JGL
$ maker · engineer · tinkerer

PCB Design & Electronics

Designs and fabricates custom circuit boards from scratch. Recent project: a pocket FM radio — component selection sourced through DigiKey, schematic capture and board layout done in KiCad, hand-soldered and tested. The whole pipeline, from idea to working hardware.

KiCad DigiKey PCB layout schematic capture pocket FM radio surface mount hand soldering
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3D Printing & Fabrication

If a part doesn't exist, print it. If the printer can't do it, figure out how it can. Functional prints, enclosures for electronics projects, jigs, tools, prototypes — the machine stays warm.

FDM functional prints prototyping enclosures CAD
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Build & Renovation

Currently in town helping a friend with a first-floor renovation — hanging and finishing drywall, running trim, all the detail work that makes a room feel right. The kind of person who shows up and just starts building.

drywall trim carpentry finish work renovation
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Lake Superior Agates

Hunts Lake Superior agates — the real ones, banded iron formations tumbled by glaciers and scattered across the upper Midwest. Knows the beaches, the gravel pits, the right light. A collector's eye sharpened by a geologist's patience.

Lake Superior agates banded iron rockhounding upper Midwest
"The best tool is the one you build yourself."