User:Sebzeppelin

I'm Seb. Day job involves mechanical design on jet engines, and figuring out what screwed up first when an engine decides to melt a bearing or spit blades all over the floor.

Areas of Interest / Mild Expertise

• Skateboarding
• Drumming & Percussion
• Mechanical Keyboards
• Loudspeakers
• Solid Modelling (Solidworks, Catia), 3D sketching
• Woodworking
• Metalworking
• Bookbinding
• TIG welding
• Cars (particularly Air-cooled VWs, Type 4 Engines)

• Race Car design
• Combustion Engines
• Powertrain

• Formula Student (Previously a competitor, Currently Scrutineer & Design Judge)

Projects

Completed Projects

Name	Description	Images
Sliding Gloves	Heavy-Duty sliding gloves for downhill skateboarding. Made from leather welding gauntlets and 10mm nylon sheet	Complete
Bedside table	With integrated USB charging ports and mains sockets. Made fron oversize weathered timber for a 'Railyway sleeper' type effect.	Complete
Shoe & Skateboard Rack	4 staggered shoe shelves, rack for 6 skateboards and 2 hockey sticks.	Complete
Chopping Board	With gravy / crumb catching slot. Made from scrap timber.	Complete

Active Projects

• 4' Floorstanding Loudspeakers
• Chip Amp (Power Audio Ampifier using LM3886 National Semiconductor Opamps)
• ErgoDox Keyboard

Future Projects

• Glass-Top Coffee Table, Possibly with MAME arcade
• MESS, possibly RPi based
• LED lights for a cruiser skateboard
• Cajón (South American percussive box)
• Rotary Sub-woofer
• Rack Mount Linear Power Supply
• Back To The Future inspired Alarm Clock
• Stepper motor window blind opener (Possibly Arduino?)
• Ring-Light for Microphotography