DELAND CRAVEN

JACK OF ALL TRADES

Creative ADD

My fondest memories as a child are of making cheap plastic model airplane kits on the living room coffee table while watching Japanese monster movies. In the fifty or so years since then, I've been on an endlessly evolving creative journey. Here are just a few of the things I dabble in to greater or lesser degree.

Maker to the core

In front of a computer, I can work my way through the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. I've embraced the switch to DaVinci Resolve and can muddle through Blender, C4D, and have recently begun dabbling in TouchDesigner. I also love Excel (don't tell anyone).

In the shop, I've made Irish lap harps, animatronic pirate skulls, book nook dioramas, and cassette tape loopers. I can surface-mount solder, design a basic PCB, code some reasonably complex microcontroller madness, and take an idea from concept through modeling to fabrication.​ 

I'm happiest when I'm in the studio making some random thing or sharing my passion for creating with others.

Why mix when you can buy

Always use protection

I have a bucket of these things

The occasional light machining

These are a few of my favorite things.

I'd say I'm pretty good with mostly most of the things on this list... at night... mostly. The trouble with being a jack of all trades is mastery is fleeting!

DESIGN

Software:

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  • Adobe Creative Cloud
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    Arduino IDE
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    Blender
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    C4D
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    DaVinci Resolve
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    EasyEDA
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    LTspice
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    TouchDesigner
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    Unreal Engine
3D PRINTING

Tools in the shop:

FDM

  • Bambu X1 Carbon
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    Flashforge Adventurer 4

SLA

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    Elegoo Mars
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    Elegoo Saturn
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    Elegoo Saturn 2

Software:

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    Shapr3D CAD
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    Bambu Studio
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    Lychee Slicer
LASER CUTTING

Tools in the shop:

  • Orion 50 CO2 laser
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    AtomStack X20 diode

Software:

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    Lightburn
WOODWORKING

Tools in the shop:

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    Table saw
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    Band saw
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    Chop saw
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    Thickness planer
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    Jointer
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    Drill press
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    Lathe
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    Router
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    Scroll saw
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    Spindle sander
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    Various hand tools
Organization
Organization

So many parts. So little space.

Forstner
Forstner

Say it with me... Forstner.

Panel Engraving
Panel Engraving

Ya need a jig when you do a lotta repetitive processes.

Wood Clamps
Wood Clamps

You can never be too rich or have too many clamps.