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• CNC Diode Laser & Ablative Techniques
  • Machine setup
  • Ablative techniques
  • Ablation without assistive coatings
  • Utilizing reactive metal powder coatings
  • Utilizing dark-colored paint
  • Texturing & ablation of ceramic coatings
  • Decorative texturing & engraving of wood (2D & 3D)
  • Selective texturing of plastics & pattern generation
  • Selective grain restructuring of metals & material property enhancement
• Motorized Telescope Mount (10″ Dobsonian)
  • Intro to Equatorial Platforms & Theory
  • Design of the platform & necessary repairs
  • Construction of the platform
  • Initial drive mechanism
  • Final drive mechanism (threadless ballscrews)
  • Testing with final design
  • Computational astrophotography
• Barn-door Tracker for Astrophotography
  • Introduction and sample time-lapse
  • Construction & mechanics of barn-door tracker
  • Curved leadscrew drive system
  • Motor & gear system
  • Finished & working mechanism
• 1966 Ford Bronco Air Filter Adapter
  • Purpose & objective
  • Design & modeling the adapter
  • Installation of the adapter
• Multicopters: Overview
  • Aluminum & Carbon Fiber Prototype
  • 3D-Printed ABS Clamshell Prototype
  • Test-flight of clamshell prototype
• Fixed-Wing UAV
  • Introduction
  • Performance objectives
  • Early build progress & FEA
  • Airframe tracking with RSSI for long-range flight
  • Improvements to RF systems
  • Telemetry & FPV flight
  • Final flights
• Optical Microscopy & 3D Printed Smartphone Mount
  • Construction of the mount
  • Dark-field microscopy
  • Bright-field microscopy
• Machining and Heat-Treating Vise Jaws
  • Introduction & machining the jaws
  • Machining a guilloché grip pattern
  • Deburring, chamfering, heat-treatment preparation
  • Hardening process: description
  • Homemade forge for heat-treatment
  • Quench process
  • Oven-tempering & finishing the jaws

Coming soon:

• 3D Printer: Initial Revisions
• 3D Printer: Full rebuild, design theory, & results
• Applied additive manufacturing
• Astrophotography (Scotch mount, equatorial platform for 10″ Dobsonian, computational astrophotography)
• Audio & Hi-Fi speaker box design
• Industrial automation
• Automotive projects (3D printed air filter adapter, …)
• CAD, simulation & manual drafting
• Chemistry
• Microscopy
• CNC diode laser
• Carpentry & construction
• Firearm & suppressor engineering
• Heat treatment with homemade propane forge
• Nonferrous metalcasting with homemade foundry
• Heavy equipment MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul)
• High-voltage & magnetics experimentation
• Machine vision
• General machining projects
• Microcontrollers (Arduino, PLC’s, Raspberry Pi)
• RF projects (ADS-B, drone & UAV telemetry, etc.)
• Paint and restoration (1920’s Stradavarious clone restoration, heavy-equipment restoration)
• Welding & misc. metalworking