Michael's Projects

YamPAD is an open source number pad running QMK on Arduino, all credit to Matt Dibi (github) for the design of PCB and stock firmware.

I started this project with two goals. Firstly, to experiment with 3D printed gears and secondly to explore the use of arduino as input device for PCs.

Capstone is a project that all engineering students at Concordia must complete in order to graduate. It is a year long project that simulates real world engineering challenges. I and 4 others took on the task of making a desalination machine powered by a vortex tube. A vortex tube is a device which takes compressed air (60 psi) and separates...

In December of 2018 I bought a Tronxy X5SA printer. Since then I have done numerous upgrades to it. They are mostly self design parts or modified parts found online. I have upgraded the extruder, nozzle, bed, power supply and added storage for tools. Here is my Thingiverse profile where I post my models so that other people can print. ...

During the summer of 2018 some friends and I decided to build knives together. I made three knives, all from 1084 steel. We made them entirely ourselves in our backyards, including heat treating and finishing. The handle scales are made of denim micarta, with brass and copper pins. The micarta was made by myself by layering old jeans and...

FIRST Robotics is a competition for high school students in which a robot is built from scratch in six weeks. At the start of each year a new game is announced, and students with the aid of mentors must: develop a strategy, design (CAD), manufacture and program their robot. I competed as a student from secondary three through five...

Mini-cap is a one semester long project for Mechanical Engineering students. Our design brief was for a transmission capable of transmitting 50 HP, decreasing speed 6:1 and changing the axis of rotation 90°. CAD was done in Solidworks and so was the stress analysis.

I was looking to replace my bikes sprocket, but could not find the size (number of teeth) that I wanted. So I decided to design my own. I designed it in Autodesk Inventor and then had it laser cut at CBR laser. It is a 49 tooth sprocket made for 1/8" chain. I've been riding it for two years without any issue....