Since joining RIT Tech Crew I have started building out a personal gig system. After almost 3 years of repetitive iterations I have finally gotten my system to a point where I can comfortably run most smaller gigs. As it stands I have a system with 2x 15" Yamaha highs and 1x 18" JBL subwoofer all run off of  a rack with 2 Crown XTI series amps with onboard DSPs for crossovers, 2 channels of compressor and 2ch of graphic EQ.  This is the setup that I have been using to run my side buisness "The Underground Wedding DJs" providing sound to events in the Rochester area.

I actually discovered this project through a Linus Tech Tips video and quickly decided for it to become my next project. Within a night I had all the parts ready to print and had started parts hunting in RITs makerspace for parts. I completely designed the box from scratch and the fader caps are based off of an old Allen Heath console design. The internals are rather basic, it consists of 5 10k ohm resistance linier faders and an Arduino nano with the code flashed onto it. It ended up being a really fun project that also acted as a torture test for my 3d printer (a Creality Ender 3 I got used with a messed up extruder for $40)

Frigg is the newest addition to my article, she's a 1982 GMC Caballero I traded my 1952 Ford 8N farm tractor for. She only has some mildly major rust problems and needs the transmission put back in and the brake lines repaired before she is roadworthy again. Hopefully this summer when I have free time she will get back on the road again. She is a bit of a redneck mobile with the fake hood scoop, all terrains and cut fenders, and only slightly leaky aftermarket sun roof but I love her all the same.

In the fall of 2019 I decided I wanted to build a longboard from scratch and spring/summer of 2020 ended up being the perfect time to do so. My first attempt at building one was a disaster to put it nicely (it almost immediately snapped in half) but the second attempt was a great success! The jig has also gone on to help my coworker make a board of their own this past summer.

This was yet another one of my COVID projects, I had gotten 2 laptops both with good logic boards but the peripherals were dying so I made one good laptop out of the 2 and then decided to make a wooden enclosure so I could use the other as a lightweight OS desktop. It turned out looking pretty slick but unfortunately I don't have a picture of the finished product at my time of writing this.