Custom parts. Actually custom.

It started with a high school science fair project. A RepRap Prusa i3 with an acrylic frame — a parts list, a build plan, and a wooden table covered in stepper motors, threaded rods, and a roll of yellow filament.

I sourced every part myself. Cut my own belts, wired my own controller, learned what a stepper driver was the hard way. Weeks of soldering, flashing firmware, and tuning settings one variable at a time — just to learn what every component does. The build itself was the project.

A couple years later I bought my first Prusa i3 kit — an Original Prusa MK3 — and put that one together too. The first print off it was a small castle. I remember staring at the layer lines and being genuinely amazed at how cleanly it came out. Clean walls, sharp overhangs, no ghosting. After fighting a self-built machine, this thing just worked.

That print is what made me realize this could be more than a science fair. Design something good, run it on a machine you trust, and the result is real. Years of designs, a workshop in Ephrata, and a shop full of parts later — same idea every time.