“After 15 years, the site now has an exciting moving fractal.”
— Darren
Personal transmission · Elgin, Illinois
Hello, I’mDarren.
I’m a mechanical engineer with a deep passion for design and innovation. I graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and have since been immersed in engineering, design, and the useful edges of technology. I especially enjoy designing and developing ideas in SolidWorks.
I like freehand sketching, classic cars, traditional American hot rods, Volkswagens and BMWs, old machinery, and figuring out how things work. I’m also interested in robots, RC vehicles, product development, 3D printing, making websites, computers, and electronics. My current long-haul project is a 1928 Ford Model A traditional hot rod with a Flathead Ford V8.
This is my quiet corner of the internet: a home for things I’ve made, sites I maintain, and occasional project notes.
01 / Websites
Things I keep
in orbit.
02 / All posts
Notes from
the workshop.
Every post in the archive—projects and ideas, whenever they were ready.
Hello
A New Incarnation
Why I Built NumberNumber.net
There are plenty of engineering calculator sites, but none seemed to be designed with copy-and-paste workflows in mind. I built NumberNumber.net to make practical calculations faster to use and easier to move into the rest of an engineer’s work.
USS Franklin: A Family Connection
My connection to the historic USS Franklin is personal: my grandfather, Robert Hamm, served aboard the ship. I maintain USSFranklin.org to preserve its history and honor the people who served aboard her.
A Better Tolerance Stack Workflow
I built the tolerance stack analysis tool to speed up, centralize, and organize work that was once relegated to mundane spreadsheets. It puts the analysis in one focused browser-based workspace.
How to Draw a Pickup Truck in Two Point Perspective
In this video I show how to draw a simple pickup truck using two-point perspective, from the basic construction lines through the recognizable vehicle form.
Hole Size Chart
Virtual Living Room Phase 1
Tricycle
The Latest Incarnation of darrenhamm.com
Hello. This is the latest incarnation of darrenhamm.com. This site promises to be as boring and as meaningless as the previous incarnations. Have a wonderful afternoon.
— Darren
03 / Friends’ sites