Switching the pace a bit on my writing as I want to highlight my younger brother Ezra and some of the things he is working on. I'm honestly shocked at how fast he picks up the technical knowledge and puts it to use!
He is 12 years old and working on some impressive stuff for his age. Recently he picked up his own 3D printer after playing around with one he borrowed. He bought an Ender 3 Pro, a fairly basic printer with a single nozzle, and approximately 6" square build space. It came in completely disassembled, and he spent the better part of two hours putting it all together by himself. He did ask me a couple of questions on how certain parts fitted together, but for the most part, he was on his own and worked diligently until it was up and running. The next morning, he had printed the first piece on this printer, and the quality was outstanding! Worlds better than my own first attempts and probably better than what I could come up with now.
He also assisted me with 3D printing some of the prototypes for the Duif Workholding project and did a fantastic job where the parts fit together just right!
He's got two blogs going where he writes several times a week on wide-ranging projects, one of which includes coding using the course Codeacademy. He's very technically minded and really wants to get into some 3D design work, which I encouraged him to get started with Fusion360; however, due to some age restrictions, he cannot create an account at this time. He's tried some other 3D modeling programs like TinkerCad, but he is already reaching those basic programs' limits.
As I am writing this, he asked about some formatting issues with a USB stick he was trying to move some files onto and showed him how to clean it up and unlock it. I'm really excited to see where he takes his talents and know he will go far on his interest alone!
His blog addresses are ezracodes.posthaven.com/ & ezraharris.com/