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Infinity Train Jumpsuit (Unfinished)

Amelia Hughes is a character I really like from the Infinity Train. She’s a character that attempted to make train cars for the titular train, making a whole lot of mistakes she has to atone for, like me. This is my attempt to recreate the jumpsuit she’s issued in Season 3. From the Ashes I was in the process of resin printing Infinity Train cars for my Kickstarter project when I spilled resin on myself. My parents had forced me to work outside because of the smell, so I was in direct sunlight when it happened. I noticed a warm…
Horizontal Headphones

Here in the sun cancer capital of the world, going outside means I have to choose between wearing a hat or wearing headphones. My favourite hat is a broad brim kangaroo leather hat, while the headphones I put up with are over ears. I prefer them over wireless earphones and the like because they’ll never be as good at noise cancelling without proper ear cups. But I’ve always wondered what if the headband didn’t have to be vertical. The clamping force of headphones seems adequate to keep them on my head so what if it ran horizontally across the back…
Portfolio Website (so meta)

Finally made a portfolio website today. Got a lot to document retroactively. Looking forward to see how this website evolves over time.
Rapid Access Zipper Pull Tab

One of the YouTube niches I binge on are tactical gear reviews. One day I came across PrepMedic’s review of the Vertx Ready Pack and found out about their signature Rapid Access Tab. But when I found out that they went for an outrageous $35 kangaroos, I searched online for a 3D print file for one and surprisingly came up with nothing. So I got to work. Essentially, it’s an oversize zipper that makes bags easier to open, which in hindsight, probably be helpful for people with poor motor function such as those with Parkinson’s. I wanted it to be…
Animatronic Crow

Inspired by Mr Chicken’s Animatronic Raven, I created set out to create an animatronic crow of my own. At time of writing as well as when I was researching for the project, his DIY kit for it is sold out. Prototype For the outer shell of the shell, Mr Chicken uses a vacuum formed shell to minimize weight without sacrificing detail or strength. Unfortunately, not only did I not have access to a vacuum former, I also did not have a 3D model let alone a buck to form over. As my 3D sculpting skills were not quite up to…
4D Glasses (Proof of Concept)

I invented (as far as I’m aware) a way to make glasses that let you see a 4 dimensional object in a 2 dimensional image. This project is about an unsuccessful prototype I made. Anaglyph 3D Bullies were different in the 1950’s The classic red and cyan 3D glasses we’ve been wearing since 1853 (you read that correctly) uses a technology called anaglyphs. Humans use binocular (2 eyes) vision where each eye receives a slightly offset image which is perceived by the brain as a single 3D image with depth. The illusion of depth can be created through stereoscopy; each…
Cult of the Lamb Red Crown

I made a prop replica of the Red Crown to wear to INDOCTRINATE, a Cult of the Lamb themed party run by its Australian game studio Massive Monster. While there are plenty of examples online of people recreating the crown, I found that all of them had static eyes, sometimes with led lighting. The crown is supposed to be a very expressive and alive creature and I knew I had to give my prop the ability to look around and blink. This was an opportunity for me make the first Red Crown in the world with an animated eye (as…
Quest 2 Prescription Lenses

I like to play VR games but as someone who needs glasses to see, I often find myself struggling with trying to fit them comfortably underneath a headset. So I made a pair of snap-on prescription lenses. Wrong Purchase While there are commercially made prescription lenses designed specifically for my Quest 2 but they were a little too pricey for me. I tried to buy cheaper alternatives from Aliexpress but unfortunately they delivered lenses made for a different headset so I returned them. I then remembered I had some prescription lenses I wasn’t using anymore. My Version Combining Martunex’s Quest…
Petr’s Miraculous Canvas

Petr’s Miracle, also called the “Petr-Douglas-Neumann theorem” is a geometric theorem that describes a procedure that can be applied to any arbitrary polygon to always produce a regular polygon with the same number of sides. In response to Mathologer‘s programming challenge at the end of their video on the topic, I created a web app to demonstrate the theorem. Web App The web app has a canvas to draw arbitrary polygons on and visualise the intermediate polygons towards becoming a regular one. The points (what’s the correct grammar here?) coordinates of every polygon is printed below. As explained in the…
4 DoF Eye Mechanism

When Will Cogley released a no hardware version of his animatronic Eye Mechanism, I tried to printing it to no success. While my printer is not the most accurate machine, I was disappointed to find that not only did the printed components not fit together but the servos wouldn’t fit into the huge base piece. Another pile of parts straight into the recycle bin. If I wanted to make an eye mechanism, I’d had to design one myself and if I were to design it myself, there were a few changes I wanted to make on top of having wider…