Formula SAE 2026

TWR 16 Completed Car
Michigan International Speedway
Solidwworks Final Frame Design
Tig Welded Chromoly Chassis
Right side up
Complete Chassis Prior to Assembly
Dyno set up and testing
Engine, differential and Fuel tank mounting
Skids
Modeled Plenum
Vorticity stack within
High temp carbon fiber nylon
Partial Assembly of Powertrain
Custom made radiator
Built it from old radiator parts
Custom Everything
10$ of stainless sheet and pipe from the junk yard
Everything was built with a hammer, grinder and welder
Everything
Working with leftovers
Rear end coming together
Lots of carbon fiber work to come
Testing got a little aggressive
Mad Max??
Numerous late nights
And even more all nighters

Baja SAE

Engineering Background
Mark 2
Where it started 3 weeks before competition
When you cant get them, make them
CNC water table and a little lathe work in an afternoon
Roughly a Week out
Hotel parking lot all nighters
Concept
Mark 2 Final design
Test fitting
7075 Aluminium
Outsourced machining

Heavy Welding Projects

Fabricated Dozer Stand
Blade Re-Skins
Built Skid for Welder
Before
After
2" T4 Steel
Kotatsu 85 Dozer blade rebuild
3/16" rod
Lots of heat and many rods later
Beaver tail reskinning
Trailor 1 Done
Complete Rear End Rebuild Trailor 2
New floating beam, End pipe and brand new beaver tails
New bucket shanks
Broken Dozer C Frame
Clean up and preheat
Broken Main boom pin eyelets
Giving the machine more than 9 lives
Not bad for a die grinder
Broken skidder arch
Clean break through the entire segment. Now reattached
New cutting blades
Modifying Manufacturing flaws
Countless hours of attaching ice lugs
MacGyver fix to finish seeding season
Another scrap bin fix
Finished the season.... and the next 3

Mechanical Work

6900 Tigercat Horizontal Chipper
Skidder Articulation Bearing Replacement
Fat Equipment
Solo Engine Swaps
Broken track X2
And more
Swing bearing replacements
Saw Spindle Replacement
Sunken excavator at -30°C
Beautiful train wreck recovery machine
More Engine Swaps
Fresh Tires on Lease
Not me.. a customer..
Late night loader fixes on rigs
Head jobs in the middle of nowhere
Frustration....

Diploma Capstone

Electrically assisted bike trailer
Full Solidworks Model
Tube
Plastic prototype
Main hitch
Water jet cut in house
Sensor assembly
Complete hitch assembly
Electronics and programming
Surge trouble shooting
Final paint
Removable Seat

Hobbies

Cedar Keys, Florida final approach
Edmonton night flights
Cafe racer build
Modified frame, custom electrical harness, upholstery, paint, custom headers, etc.
Final product
I always followed the limit...
Numerous dirtbikes
And a couple more lemons... walking in winter isnt fun
Lumen field
Oregan iconic runs
Hikes here and there

Side Gigs

Powerline support drilling in alaska
One of the coolest jobs
Grout plant. No the photo isn't blurry, it's just that cloudy on the moutain.
Hauled grain and seed
Getting stuck seeding
Breakings stuff
Fixing stuff
Fixing more stuff
Burning fields
Lobster fishing
SMT PCB manufacturing
3D Motherboard X-Ray machine

Side Projects

Custom tool box build
Modelled TV Mount Prior to Build
Electric actuator tv lift to see the screen anywhere in a 100ft shop
Drawer lights and TV lift all ran from micro contorller
Spure of the moment build
Repurposed engine fan
To make a wind mill for the garage roof...
Grinder and Stinger Holder
Wood working with rough lumber during quarantine.
From standing tree to sawmill to sander to planter

Miscellaneous Mayhem

Cool italian pipeline equipment
First two victims of the swamp
Small Deck
Small load
Few weeks of processing with the new head
Getting my class 1 license
The man who tought me it all. Dad
Grandas sawmill