Nick PooleSerial Hobbyist, Systems Thinker, Frustrated with a world that seems to insist on suffering.
Genderqueer Engineer (He/They) Electron-Gun-Slinger. Toots about Electronics, Social Politics, and Mental Health.
Nick Poole#introduction post!
I'm Nick, I'm an Electronics Engineer and serial hobbyist in Virginia, USA.
I'm a bi/pan nb 
I've been dating my wonderful gf @gella@chaos.social since 2016 ❤
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On 2/12/24 we got engaged 💍
I post about electronics, vacuum physics, making things, gender feels, queer vibes, left politics, guns (w/ CW) and music.
Nick PooleOkay. Good enough. On to insulation and drywall.
Nick PooleIt is time to handle the kitty
Nick PooleEvery time that the cat catches a mouse and leaves is somewhere in the house, I always think, "I wish she would just eat the mice so I wouldn't have to pick them up"
Today she ate a mouse and I no longer feel that way, lol
Nick PooleThe marshmallow is toasting herself.
Nick PooleBig Yawn
Nick PooleThe marshmallow is toasting herself.
Nick PooleProject: Dubblecup
This was a candidate for a crowd-funded novelty project that I did quite a bit of brand development on before abandoning. It's a ceramic cup that looks like two styrofoam cups stacked together. The packaging is based on the actavis packaging for prometh with codeine. This was at the tail end of the vaporwave-era lean/syrup revival.
This photo is of a 3D printed mock-up but I had one made of ceramic by shapeways that I still drink out of.
Nick PooleBonus Material: I found a photo of the ceramic prototype from Shapeways.
I had a quote from a Chinese ceramics casting company to produce these at a very reasonable price, too. It was non-trivial explaining that the model was a single cup and not two nested cups across the language barrier.
Nick PooleProject: Laser cut leather stitched masks
Leather is an awesome material because it's dimensionally stable and easy to work like wood, but malleable like fabric. I designed and stitched some masks using veg-tanned tooling leather. A classic plague mask and this ornate little deer with carved wooden antlers.
Nick PooleThat's probably enough spamming the timeline for now. I'll add stuff later if I find anything vaguely worth sharing. Some of this stuff is on my Instagram which I never use anymore but never got a proper write-up.
Hope you were inspired!
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Nick PooleProject: Occult Pokémon Objects
These were some things that I 3D-printed, distressed, and painted to explore the idea of occultism in the Pokémon universe. An engraved Cubone skull and an engraved bone pokéball.
Nick PooleProject: Laser cut leather stitched masks
Leather is an awesome material because it's dimensionally stable and easy to work like wood, but malleable like fabric. I designed and stitched some masks using veg-tanned tooling leather. A classic plague mask and this ornate little deer with carved wooden antlers.
Nick PooleProject: Animal Skin Speakers
I made these speakers from natural drumskins in the style of wooden drums. I built the drum shells from oak and welded my own rings to tension the heads. The coils were wrapped on cylinders of goatskin. I used huge neodymium magnets to make them work. Drums obviously make terrible speakers because they're designed to be resonant at a single frequency. They still sounded pretty good for what they were.
The stereo one used a hand carved cross as a cap-touch on/off.
Nick PooleProject: Occult Pokémon Objects
These were some things that I 3D-printed, distressed, and painted to explore the idea of occultism in the Pokémon universe. An engraved Cubone skull and an engraved bone pokéball.
Nick PooleProject: Lord Canti Head (FLCL)
This was my second Canti cosplay for DragonCon. Made from foam, lasercut acrlyic, PVC pipe, wire, and a curved acrylic screen made by slumping acrylic in a laser-cut frame with a heat gun. I put this together in an incredible time-crunch and re-used the display electronics from my first Canti cosplay. Everything still smelled like paint when I got to the hotel.
Nick PooleProject: Animal Skin Speakers
I made these speakers from natural drumskins in the style of wooden drums. I built the drum shells from oak and welded my own rings to tension the heads. The coils were wrapped on cylinders of goatskin. I used huge neodymium magnets to make them work. Drums obviously make terrible speakers because they're designed to be resonant at a single frequency. They still sounded pretty good for what they were.
The stereo one used a hand carved cross as a cap-touch on/off.