Hands-on

Workshop

Mill, lathe, saws, and a very good cutting board. I like making a thing exist, then making it better.

013 seasons

FIRST Robotics
Competition

Manufacturing sub-team at Phoenix Country Day School, 10th through 12th grade. Every build season I machined robot parts, then helped build and program the robot that used them.

Team
2840
Role
Manufacturing
Machines
Mill, lathe, circular saw, band saw
Seasons
Three

Photos here are from two of my three seasons. The third lives in my memory and a lot of metal chips.

The PCDS Athletics robotics pit at a competition with the robot and tool carts
FIG. 01 The pit, team 2840
FIG. 02 On the field, 7-second loop
A tall robot mechanism in the shop mid-build with tools around it
FIG. 03 Shop floor, mid-build
A robot drivebase with motors, controllers and wiring exposed
FIG. 04 Drivebase, mid-wire
02Made it myself

The cutting
board

Edge-grain, mixed hardwoods, built from loose strips. Drag the handle to see where it started.

  1. 01Cut the strips
  2. 02Arrange the grain
  3. 03Glue up and clamp
  4. 04Flatten and finish
Loose hardwood strips laid out side by side The finished striped cutting board StripsFinished

FIG. 05 Strips to board, drag to compare

The finished striped cutting board on a white counter
FIG. 06 Finished, with the grain running end to end
Tools I'm comfortable with
milllathecircular sawband sawcomputer hardware repairhand tools

No yellow tags yet, but I'm working on it.

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© 2026 Sebastian WesleySan Luis Obispo, CA · Cave Creek, AZHand-coded, hand-machined, occasionally fueled by Taco Bell.