SLICK DESIGN
Mick Slikker - industrial product engineer
About me
I am a real “do-it-yourself” hobbyist, 3D-designer and maker of my own products and projects. My interests include 3D-printing, server-hosting and maintenance, and designing generally fun electrical projects.
I'm good at thinking about different solutions for my projects and I'm constantly looking into making my ideas a reality. I do this by sketching and doing a lot of research online.
Some of my skills include:
Solidworks
Parts design and assembly management
Sketchup
Architectural modeling and parts design
Cura Slicer
3D-printing and custom 3D-printers
Visual Studio
Application, HTML and CSS development
Pepakura
Papercraft sheet design and construcion
Office Suites
proficient in Microsoft Office and LibreOffice
Take a peek?
Here are some of the latest projects I've been working on.
Or scroll down some more to see my portfolio.
Custom Keyboard
PCB assembly and soldering
Luggable PC
First prototype done
Arcade Cabinet
Wiring graphical equalizer added
Custom 3D-printer
Wide printbed assembled
Arcade Cabinet
Buttons and joysticks rewired
HP Sleeper PC
Short introduction
Sleeper PCs are custom-built and designed to look like old and vintage computers, but packed with powerful and modern hardware inside. This creates a fun and unsuspected contrast between appearance and capability.
For this project I was tasked by my brother with creating a Sleeper PC for him. As sarcificial shell, we have used the body and components of a Hewlett Packard Protocol Analyzer (4957A).
The following extra requirements had been set for this project:
- No modifications to the outside of the casing, other than the backplate
- No external power supply
- Keep a fully functional Cathode Ray Tube
- Make the keyboard functional on modern hardware
- Make the floppy-eject button into a functional power button
- Keep HDD LED functionality
- Add USB I/O to the front of the PC, without it being noticeable
While my brother started work on reverse engineering the keyboard, I focussed my self on all other major parts of the assembly.
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Luggable PC
Short introduction
I've always liked the portability of laptops, but I mostly use my desktop purely for the performance difference. The idea of a "luggable" Computer is not new. They were quite populair in the 70s and 80s and still see some use today but have mostly fallen out of public favor.
In 2024 I was looking at upgrading my PC and stumbled upon the Lattepanda Sigma, the most powerful single board computer (at the time) with server grade components and a tiny footprint. I decided to buy this board with the idea to design my own casing for it.
For this project the following is a checklist of features and requirements:
Going into this project, I've always wanted to imagine a modern version of the portable PC concept. That is why the design of this project is more modern and futuristically minded.
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