Category: General

[Description]: During the summer I was tasked with organizing and cleaning out an old physics storage room at MIT. There were a lot of cool items for different experiments I salvaged for both Junior Lab and TSG (8.01/8.02). This is one of the items that I salvaged but it was …

[Description]: One of the processes that is kind of casually overlooked or glanced over when looking at history is the technology of fire-hardening. In the this project I got a stick and carved a spear point on the end of it, the goal was to take a decently dried stick …

[Description]: This project’s goal was to take a old tool and refurbish it to a condition where it can be used as a fully functioning tool. The tool that spawned this project was a old shipping crate opening tool that I picked up at the MIT Swap fest, along with …

[Description]: The mounting of the antique MIT lab sign (The Rogers Laboratories of Physics Sign) which is made of brass in the MIT Junior Physics laboratory. The project to mount the sign aimed to use pre-existing uni-strut frames as support and mounting surface. [Processes Applied]: *Uni-strut frame *Load testing *Fancy …

[Description]: A large framed electric scooter, The goal of this project was to create a large framed scooter. The specifications of this scooter was to create a long distance vehicle that could run on poorly maintained roads, as-well as rapidly climb large hills (tests were mainly aimed towards the steepest …

[Description]: This project was used to learn how to thread using a lathe. This is an operation that is the foundation of most assembly and I thought it was a very important thing to know and understand how to do.  So I came up with a simple project which requires …

[Description]: This Project was designed to facilitate the creation of electronic based projects without the necessity of a dedicated Lab Bench. The Goal was to design and create a basic electronics kit that allows any table to become a basic electronics bench. [Processes Applied]: -Velcro -Basic Layout [Summary]: This project …

[Description]: This project is one of my first major endeavors into thermal plastics. The goal of this project is to create a hatchet holder with a built-in belt clip. [Processes Applied]: Thermal Plastic Bending [Summary]: This project is a simple plastic bending project where I took a hatchet and designed …