Fern and Berry asked me to create a design and prototype for a soap log cutter that could also be produced for sale to other soap makers. Parts were designed to be 3d printed, CNC milled, and water-jet cut. Hardware was restricted to commonly available components.

side view

component design detail

component detail

component design detail

front view

Vida Verde Farms asked me to create a prototype of a tool that is pulled behind a tractor for spacing out holes for planting garlic bulbs. The design was made to be modified in specific ways in case our first assumptions were incorrect.

sculpting stand with wheels and rotating adjustable surface

sculpting stand with wheels and rotating adjustable surface

a mold for making a mold used to cast mold keys

the pattern for making a mold used to cast a mold for casting mold keys

This is a simple tool to create hemispherical bubbles in styrene sheets used in mold making for creating keyed part lines.

a gimbaled frame which rotates in two directions simultaneously, this was used to cast 36" hollow resin figures.

custom made bearing blocks to fit around tube steel holding a common size of roller bearing

Hanselmann pottery asked me to make a sturdy modular speed controlled mixer for mixing large and small volumes of various slurries and plasters used in their pottery business.

a modification of a german tool to make a chop saw stand out of an angle grinder called a winkelschleiferstander by its label. Hanselmann needed a way to rapidly cut 1/4" steel pencil rod.