Mechanical design · Newcastle & Hunter

Drawings that get built.

From a brief to a design, to a drawing, to a fabrication — to something that works.

Completed Warman cascading crane on the competition table
Qualification
Dip. Engineering (Technical)
In the works
Adv. Dip. Engineering
Previous tertiary study
Mechatronics eng. · 19 courses
Software eng. · 5 courses
Awards
Warman international · 4th
Hunter Water Scholarship

Featured

Warman Design and Build Competition

A static cascading crane with passive vessel handling, built inside a 400 mm cube to move hazardous-material vessels between drop zones and silos. I led the mechanical design, modelled every component in Fusion 360, and printed and assembled the hardware.

Fusion 360 · Assemblies · DFMA
Completed Warman cascading crane on the competition table
Warman crane with vessel pickup balls on the competition table
Front view of the assembled Warman crane

View Project

Sheets issued to AS 1100 with parts lists, sections and revision control

Technical Drawings

Towing coupling assembly drawing and exploded isometric

Ball towing coupling

A2 assembly drawing with section A-A, a 5:1 detail, exploded isometric and a seven-item parts list with per-component masses.

Inventor · A2 · Scales · TAFE

Pivot bearing drawing with rendered isometric and dimensioned views

Pivot bearing & base

Surface-modelled cast iron and cast aluminium components presented as brochure drawings, with physical properties and machining callout.

Inventor · Third angle · Rendered views · TAFE

Assessment & personal design projects
Design & Prototype

Tactile music puzzle model with four coloured cylinder handles

Tactile Music Puzzle

A four-cylinder music-box puzzle built around Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Touch and sound reveal the correct sequence, while colour is deliberately used to mislead.

Fusion 360 · Mechanisms · Human-centred design

Tetrahedral complexity model

Tetrahedron

A modular tetrahedral model that combines three conceptual frameworks, using magnetic interactions and ferrofluid to reveal relationships. 

Fusion 360 · Abstract design · Visualising complexity