.
Personal and social projects
A propane powered forge burner I built
A segment of a linear aerospike rocket engine I built
I machined all of these myself on my own CNC mill
An interactive light installation I built before this was trivial
700psi liquid propane flame effect
Control electronics for my interactive light installation
Rocket engine test stand controller
Liquid nitrogen ice cream at Burning Man at my bakery
More fun with LN2
Giant water cannon I built for a boat festival
Water cannon control system
More fun at the bakery at Burning Man
Custom liquid nitrogen dispenser used for making ice cream
My generation 1 portable propane flame effect
My wife and I with my generation 2 propane flame effect
A small rocket engine test stand built out of scrap parts and IKEA
More fun with liquid nitrogen
Assembling the light sculpture
Circuit board of my own design for light sculpture
Founding Mojave Makers
Mojave Makers, with our CNC equipment
CAD model of an E-paper alarm clock I made for my wife
Machined aluminum baseplate for the clock
The finished clock
I got to use my light sculpture to meet a lot of new friends!
