All About Me

Portfolio of Projects, Featured Articles, & More.


My Accounts

These are my online accounts used for publishing projects. You can find all my projects here, including the tensile testing machine.

Instructables (6 projects)

Hackaday.io (3 projects)

Thingiverse (1 project)


Full List of Projects

These projects were completed without a mentor.

Universal Tensile Testing Machine (2 versions)

A tensile testing machine (material testing equipment used to measure the amount of force per area it takes to pull a specimen apart) that reduces the cost of tensile testing from $13,000 (minimum) to $300. Picture

Blackstone Cube 3D Printer

A truly giant 3D printer the size of half my armspan. It was the biggest plastic extrusion hobbyist FDM 3D printer ever documented when it was designed. Picture

SenseHydro LLC (WIP; Paid)

Patented. As the CTO, I developed a wearable wristband that measures and translates biometric information through Bluetooth to detect heat stress in athletes. Picture

HydroCleaner (WIP)

A small catamaran boat capable of accurately extracting trash from small waterways using AI image detection. Think of a water Roomba. Picture

STM32-Based Gaming Keypad (Originally made for Osu!)

A fast-responding custom gaming keypad I made for my friend (he loved it). It has programmable RGB lighting and keybinds and hot swappable switches. Picture

Miniature Lock Box Puzzle

A 3D printable mini twist lock puzzle that is fun and engaging, especially for little children. Picture

3D printed Extremely Portable Dice Tray

A 3D printable portable dice tray for the DnD players of the world. Picture

Ultimate Door Opener 9000

A humorous attempt at making a tool to limit contact during the pandemic. Picture


Articles that Feature Me

These are articles/sites (written by others) that feature my work as the main content.

Duke University

Advanced: Construction and Electronics of Mechanical Test Frame

Hackster.io

This Machine Tests the Tensile Strength of Materials By Automatically Pulling Them Apart

An 8th Grade Student Designed This Machine to Test the Tensile Strength of 3D-Printed Materials

Hackaday.com

HACKADAY PRIZE 2023: UNIVERSAL TENSILE TESTING MACHINE

HACKADAY PRIZE 2023: HYDROCLEANER NIPS POLLUTION IN THE BUD

TENSILE TESTING MACHINE TAKES 3D PRINTED PARTS TO THE BREAKING POINT

AL Circle

Universal Tensile Testing Machine by high school student features aluminium extrusion framework

Fabbaloo

Design of the Week: Ultimate Self-Adjusting Door Opener 9000

Tinkercad

Tinkercad Blog: Weekend Project: Homemade Tools


Papers/Reports/Pages that Cite Me

These are papers/reports whose content is not mainly about my work but directly cites them. Note that I may be cited by my online username “CrazyBlackStone”.

ASEE PEER

Materials Testing Machine: Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of a Benchtop Universal Materials Tester

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Materials Testing Machine

Western University (preprint)

Open-Source Flexible Materials Tensile Testing Apparatus

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Desarrollo de una máquina de tracción de probetas de PLA

Arizona State University

ASU Healthy Urban Environment Initiative Final Report

MIT

Final Project: Neptune

Other

Materiom Universal Testing Machine (by University of Sheffield Researchers)

4 KEY SURPRISE BOX PUZZLE (Remixed from my work)

Mini Lock Box Puzzle Make by iDoogs


Research Paper

Note that while I was the second author of the research, the equipment was made on my own.

Optimizing 3D printing parameters: Evaluating infill type and layer height effects on tensile fracture force


Awards

List of my awards with their URLs.

Finalist: 2023 Hackaday Prize

Third in ROBO: Arizona Science and Engineering Fair

First Prize: Tinkercad Student Design Contest

First Prize: Puzzles Speed Challenge

Runner Up: Instructables 1000th Contest

Runner Up: Instructables Microcontroller Contest

Runner Up: Cant Touch This Family Contest

Invited Speaker: East Bay Mini Maker Faire

National Merit Semifinalist