Author: kivamccr.xyz

  • Spun Epoxy Mirror

    Spun Epoxy Mirror

    Making parabolic mirrors is hard. Spinning mirrors out of epoxy has been long researched and abandoned. However I’m stubborn so I attempted it regardless. The results were surprisingly high quality for the worst possible manufacturing contexts: pottery wheel, no degassing, not covered or in vacuum, random un-tuned epoxy. Below is a program I wrote to…

  • Topographic Map II

    Topographic Map II

    This topographic map displays the finger lakes, and general Ithaca area. It was produced the same way as the original. First I downloaded a height map of the region, then put that into blender and used color ramps to slice the map, finally it was vectorized. To that file I overlayed GIS street and location…

  • Cat Laser

    Cat Laser

    After Intro to Photonics I repurposed the Lidar to do the reverse. First it used the distance sensor to figure out how far away the wall was and then plotted spirals on the wall using a regular laser. The system switched between a few different shapes and speeds. One time our cat decided he had…

  • Crochet Earwarmer

    Crochet Earwarmer

    I’ve been learning how to crochet so this was just a little quick project for funsies.

  • GPS Guidance

    GPS Guidance

    This is the GPS portion of the Great Naval Orange Race Project. Fought my demons.

  • Ammonite Lamp

    Ammonite Lamp

    This was a present I designed for my mom. It’s modeled after an ammonite (prehistoric creature) and the lightbulb is held by its tentacles. It was first modeled and rendered in SolidWorks, and then laser cut.

  • Diving Helmet

    Diving Helmet

    Throughout my childhood I was fascinated with building diving helmets. It’s kinda the perfect strat, you get to be underwater, breathing, no fancy equipment, and you can just go up to refill it. The above design was my 7th grade science fair project, trying to figure out what configuration of weights was the most balanced.…

  • Table Model

    Table Model

    This was my final project for Advanced Manufacturing, designing and rendering a table setting.

  • Bat Box

    Bat Box

    This was one of my first designs at the Faulhaber Fab Lab. It was modeled in SolidWorks and then CNC’d out of plywood. This allows rapid manufacturing of Bat Boxes.

  • Prosthetic Hand (abandoned)

    Prosthetic Hand (abandoned)

    For a brief moment I was interested in prosthetics, so I found an open source hand and ordered a kit.

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