Tri State Area

Before I restarted @home learning this year. I built a new desk. My old one was not sturdy and getting pretty old. I wanted something very clean yet have some style. I used a spare ¾ inch piece of plywood. I sanded it and stained it to match other furniture in my room. The hard part was deciding what legs I wanted. I went through multiple designs and styles. I ended up with these hairpin legs. I really like how it turned out.

I built a shelf for all my racing achievements and diecast cars. Along with that, I built a model of the most prestigious Formula One trophy. The Monaco Grand Prix is the race everyone wants to win in Formula One. It also has a very unique trophy style. I built a model of it using acrylic and wood. The track layout is cut out of two pieces of acrylic which I glued together. The base is several circle pieces stacked up with bigger acrylic pieces on the top and bottom.

The shelf I built is made out of ¾ plywood and pipes. I cut the plywood up and drilled holes for the pipe. Assembling it was pretty straight forward. I screwed the pipe together with the plywood between each piece. The shelf now stores trophies, plaques, and die-cast cars. I also cut out several racing logos that I keep on it along with the model garage which I built.

This is the pipe shelf I built filled up with several racing trophies, plaques, die-cast, and models I built.

I built this raised dog bowl stand using some spare wood and the laser cutter. The frame is made out of a 1 by 1/2. The top is a ¼ inch piece of plywood, I cut out the size of the bowls so the bowls would be inset and flat on the top. I also etched her name and some logos on it. The top is covered in a piece of acrylic to protect the wood from water spills.

For Christmas, I built my brother a small cabinet to store extra cords and snacks in. I built the frame out of  ¾ inch plywood. It’s 30 inches tall and has 3 shelves. He likes bright colors especially orange so I painted the sides royal blue and the doors orange. Using our school’s laser cutter I designed and cut out a 3D cube design to inset into the doors. I painted that royal blue so the orange would pop out behind it. I also put his initials on the side.

The picture above is taken right after I assembled it all, after this, I sanded and painted the cabinet.

Here is the final product.

Sim racing has been a passion of mine for several years. I have been racing on a ps4 with a lower end racing wheel. At the beginning of lockdown, I upgraded my entire setup. I bought a Fanatec steering wheel and pedals. My brother and I split the cost of a PC. We had an old projector I got to work. I built a stand for the project and the sim rig. I had to make sure the rig was able to stand strong side forces due to the amount of force the wheel outputs. I ended up making the frame out of 2*4’s and plywood, the stand for the wheel is made out of 2*6. A few years ago I also decorated my sim racing area, specifically the wall you can see in the pictures. I cut out all of the main racing tracks from around the world.

In the picture above you can see the sim rig I built which holds the steering wheel and pedal. On the far left is my projector stand, it projects the image onto a project screen I got off amazon. The wall on my left is filled with all the track layouts.

Here are all my track layouts.

For a project in physics class, we were given the opportunity to build a rube Goldberg machine. I worked with a classmate and built a 3 step machine. The first 2 steps are not pictured. I would tap a marble to start it which would go down a Plinko board and would drop the marble into a shelf where it rolled to the next step. We built a golf tee step up, the marble would roll into a golf tee which would knock a marble off the top and would repeat 4 times. The marble would then roll into a farris wheel which would dump it out at the end. I built and designed everything with a laser cutter at school.

Above is the farris wheel I designed and made.

During the summer of 2019, I worked with a local contractor. Some projects I worked on were mowing commercial properties, installing a barn roof, and building a retaining wall, and installing horse fencing. The pictures below are only examples, I do not have any pictures of the projects I worked on.

I helped install a barn roof similar to the one above.

I also worked on a 15 foot high retaining wall similar to the one above.

Since 7th grade, I have been working around my neighborhood. Everyone has about 7 acres and most own horses. I mow, trim, mulch, weed, take care of animals, and anything else to take care of a 7 acre property. Along with the general maintenance I have also built several things for neighbors. Some of them include a seesaw for a dog agility course, a fence around a propane tank (picture to come), and much more. This upcoming summer I will be gutting, designing, and building a new dream garden for my neighbor. I plan on taking everything out and re-leveling the ground. Then mulch the entire area. I will then build multiple raised beds, a greenhouse, a drainage pond, and a work bench. It will have a decorative fence around the outside.

Above is the frame of the dog seesaw, it will have a 2*6 on top of it.

Here is a picture of a stall I just re mated.

I have been go karting since 12, but have competed competitively for the last 3 years. This year I won the IDRIVE championship which awarded me a professional go kart for the next season. Most racers I race with have their own logos and like customized products. I have made up multiple designs to sell on race days. Everything is 100% customizable. They can ask for their logos, achievements, sponsors, or anything else to be printed on the designs. I have also printed my logo onto a t-shirt and hoodie. I plan on making more clothes.

Customizable laser art

Hoodie

T-shirt front

T-shirt back

My parents were turning an old office into a yoga and meditation room. They searched all over the internet for simple clean looking calm wall art, they could not find anything. I designed and cut out all the the art above for their room. The tree cut out is the most popular. Since I made it for them I have received multiple orders from friends.