ABOUT
Meet Michael
The maker behind Confident 3D Builder
From Sketching Gears as a Kid to Teaching Mechanical Design
My name is Michael, and I've been obsessed with how mechanical things work for as long as I can remember. As a kid I was sketching gears and mechanisms in notebooks — I couldn't stop. When I took my first Mechanical Engineering class in high school and saw that I could design and manipulate parts on a computer, everything clicked.
3D printing wasn't a thing back then like it is now, but years of designing in CAD built a deep passion that was waiting for the right tool to bring it to life.
My 3D Printing Journey
When 3D printers first became available, I couldn't afford a fully assembled one — so I bought a ~$130 kit and built it myself. I loved the assembly process, but everything about that printer was manual and tedious to maintain. Eventually I upgraded to a fully built machine, and that's when I thought the real fun would start.
But when I tried printing my own mechanical ideas, they wouldn't come together. Tolerances were off, parts didn't fit, and designs that looked perfect on screen failed in real life. So I did what most people do — I started downloading other people's files from online repositories. It was easier, but it felt like I was just pressing a button on someone else's work.
Cracking the Code
But I refused to stay a button presser. I went back to my CAD roots, took more mechanical engineering classes, and started studying what actually makes printed parts work together — tolerances, clearances, fit types, print orientation. I failed a lot. I wasted filament. But slowly, I cracked the code. I started designing and printing my own mechanical assemblies that actually moved, actually fit together, and actually worked.
The moment I held something I designed from scratch in my hands and it functioned exactly how I imagined it — that was the moment I felt like a real engineer. And I knew I had to help other people experience that same feeling.
Why I Created Confident 3D Builder
The biggest lesson from that entire journey was simple: an engineering degree, expensive software, and years of CAD experience are not required to design and print mechanical devices that actually work. Once tolerances, clearances, and assembly thinking start to make sense — and the learning happens through a clear step-by-step process — it becomes much easier to move from printing novelties to engineering working mechanisms. That realization is exactly why I created 3‑Week Mechanism Builder.
Ready to Start Building?
I built this course for 3D printing hobbyists who are tired of printing other people’s files and ready to engineer something real. Right now, I’m opening the doors to a small group of early adopters who will get the course at half price, help shape the content with feedback, and receive every future project path I add at no extra cost. This is the only time this level of access and this pricing will be available together. I’d love to build this alongside the first group of students.
Confident 3D Builder
Engineering confidence, one mechanism at a time.
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