design & fabrication practice
I'm working toward a formal engineering education, and this is where the practice pieces live — the brackets, fixtures, and household parts I use to get better at mechanical design one print at a time. Drag any model below to spin it, and pinch or scroll to zoom in.
Four pieces spanning mechanical practice, functional fixtures, and everyday parts.
A double-clevis bracket with a pivot bore at each yoke and a weight-relief slot through the web. This one's a practice exercise from Autodesk rather than an original design — matching hole spacing across both clevis ends and keeping the fillets clean where the arm steps down in thickness.
A two-compartment tray built from interlocking slotted dividers rather than a single molded shell — sized to a specific desk and a specific set of items. Made for someone by name, which is most of what custom fabrication is about.
A ribbed drying rack with a curved base lip to route water back into the sink instead of onto the counter. First version of an ongoing design — the ribs are evenly spaced to hold sponges and brushes upright without pinning them in place.
A slim wall-mounted cradle for a fan remote, with a keyhole slot on the back for hanging and a cutout on the face so the remote can be pulled free with one hand. Small problem, exact-fit solution.
Every piece here is sized against something real — a desk, a sink, a remote — not a generic template dimension.
Early prints are about checking fit and tolerances before anything gets called finished.
Layer lines get sanded down and, where it's warranted, airbrushed for a smoother final finish.
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