Art of the Bodge |
Jedi |
I de-soldered a 40 pin QFN package with a Dremel. Yes, a Dremel; and then hand soldered the replacement. It worked. |
Soldering |
Jedi |
I’m the fastest solder monkey I know. I can solder without helping hands while upside down and rework 0402 components by hand. Weapon of choice: TS100 with a chisel tip. |
Manual fabrication |
Jedi |
I can make a wind-tunnel out of acrylic sheets and screws. |
Digital Fabrication |
Master |
I assembled a Prusa I3, have clocked over 250 hours laser cutting and can use Mastercam to run ancient CNC’s. |
PCB Design |
Master |
KiCAD is my friend. I’m getting good with Eagle. |
Woodworking |
Master |
I made most of my furniture and built a wall from IKEA furniture to divide my living room. |
Arduino |
Master |
I can write simple libraries but I struggle with registers and timers. |
Sketching |
Intermediate |
I can put weird 3D shapes on paper to communicate visually. |
Python |
Intermediate |
I can write code that’ll get the job done. |
Raspberry Pi |
Intermediate |
I can set up cron jobs, firewall, python all over ssh. |
Linux |
Intermediate |
My daily driver is an Ubuntu machine. I dual boot with Windows for othermill, adobe suite, and some CAD software. |
3D parametric CAD |
Intermediate |
I can make a quick design in OnShape but can’t do stress analysis to determine the best thickness for a ridge. |
Back end web |
Intermediate |
I can make sure no one will steal your passwords and allow multi-user interaction with sockets. |
Front end web development |
Beginner |
I can make something that’ll work but you’ll lose me at SASSy CSS. |
3D organic CAD |
Beginner |
I can make a tweak something in Blender or fix a mesh in Meshmixer but I can’t design a character from scratch.|</c |