Dominic
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Dominic Dale

I'm Dominic, a founding engineer at Cambridge Aerospace, where I build flight electronics. Previously, I studied Engineering at Cambridge. This is my space for notes, projects, and ideas.

  1. 2019 Garden workshop build from foundations to fit out
  2. 2020 My first PCB for a model space rover
  3. 2021–24 Engineering at Cambridge, lots of design work
  4. 2025–now Founding Team at Cambridge Aerospace, building for Ukraine

Most of what's here is build logs. They go back to a 3D printer I built when I was 14, and cover everything from furniture design to a CNC mill.

The biggest of these is a shed I built in my parents' back garden. I started with an untouched site and worked through the foundations, brickwork, timber framing, roofing and electrics. Most of it was built over the summer before I started sixth form, but it has kept me busy with lots of upgrades since then.

While studying, I interned in defence and politics, and wrote on those experiences.

There are a few design projects here too. These include my A-level DT project, which was a proposal for a tiny house in the shadow of Lincoln Cathedral, and a robot vacuum designed in the style of Rams.

More recently I've written about the role of technology in the war in Ukraine.

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Series Garden Workshop15Pluto Rover Control Board3Wordy Clock2ReflowIron1CNC Router1
Categories Construction16Electronics13Woodworking7Coursework5Young Enterprise1Politics1

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Machine frame and kinematics 2025, in the CNC Router series Defence innovation: a case study on the Ukrainian Delta system 2025 Tiny house project 2024 Robot vacuum design in the Rams style 2024 Growbot: a modular plant growth robot 2024 Which is more important in British politics to voting behaviours – economic or social issues? 2024 Moral quandary over self-driving decision making 2023 Simulink to VHDL: a model based approach to firmware development 2022 Birch plywood cabinets and drawers 2022 STM32 based hot plate controller 2022, in the ReflowIron series First prototype assembly 2021, part 2 of 2 in Wordy Clock Raised decking 2021, part 15 of 15 in Garden Workshop Creating realistic PCB renders with KiCad and Fusion 360 2021 Battening and cladding 2021, part 14 of 15 in Garden Workshop Design and circuitry 2021, part 1 of 2 in Wordy Clock Hanging an internal door 2021, part 13 of 15 in Garden Workshop Timber window installation 2021, part 12 of 15 in Garden Workshop Electrical installation 2021, part 11 of 15 in Garden Workshop Assembly and testing 2020, part 3 of 3 in Pluto Rover Control Board Schematic design and PCB layout 2020, part 2 of 3 in Pluto Rover Control Board Requirements and research 2020, part 1 of 3 in Pluto Rover Control Board External door construction 2020, part 10 of 15 in Garden Workshop Velux window installation 2020, part 9 of 15 in Garden Workshop Internal room and painting 2020, part 8 of 15 in Garden Workshop Making Young Enterprise stands 2020 Roofing 2020, part 7 of 15 in Garden Workshop Insulation and breathable membrane 2020, part 6 of 15 in Garden Workshop Making a mini pinball machine 2020 Sheathing 2019, part 5 of 15 in Garden Workshop Framing the roof 2019, part 4 of 15 in Garden Workshop Framing the walls 2019, part 3 of 15 in Garden Workshop Concrete pour and brick plinth 2019, part 2 of 15 in Garden Workshop Planning and site preparation 2019, part 1 of 15 in Garden Workshop Custom keyboard build log 2018 Building a “D-Bot” 3D printer 2018