Parrot multi-tool

 While my teacher was talking about something important, I got an idea for another multi-tool. this one is a parrot with 5 different tools.

• Seat belt cutter
• Oxygen key
• Bottle opener
• Hex wrench hole
• Pry bar or blade

I had EMS in mind. I wanted it small enough to fit in a pocket or hang on some keys, but I'd also like it to fit nicely in the hand and feel usable. also preferably I'd like it to be able to stand by itself.
I need to figure out how to make the seat belt cutter. I want it to be strong like an actual knife. I will probably have to find a good steel and learn how to sharpen and heat treat it. This will be a lengthy process

Fish multi-tool

After seeing many multi-tools in the shapes of animals on Instagram I decided I wanted to make one myself.  I knew a fish's mouth and tail could have the right shape for a hex nut. I wasn't sure what to put in between so I put more hex nut holes in. Every tool I've seen has a bottle opener so I decided to put that apart of the fin. Normally the eye of an animal is a place for a lanyard loop. My fish's eye is either a lanyard hole, or a hex wrench socket. That would be up to the users choice.

This was my first time using the Tech Shops CAD programs. I have the perfect tolerances and dimensions with the plastic pieces cut from a laser cutter. but when I take the same file and use it with the Water Jet Cutters outside, the holes shrink some how. so I am going to have to do some remolding to adjust for the difference.

This was done in mid July of 2015

acrylic super hero dog tags

I really wanted to create an over sized cool looking dog tag. I used quarter inch clear acrylic.
The tag is 3.75in tall and 1.5in wide.

I started with Super man. It took ten tries to get one right. The rasterize numbers strengths are so vastly different.

after I got 1 right then I started doing more.
I like the offset look. I can get a bigger symbol in there, and leaving the rest to the imagination has its benefits. 

I found some scrap gold mirror and decided to make designer bling :p

Arizona acrylic Picture Frame

One of my first projects that I have to figure out all by my self. I wanted to make a picture frame in the shape of Arizona. I also wanted it to have cactus on its sides to hold it up right. This is a fathers day gift. Holds a 5x7in vertical picture.
I found the hikers and gecko on google images