Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
Where do you live?
I live in Muskego, Wisconsin
What is your job?
I used to work as a Software Architect for FICO (the credit score company) designing Business Rules Systems for the Fortune 500. After 17 years of getting on a plane every week, I decided to retire early in 2014.
I have been making since.
How did you get started making?
The first machine I made was a CNC machine based on the “Build Your own CNC Machine” book by Patrick Hood-Daniel and James Floyd Kelly. I then realized that with a little (or a lot of) guidance, anyone can build anything. I joined Milwaukee Makerspace in 2014 where I fell in love with the smell of the metal working shop (my Dad had a similar workshop at the Technical school where he taught, it brought back good memories). At the Makerspace I made the first components for the first 3D printer I built. I’ve since taught myself Fusion 360 and won’t implement anything without designing it in Fusion 360 first.
What type of maker would you classify yourself as?
Passionate, sharing, broke, full time and strongly focused on 3D printing, with the aim to add twists to the 3D printers I design/build.
The first printer I built, I made out of laminated Acrylic (not just the frame) laser cut at Milwaukee Makerspace. For the second printer I went with a CoreXY configuration. The third is built around a NETGEAR router case and has a belt driven Z-axis. The most recent printer (the C3Dt/c) is not only full of features but I tried to design it aesthetically as well.
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