I 3D print, create, and automate things — and read anything I can get my hands on. This site is a live look at whatever has my attention right now.
01 — status
Right now
Portal
+ Portal 2, 50 hrs
U-Channel Edge Banding
Original design
02 — about
By day
I’m Director of Client Services at Brightfin, where I’ve been since 2010. I lead a remote Service Desk team spread across the Philippines, India, South America, and the US, and oversee enterprise operations — logistics, device-management partnerships, and international implementation teams.
Along the way I’ve led rollouts and expansions for enterprise clients like Cigna, Nike, Hitachi, and Panasonic Avionics. Same instinct as at the workbench: figure out how something works, then make it work better.
03 — the shelf
Books that stuck
Reading is the one hobby that’s never rotated out. 352 books in, these are the ones I keep coming back to. Full shelf on Goodreads ↗
Dune
Frank Herbert
Sci-fi · Philosophical
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Sci-fi · Political
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
Dark fantasy · Western
The Crystal Cave
Mary Stewart
Fantasy · Arthurian
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Sci-fi · Space opera
04 — the screen
On permanent rewatch
Watch counts are approximate. Suspiciously approximate. Letterboxd diary ↗
×1,987
The Princess Bride
Fantasy · Adventure · Comedy
×2,021
Dune
Sci-fi · Epic
×1,997
The Fifth Element
Sci-fi · Action
×2,000
Best in Show
Mockumentary · Comedy
×1,996
The Birdcage
Comedy
05 — builds
Things I’ve made
Printing, creating, automating. New entries show up when a project is actually finished.
Creating · Sewing · Lightsabers
Robes for both sides of the Force.
I drafted my own pattern from movie screenshots and Reddit threads, built a prototype set out of old bedsheets, then bought the real fabric and went for it.
The black tunic, tabard, and sash are for days I’m feeling like a dark lord. The grey tunic is for days I’m a bit less chaotic. Either way, they’re a perfect match for my collection of functional lightsabers.
Restoring · Watchmaking
eBay finds, brought back to life.
My first restoration was an eBay find: a 36mm Russian submariner automatic with a blue dial. I enjoyed it so much I overhauled another and gave it to a buddy who’s also into watches.
Both needed new mainsprings and a thorough cleaning before they’d run again. Satisfying additions to our collections, restored just for us. Awesome hobby to learn, and lots of cool tools.
3D printing · Two Bambu A1s
Printspiration.
I don’t design much. I’m a finder: I hunt down great models from the MakerWorld community, then tune, fix, and finish them. A few favorites, with credit to the makers.
Dune chess set: the rook
The first piece of a grander project: hand-painting an entire Dune-themed chess set. I bought an airbrush and learned it for this, weathering each piece to look like it has been sitting out in the sand and spice. I also fixed the bases so they sit level.
Modular hexagon plant stand
Cleaned up my front window and leaves room to expand, because I love plants and am always finding more babies to add to the collection.
Samurai incense holder
No deeper story. It is just awesome.
Creating · Watercolor
Beginner brushwork.
Loose washes, wet-on-wet skies, and a lot of grass, on 140 lb paper. The slow, analog counterweight to everything else here — and proof that you don’t have to be good at something to love doing it.
06 — the shop
Fandom, printed.
3D-printed signs for the books and games I love, on Etsy as OmaDome.
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Princess Posse Sign
Dungeon Crawler Carl
DCC Fan Art Sign
Dune
House Atreides Sign
Gaming
Achievement Unlocked Sign
07 — tools
Tools I built for the shop
I design them, test them against real prints and decide what every feature does; an AI writes the code. They’re the same tools I use for OmaDome, they’re free, and they run entirely in your browser.
3D design · product photos · pricing
Shape parametric planters, vases, dishes and wall tiles, check that the mesh is watertight and export a print-ready STL. Then place the piece on a real tabletop photo at true scale for the listing, price it with Etsy fees included, and draft the title, tags and description.
SVG logos · 3D-printed signs
Build simple logos for printed signs from text, frames, emblems and dividers. Curve text, punch holes with Cut mode, and export one clean, solid SVG at an exact size in millimetres, ready to drop into a slicer.