You don’t need a polished specification. You need something you want to make better.
An awkward process. A part you can’t find. A physical control for something digital. A sketch that keeps coming back to you.
My background is in design and software development. Making physical things extends the same work: understand the problem, build a version, try it, and improve what doesn’t work.
Small problems are worth solving, too.
What could we make?
The problem decides the tools.
Custom parts & physical prototypes
A mount that fits the space. An enclosure around your electronics. A one-off piece for a car or motorcycle project. Design, 3D printing, and CNC machining make it possible to try the fit, feel, and function in the real world.
Software & useful tools
A custom application, a better workflow, or a tool that handles the repetitive part of a job. Design and development are the foundation of Crumbls, and they remain part of what I build.
Things that connect physical and digital
A button that runs a command. A custom interface you can touch. An idea that needs an enclosure, electronics, and software to work together. This is where the disciplines meet.
From the workbench.
Real builds. Real iterations.
The same mechanism, closed and open.
A gas cap with a twist.
A CNC-machined aluminum gas-cap prototype with a rotating iris. The overlapping leaves move together to open and close the center. A lot of math behind a small movement.
A CNC-machined aluminum ignition points cover for a motorcycle. The shape, surface, and mounting details turn a simple cover into a part with its own character.
A giant 3D-printed keyboard button that sends a command to a computer. The idea is playful. Making it feel right took CAD, printed parts, electronics, software, and several revisions.
The first guide pins broke. The design changed. The next version worked better. That’s the part of prototyping I want to show: how an idea becomes something usable.
What should it do? What does it need to fit? What would make the first version useful?
Build something to test.
A sketch, a model, a print, or working software. Make the idea concrete enough to learn from.
Use it and improve it.
Check what works. Find what doesn’t. Refine the details that matter in actual use.
A workshop that keeps growing.
Design, code, and the tools to make things.
The shop is already here: 3D printing, a 3-axis CNC machine with a rotary table, and TIG and MIG welding equipment.
Design and development are the foundation of Crumbls. I love turning ideas into prototypes, and I’m expanding the shop to take on more fabrication and custom builds.
What do you want to make?
Bring a custom part, a prototype, or a fabrication project. A rough sketch, reference photo, existing part, or description of the problem is enough to start.
