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Armour Constructive
3D Printing
About a year ago, I purchased a 3D printer of my own. But before that, I've had access to printers at the high school and college. Here's a few of my projects.
Phone Case
This is a phone case I designed and printed for the iPhone SE 1. It includes a gold-colored plastic decal, a cavity inside for my college ID, a window for ID scanning, and folding legs.
I measured the dimensions using a digital caliper, then designed the case in Fusion360. I then printed the decal using gold-colored PLA, then I printed the rest of the case on top of the decal using black PLA.
Website and Coding
To see my website for yourself, go to duckfather.pw. This website doesn't have a specific purpose, other than practicing coding and website-building skills, as well as being a little silly.
I coded the website after learning JavaScript and HTML from KhanAcademy. I researched and implemented several different tools to create the website.
Software
For this project, I hosted the website using Github. The website's Github repository can be found here: https://github.com/MokeDuck/mokeduck.github.io
I also bought a domain using google domains, and linked it to the github site.
Another project was to use Google Firebase's free database hosting to integrate a database to a part of the page here. The text displayed is synchronized across any device accessing the site.
Historical Preservation
As part of an ongoing family project, I have been helping my grandfather restore and preserve my great-grandfather's old aluminum giftware shop. As part of the project, we took 360-degree photos of the shop and I arranged them in a walkaround tour of the decorative aluminum-making process. You can look at the tour here:
Stirling Engine
For my college's shop class, we manufactured a working Stirling engine. The engine works by moving air between a hot and cold heat sink, using the expansion and contraction of the air to turn the wheel. We received the parts from the manufacturer, and used a lathe, lathe CNC, EDM cutter, drill press, and tapping tools to assemble the parts properly.
Robotics
In high school, I had the privilege of participating in the B.E.S.T. Robotics competition. I participated on the design and marketing groups for the Grove City Homeschool team. On the design group, I learned to use solidworks, produce engineering drawings using the solidworks model, and assemble the parts using standard tools. On the marketing team, we presented the robot, the development of the robot, and pitched the robot in a hypothetical market scenario. In 2017, we won 1st place in robot performance, 3rd place overall, and qualified for the national competition, where we placed 17th.
Mark Armour
Projects and Studies
I am a Mechanical Engineering major and Robotics minor at Grove City College. Here, you can see some of my projects from hobbies, leisure, school, or work.