Noah B Woodworks

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Hello there! My name is Noah Budd and I am a woodworker from southeast Michigan. I hail from a small set of towns in the Upper Peninsula called Houghton/Hancock. I lived there for 24 of my 31 years, and graduated from Michigan Tech in 2019 in audio production.

In my free time I am a dad first and hobbyist second. I make music, read books, smoke pipes, and kayak fish. I am a broadcast engineer in my professional life, working an early morning 3:30 – 11:30 am shift. The early bird has most definitely gotten a worm or two.

Thanks for stopping by my site and feel free to reach out to me on Instagram @noahbwoodworks or via the email found on the contact page

-Noah

    3D Modeling Practice

    Yesterday I started working on a 3D model in fusion that will hopefully help my video making immensely. My old camera rig lived on a tripod, and has been a work in progress for a very long time. I have a Canon M50, a huge rechargeable USB battery (200mm x 150mm x 30mm), a small PortKeys HDMI confidence monitor and a small Rode mic. The USB battery is used so I don’t have to deal with changing the canon M50’s small rechargeable batteries. This large battery will go all day, but it is cumbersome and difficult to move around. I had it in a gallon zip loc freezer bag that hung from the hook on my cheap tripod’s central stabilizers.

    The 3D model I’m hoping to print and make is a housing for all of that equipment in one singular hard shell case. The battery will lie flat at the bottom, the camera and monitor on top. I’m hoping to have swing arms for the monitor so I can put it in a number of different viewing positions. There will be holes for internal wiring between these parts. I’m also hoping to put handles on either side of the housing so I can hold the camera with two hands. I’m looking to keep using the same tripod, so I’ll be putting a sturdy base at the bottom for the connection point between the tripod plate and camera housing.

    I printed off a set of 15 cm calipers yesterday to be used in measuring the components for this model. I just need a rough estimate, but I believe these calipers are fairly precise and somewhat rudimentary. The two pieces just click together and slide along a rail with no way to lock it. I have very accurate calipers but I figured it would be handy to have an extra pair that I can grab-and-go with.

    I’m using Fusion to model and it has been fantastic practice. I’m not sure if I’ve said this in previous blog posts but I’ve 3D modeled a bunch in Sketchup free and that modeling experience has helped immensely with learning Fusion. Fusion definitely has its quirks, like the difference between a component and a body is very important when it comes to modeling history and organization. It also is very weird that you have to create a sketch to create a line, and the line automatically disappears if you don’t use it right away. The sketch is still there, you just need to find it in the side bar and re-enable it if you want to use it in the future. Strange quirks I am slowly getting over with practice.

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