Wedding Ring

 I recently got married and decided to design my own ring. I was originally shopping for a wedding ring, but I couldn't find one that appealed to me. The look I was going for something for that was on the thinner side with some detail like a hammered or faceted finish. The first design I came up with was a hammered look using Meshmixer to simplify the mesh on a plain band design.  I then 3D printed in nylon to test fit and appearance. Unfortunately after see the print, I realized the edges on all the flats got too smoothed over when polished and the ring did not look as cool as the model looked to me.

 I then came up with an idea to utilize the date of the wedding to create the facets. There are 7 facets on an angle on each side and 18 facets on the outside. With the odd number of facets meeting the even number, it makes each facet a bit different from the others and gives me the randomness that I was looking for.

 The ring was design in Autodesk Fusion360 and 3D printed and cast by Shapeways out of rhodium plated gold.

Google Home Wall Mount Base

3D printed wall mounted Google Home.

I recently got a Google Home and was looking for a way to mount it to wall. While there are some nice ones out there, I decide it would be fun to try and design one that was incorporated with the base to give it a different look.

Autodesk Fusion 360 model.

Using Fusion 360 I designed a simple wire cage base that exposes the speakers with a flat wall mount on the back that can be either screwed or double sided taped to the wall. The wall mount also has a cable holder that keeps the strain off the connector.

A prototype was then 3D printed at Shapeways in their White Strong and Flexible Plastic to check fit and color. The prototype worked pretty well and the fit only needed slight adjustments. The white unfortunately did not match perfectly as the Google Home is more of a cream color. There other colors available would probably be better and give some personalization.

These items can be purchased at my shop on Shapeways.