Projects

The first installment of finished carnival games. Key Facts: Kick Off: 05.07.2017 Finish: 03.09.2017 approx. Cost: ~350€ During my time at HTL Krems i apparently didn’t have enough to do already, so i set out a new goal for myself. I wanted to recreate one of the classic Arcade Machines of the 80s/90s era. Research has begun and thus i landed on the MAME Project. A Multiple Machine Emulator, which would be able to run various types of ROMs which i obviously bought from someone wearing a long black-leathered coat in a dark allyway. As i recently had to purchase a new Laptop for school, i had an unused and really shitty Laptop laying around (yes, it was a Medion…). That became the backbone of this Project. ...

A QOL-improvement to assist in camping cooking. Key Facts: Kick Off: 26.01.2025 Finish: 23.04.2025 approx. Cost: 50€ Printables Files Two friends of mine came to me with a very specific problem they came across while being out on a camping trip. They tried to secure their cutting Board perpendicular to the stove-lid, to act as a windbreak while cooking. Attempts were made using an assortment of different tools, none of which could provide the needed holding strength for day-to-day usage. ...

My first dive into the world of gridfinity. The combination of having a workshop and also hoarding screws creates a great need for organization. There comes a time, when you can’t resist the temptation of starting your own gridfinity implementation any longer. I created my STL Files in Freecad, using the Gridfinity Workbench. Unfortunately, the needed Freecad Version 1.0 is only available as .AppImage as the time of writing. ...

A (debatably) beautiful headphone stand. Key Facts: Kick Off: 26.03.2025 Finish: 04.04.2025 approx. Cost: 90-100€ Printables Files A friend of mine sent me a picture of a headphone stand he had laid his eyes on for the past couple of weeks and asked me if we could (kind of) recreate it for cheaper. So i tried. A first recreation was quickly drawn up in a CAD-model, before realizing there will be some modifications needed for structural integrity. ...

A wedding gift for two very close friends. ❤️ Key Facts: Kick Off: 01.03.2024 Finish: 02.06.2024 approx. Cost: undisclosed This project involved two major parts i had to develop. A music player and a motor-driven carousel. At first i tried to let one arduino control both the music and the motor. Since i had gathered lots of experience controlling various stepper/dc motors in the past, i knew the bigger struggle would be the audio-part. Many iterations of buying -> testing -> failing lead me down different paths of exploring sd-card modules, active amplifiers and speaker combinations and various arduino boards. In the end i concluded it would be simpler to acquire a used mp3-player & mini-speaker, dissasemble them both and reincorporate their components into the project. ...

The second installment of finished carnival games. Key Facts: Kick Off: 01.11.2022 Finish: 01.10.2023 approx. Cost: 600€ Controlling-Boards: Arduino Uno & Arduino Mega Claw Model: Thingiverse: servo robotic claw The idea was born while working on the meanwhile abandoned project “pinball-machine”. Continuing to work on a 3+ year old project base seemed no longer like a good idea. My manufacturing capabilities and process-standards evolved a lot during these years, while doing various other projects. Notably the “smart-home/security” project, which kicked off my production of homebrew parts through 3d-printing and evolved the planning & execution of electrical components. So it became clear that the “pinball-machine” wouldn’t be wise to continue, with the realization that i would need to rework all components to fit my self-obliged production-standards. ...