Category: Product Development

  • My Latest Design Article is Live on Tenkara Angler + Extra Content Here

    Head over to the Tenkara Angler website to see my latest article, Design Study: 3D Printed Tenkara Line Winding System. In it, I recount how I designed a novel device for winding Tenkara line. Here in this blog, you can find extras that didn’t make it into the main article. (Cover Photo) Final design of…

  • Teaching Sailing with a Boat That Sails Itself.

    A few years ago, I was training to become a sailing instructor. After I completed my formal instructor training, I spent some time as an assistant teacher, helping out my friend and sailing mentor Mike Jarvis. In-between lectures we talked about the curriculum, and he would share his personal thoughts on the topics. During one…

  • “What’s the WIFI” + Alarm Clock

    My friend runs a little vacation rental and is always forgetting the password for the guest WIFI. It seems that sticky notes are just too easy to lose, so I set out to make something a more permanent to keep the login info on. Since I was going to the trouble of designing, I tried…

  • 3D Printing Merch For Sailors

    This last spring I set out to develop a piece of merchandise for the Renton Sailing Center (RSC). To make things fun, I self-imposed a constraint to use my 3D printer. The final product found its way into classes, races, and outreach, connecting with sailors new and old. The product is just a branded whistle…