Matthew’s Creative Engineering
Welcome to my site showcasing my various projects and tinkerings
My projects
I’m interested in 3D printing, flashlights, and creative engineering. Building three 3D printers from scratch has allowed me to design and create a wide range of custom parts. I moderate two 3D printing communities with 20,000 members where we collaborate, share advice, and help to advance prin techniques.
I also have an obsession with powerful flashlights which I collect and modify. I currently own more than two dozen plus I run a business where I customize and sell high-end modified lights, worldwide. Some of the flashlights I’ve built use rare light sources, including one design only a few people have replicated.
My home workshop makes extensive use of salvaged and recycled materials, reflecting my resourceful focus on repurposing and sustainability.
Short arc searchlight
Designing and building a 17,000-lumen searchlight with 9.2 million candela, using custom electronics and optics.
Recycled Plastic Filament Pultrusion Machine
Designing and building a machine from recycled parts that converts plastic bottles into strong, precise 3D printing filament.
McLaren F1 Racing work experience
Insights into my work experience week at McLaren Racing, falling in love with motorsport while working on an F1 car.
Short arc searchlight
Designing and building a 17,000-lumen searchlight with 9.2 million candela, using custom electronics and optics.
Recycled Plastic Filament Pultrusion Machine
Designing and building a machine from recycled parts that converts plastic bottles into strong, precise 3D printing filament.
McLaren F1 Racing work experience
Insights into my work experience week at McLaren Racing, falling in love with motorsport while working on an F1 car.
Reference
“Matthew conducted a rotational week of work experience with us, experiencing all areas of the factory race team, from technical areas such as design and performance to operational areas such as project engineering and car assembly. Matt was a strong and engaged student that seemed to relish intellectually challenging concepts that were, in most cases, completely novel to him. The level of technical detail he was able to absorb, digest and recall was impressive, doing so with both accuracy and clarity. Matt’s confidence in tackling complex challenges was great to see, such as identifying time-series tyre normal force traces and analysing g-g plots, which he was able to explain with apparent ease. I hope Matt enjoyed his week and that it has inspired him to pursue a career in motorsport.”
