EM1 Prototyping Vlog
A playlist of every update, frustration and breakthrough I had during the prototyping process of my main university project: The EM1. I recommend checking out my other post about the EM1 to find out more about it. View the Full playlist Or watch it here…
The EM1
The EM1 is the culmination of my degree in Product Design & Technology at Loughborough University. A technically functional and carefully considered device to prevent speakers at music events from being driven too hard, burning out and needing replacement. The EM1 is a two part system – a base station and up to 18 remote […]
Bloom!
As part of the Live Projects module at Loughborough University Design School, a handful of companies and consultancies each presented us with a design brief. As students, we were able to choose one brief and design a solution to address it. I chose Panasonic’s brief, what was “living better together: design a product for shared […]
Automated Aeropress Coffee Machine
This was the main project of the Mechanics & Electronics module at Loughborugh University in my final year. Despite being a piss poor module which came under fire from our entire cohort, the outcome was rather fun. The brief was to design a device that would automagically plunge an Aeropress coffee maker (with as much […]
CNC Isogrids
In October 2022 I got a small CNC router. To test it out and push it’s limits I decided to try out Winston Moy’s isogrid coasters. I designed the coasters in Solidworks – very similar to Winston’s but adapted to the stock I had. I then used Solidwork’s built in CAM tools to generate tool […]
Troubleshooting Very Average Wireguard Performance on IONOS
I’ve been obsessing over this on and off for about a month, and I just can’t seem to figure it out. The situation is as follows: public internet ———-> VPS <====WG Tunnel====> pfSense ———-> LAN/Server I have a Wireguard tunnel set up to route all traffic between my pfSense LAN and a VPS. This means […]
Tom Dick & Harry Website
Project Goal: Replatform an e-commerce shop from the current cloud hosting solution to an on-prem WordPress deployment. I would be taking control of every aspect – essentially assuming the role of a full stack developer. Taking months of planning, testing, migrating, designing and tweaking, this was one of the most complex and lengthy projects I […]
Flint & Steel V3.0 Build Photos
All the photos I took while I was building a Paraflex 15 C2-D kick and a 2×18″ type O.
Flint & Steel Sound System
Flint & Steel Sound System has been one of my passion projects since 2022. Starting out as a single Cubo 15 subwoofer, I focused my energy on building a full stack during 2023. I’m now on V3.0 – the culmination of all my knowledge thus far. A double 18″ type O sub, 15″ C2-D kick and […]
Homelab ’23
A whistle stop tour of my new server and homelab environment. I’ve migrated from XCP-NG to Proxmox and explain a little bit about my rationale. Apologies it’s in crap video form.