Build log

One entry per project, newest first.

Copper Gator aluminum boat

Oct 2026

Concept design for a budget welded-aluminum 15 ft mod-V jon with center console, wheel steering, live well, bait wells, ice well, bait cooler and drink wells. Design study only; nothing built or bought yet.

• Swamp Hauler 15: design · steps · BOM

Robot and drone builds

2026

Concept brochures for five builds: a Scout drone, a GPS drone, a Companion drone, a Mini Sub and a Robot Body. They're design studies with layouts, parts and staging. None of them is a finished machine yet.

Full plan: Build plan, budget and schedule. Step-by-step (LEGO-style, one action per step, every step links to its part) and bills of materials with buy links:

• Robot Body: R2-D3 Dome Droid: steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF
• Companion Drone: steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF
• GPS Drone (7-inch / S500): steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF
• Scout Drone: Your AI Carrier Pigeon: steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF
• Printer: Bambu Lab X2D: steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF
• Grok Mini Sub: steps · BOM · steps PDF · BOM PDF

Robot stage-by-stage assembly PDFs: Stage 1 · Stage 2 · Stage 3 · Stage 4 · Stage 5. These are concept assembly guides, not certified engineering drawings.

Pigeon loft

2026

A backyard pigeon loft that comes with build instructions, a CAD guide, DXF shop drawings and a full cut list. The cut list and drawings will go on Downloads once they're exported.

Sundown cabins

2026

A set of small cabins on wooded lots in the Mooringsport area: a main house plus cabins on three neighboring lots. So far there's a schematic site plan (in PNG, PDF and DXF) and floor plans for each cabin, including a two-story layout on one lot.

Golf tracking

2026

I'm logging rounds and shots with a tracker app and want to turn that into a stats page. See Golf.