writing
2026 · 07 · 19
Two phone stands, both ugly, both work
Finished the Onshape design and printing exercises. Designing was the easy part. Getting the parts from CAD onto the print bed in one piece was the actual fight.
2026 · 07 · 16
CAD fundamentals done, now the smoke
Onshape fundamentals are in the bag and the bench is live. Now frying components on purpose, and a few by accident, through Make: Electronics.
2026 · 07 · 05
Why the big rover comes after the Pupper
Sequencing a 40 kg machine behind the systems-engineering week: build small and stupid, then big and smart.
the build
The curriculum: 54 weeks, zero to a coordinated fleet
the self-directed field manual I build from
Rover v2
1.25 m deck · month 7
Long-endurance VTOL
month 11 · queued
Fleet coordination
year 2 · flagship