Woodworking

Scrabble

Given that I like to play board games I looked to purchase a magnetic scrabble board with wooden/magnetic pieces. I could not find any so I did the next best thing. I turned it into a beautiful woodworking project. The board is made from maple surrounded by a cherry frame. Inlay sections are recessed into the board to obtain the different colors. The letter tokens are also made from maple. Both the board and the letter tokens have magnets which allows for self centering of the letters to the right location. If you shift the board around the pieces do not move. A lazy susan bearing is below the board so ever player gets to see the board upright when it is their turn. When it is time to put the game away, you just hang it on the wall.

Cyrillic Scrabble board

Board
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Branding Letters

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PhD Graduation Hat

Just like life a design changes throught out time. Below are some photos of the progression of my PhD hat at MIT. I have sketches more than a year before graduation of how the hat was going to look like. Then over time the design grew organically to the final product.

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Sketch Idea

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Clay Model

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Prototype Carved

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Final Product

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Bose Speaker Seminar

Bose sponsored a speaker building seminar for power electronics (course 6.131). Even in the most simple projects you have to put beauty into it. I still have those speakers and use them everyday. We are all unique our work should illustrate our diversity and passion!

My Bose Speakers

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Everyone Else's

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Masters Graduation Hat

Three beavers just having fun on top of a hat.

Debut Day 2011

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One More Beaver

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Engineering Book Shelf

Enginnering books are heavy! So I decided to make them a dedicated hardwood book shelf that could handle the weight with minimal warping.

Assembly

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Assembled

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Chocolate Box

Inside the box

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Side Inlay

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Bachelors Graduation Hat

The bachelors graduation hat consist of a little runway for two small carved beavers each carrying a diploma from undergraduate. Put the beavers to work!

Debut Day 2009

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Beavers in the Making

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Beaver Cane

When a dear friend got hurt and was using crutches, I felt aesthetics of crutches just made the ordeal worst. So I made a beaver cane to use instead of a standard cold metal crutch. The beaver cane was my first carving.

Fit Test

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Fabrication

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DARE2MAKE CHALLENGE

Find Your Passion

Invest in Education & Growth

Make Something Amazing


Follow the White Rabbit


On the Burner!

Golden Spiral

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I'm just removing the excess material from the final product. I will keep it a surprise.

Carving Blanks

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These are the blanks, that I will use to make a fruit bowl and some other things for the home.