Resume

Here is my updated resume on the web!  Comments welcome below.

Finally CB-Crochet is working well.

After much hard work, the WordPress.org based site is finished for CB-Crochet.  It integrates three sites, the main site, blog, and a VIP area.  Questions and comments welcome below.

If you need to reach me.

Feel free to leave a voicemail and I'll get back to you.  (323) 393-3009  or e-mail me at Samuel@sseverns.com.  No Spam, no soliciting please.

Collaborative Effort::RelevantThings

Started a blog with some collegues and fellow graduates of University of Colorado.  Check it out.

Resume and Portfolio

Here is my newly designed resume, it's still a work in progress but u can see what i've got so far... Here Ya Go.


~Sam

UPDATE! - I've put an updated version of my resume up for you to view, also my current portfolio is here... feedback is encouraged on both items.

Flat Pack Desk

This idea came to me one weekend when I realized that I had had the same desk since middle school.  Time for an update.  I had one 4' by 8' panel of 'Green' laminated vineer lumber (LVL) for the whole desk.  Being a college kid, I thought about how many times I'd be moving in the near future so i wanted to be able to move the desk easily and assemble it with out hardware.  I tend to lose hardware so I didn't want to risk it.  I began playing with various ideas and designs for desks but soon noticed that most of them used fasteners, wood and metal.  I was going about this all wrong.  How do I fix two pieces of wood semi-permanently?  I went through peg systems, interlocking systems, and stacking systems.  Finally, I settled on a slotted and interlocking system that is reminescent of this old play cube I had as a child. 

It worked, now sizing the piece to fit on a 4' by 8' standard sized panel and still useable.  I began investigating the appropriate heights, widths and depths and found that I needed to be creative on how and where these piece came from in the panel.  10 or so iterations and it fit on 1-1/2 panels.  More problem solving, and it all fit on the panel, but would it work full scale?

I had built many 1/4 scale models with masonite and laser cutters that assembled great, but the real test was the full size.  A CNC Router machine would make quick work of my 4' by 8' panel.

Final assembly was tough, some hand finishing was required, but it fit like a glove.  The more that I assembled and disassembled the desk the easier it became.  It was a dream come true.

Green tech and such

 finished the wood bike and the final work begins on the jean bike.  i posted the plans for my flat pack desk in a photo gallery to the right. i'll post some from the art show in the gallery.  check it out....