MIT Mechanical Engineering
Praj hasn’t gotten around to finishing a write-up for this page yet. Check back later! Weber EG1 inspired 😉 Design Fabrication Motor Assembly Spindle Assembly Spindle Housing Hollow Shaft Preload Spring Spindle Pulley Mounting Assembly Mounting Block Columns Column Interface Blocks Base Plates Cup Burr Housing Assembly Interface/Seal Plate Burr Housing Spout Spout Interface Static …
Praj hasn’t gotten around to finishing this page yet. Check back later! Design Fabrication Fixturing Machining Refixturing Machining Heat Treating oops Polishing Handle Stock Preparation Handle Machining Assembly Hand Finishing Complete
Homebrew! Praj hasn’t gotten around to finishing this page yet. Check back later! I’ve been been getting more into coffee lately. For a long time it was just morning pour overs with my fancy Blue Bottle coffee beans but I recently bought a used Breville Barista Express espresso machine and it’s really kicked off my …
Can’t have enough I got the knife making itch again. On a whim, I went ahead and bought some 1/8″ thick O1 tool steel bar stock from McMaster. Design I’ve made some knives before (check out this page) using just hand tools. They’ve turned out alright, but the complexity had been limited by what I …
For when you have way more time than money I bought a picture frame off Amazon and it looked kind of bad. Granted I only paid $10 for it, but considering it’s was made to house artwork, you’d think they would have put some effort into making it a little nicer on the eyeballs. I …
The bureaucrat’s barbecue pit I am an enjoyer of barbecued meats but this dependence is not so good for me financially. My humble graduate student income can’t buy me these tasty hunks of cholesterol and protien but, as an addict, I wasn’t going to let a simple lack of funds stop me from living out …
Flipping the bird It’s secret santa time and I’ve decided to make a little brass knife. Design This is a folding knife, and it holds a standard utility knife blade. The person receiving this enjoys birdwatching as a hobby, and so I designed it to look kind of like a bird when folded out. Specifically …
A backpack-sized personal vehicle I got another project grant to build a tiny little skateboard. Longboards, especially electric ones, are long for good reasons. I knew this in my heart and yet I was entranced by the allure of a small and portable personal transport vehicle. Carrying around or having to find a place for …
This one’s really janky Praj’s editorial note: This is an older project and the information on this page may be a little sparse. I like to leave these early pages up because there’s always a chance someone may find something useful in here and because I think every project, even a small or unfinished one, …