Hello

[jxu]

Hi, I'm jxu. I'm a current grad student who has recently rediscovered my hobby of Lego. I have a few technic and regular sets from the mid 2000s as a kid, and I came back briefly in 2015-16 to build a Skeleton Clock by @KEvron (showcase video of the excellent design). Recently I was reminded of Lego again because of a Creator set from a generous coworker I found in my closet I had forgotten about, and my recent project of finding all the pieces around my house to finish my old Technic 4WD Truck (I eventually found all but two). Incidentally, that is how I found out about the forums: I forgot the set number so I searched "technic truck blue" in google images and came across this post in a thread complaining about the lack of blue Technic builds.

I have no formal engineering background but I have always been fascinated by mechanical devices. When I was in elementary and middle school, I would spend lots of time playing physics flash games, making clocks and analog calculators, and also playing classic LEGO.com Club games like World Builder and Beltz. I also had built a few robots in a summer camp using Mindstorms RCX, and I had a Mindstorms NXT set at home that was a ton of fun to program with. This Lego candy machine by MMAP was one of my first inspirations (he was a famous twisty puzzle Youtuber, and that is another hobby I've gotten back into). I know the very basics of Solidworks so maybe I'll try to get into 3D printing. I can't say I was ever very creative when it came to making nice looking builds with non-Technic bricks. 

Nowadays I hope to recreate some Lego models from the old LEGO.com games and start making my own creations. 

 

Edited August 12, 2020 by jxu