I always surprise my friend with a special Christmas present and this year was an ode to a game he destroys me on every time. Mario Kart. I made him a wireless charger random item box using 3D printing, acrylic, dichroic film, and a torn apart anker charger coil. I also wrapped it in a custom box for a fun unboxing experience!

I wanted to make myself a fun-shaped pillow to contrast all the other UN-fun pillows. A lot of trial and error to find the right scale (the first one was like 4 feet in diameter) and pointyness with a single pattern for the paneling. I made one for my partner, then tried to make one with a furrier textile and the pointyness wasn’t enough so now she has a cool pillow and I have a chicken nugget.

I needed a shelf and didn’t like the quality of design or build of any free-standing shelves in my price bracket so I built one.

I built my PC a few years ago in a standard NZXT case. Pretty standard; black box, terrible airflow, very meh. I occasionally perused marketplaces for potential “sleeper” PC cases and came across a PowerMac G4 on Craigslist for 50 bucks. Bought it from a dude living in a van, took it home and realized just how small the case was on the inside. I had to get pretty clever to Tetris my components in in a way that would still breathe properly. I used cardboard representations to plan, and eventually built the whole case in Rhino to figure out airflow hole measurements. Drilling holes in a steel case was one of the most taxing things I’ve ever done. Not to mention deburring the cuts afterward… Then came paint, which I tested out in Keyshot (with the model I built), and the eventual build. My motherboard came with a not-so-pretty external antenna, so I 3D printed and painted a shell for it to match.

Gift for a friend that lived on a GameCube growing up. I modded a Nintendo DS Lite by ditching some components and a bit of soldering, added some 3D prints, and modified a few GameCube parts into a Nintendo Macro.

My partner and I needed surround sound stands for some speakers in an open floorplan living room. I don’t know why, or if I just couldn’t find anything online, but NOBODY makes attractive speaker stands (at least not for tiny speakers). I connected some steel rods with threaded inserts and a part I surfaced in Rhino (which I printed on a FormLabs 3 in a very sturdy resin).

I can’t stop myself when I see solid wood furniture on the side of the road. Also, using epoxy with metallic powder is perfect for repairing cracked marble or deep gouges in wood (Kintsugi style).