I designed this roller to for the purpose of hanging mainline communication lines such as fiber optics, and coaxial cables. The intent was to find a practical design that had many improvements over the current market's availability. Frictionless rollers, lighter weight, and more compact footprint were improvements to name a few. In the end this roller withstood with ease the forces required to pull cable with hydraulic power assist through underground conduit and down aerial lines.
This design also underwent elements of FMEA analysis and 3D printed dogbone tensile testing. This resulted in actual data proving this design had the strength for the job as a 3D printed product.
Designed with Solidworks and printed with Stratasys F370 printer.
Captive Ball and Cage
I created this for fun, displaying how a quick combination of sketches can produce an aesthetic and functional design. This design also incorporates the prominent aspects of why 3D printing has its clear advantages as a method of manufacture. This intricate part features a captive ball in the outer ring cage. The ball is free to move about inside, but not to be removed. If this design were produced with other methods of manufacture, it would be costly to produce. However, many 3D printers can produce designs like this one with ease.
Designed with Solidworks. Printed with Stratasys, Prusa, Airwolf, and many other 3D printers.
This model is available on Thingiverse.com to download and print. Click Below.
uvPro - Photopolymer Curing Oven
I created this device for the purpose of finish curing 3D printed and cast photopolymers. This device was designed with Solidworks, programmed and controlled with Arduino.
iPhonograph Cell Phone Dock
A co-worker asked me one day to create him a cell phone holder for his desk at my discretion, and this is where I ended up. This iPhonograph Cell Phone Dock allows optimal positioning of the device at a desk setting. A USB cable can be attached through the bottom to charge the device while docked. Also, this dock serve as a directional sound device with zero electronics. Designed in mind of many modern cellphones with bottom speaker placement, this device funnels the sound from the bottom of the phone and out the bell of the device. There is also an "amplification effect" that results from this device's sound tunneling design.
This model is available on Thingiverse.com and other sites to download and print. It has been viewed and downloaded several thousand times. Click below.
Nimbus - The Shoes
These shoes were created with Solidworks and 3D printed using a Stratasys Objet 30 printer. Advanced surface modeling techniques were utilized during the creation of these shoes. The Objet 30's tango materials were a great option for this build, allowing the shoe to actually be wearable after produced with real feel simulation.