3D Printing and Designing

From a thought to a physical object in a matter of hours

Background

In 8th grade, I first learned about 3d printing from my librarian. She handed me the first 3d model I had ever seen or touched: a small gyroscope model. The fact that something could go from an idea to a 3d model to a physical object was amazing, and I was instantly hooked. Once I got to high school I had access to some basic 3d printers. I was upset, however, that I could never tinker with them and improve them as they were school property. So, I saved up over the course of a few months and bought a cheap 200$ 3d printer from a random vendor in China. Depsite its cheap price, I still use it to this day.

Here's a few notes about how I 3d print:

  1. I use Solidworks, Siemens NX, and Fusion 360 to create my CAD models.
  2. For slicing the model (convering the 3d model into machine language the 3d printer can understand) I mainly use Simplify3D and Cura.
  3. My entire 2018 internship at IBM revolved around 3d printing. Check it out on my Internship page.
  4. I use 3d printing in almost all of my projects, such as my Portable Wii project and my Combat Robot.

Check out some of my previous 3d printed works down below.

Work Samples

Many of the components on my "Phone Drone" are 3d printed, including using photogrammatry to design a custom gimbal mount. Read more about it on my drones page!

This is scale model I made of Leonidas, the flagship product made by Epirus. It was made to show scale and functions to potential customers.

Many of the components on my "GoPro Karma Killer" drone are 3d printed. Read more about it on my drones page!

The body of my portable wii is comprised of a sheet of an acrylic sheet with 3d printed side panels designed to fit all the ports that were needed.

I have a ton of 3d printed samples over on my Internship page. Check it out on the menu bar!

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