LJ RaceLabLJ RACELABDesign • Build • Test • Evolve

I'm 13, I live near Charlotte, and I want to be a Formula 1 engineer. This site is the logbook: every project, every failure, every number.

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Mission

I'm building a record of real engineering — designing parts, printing them, breaking them on purpose, measuring what happened, and working out what to change. By the time I apply to university I want to show five years of documented work, not five years of enthusiasm.

01 The garage

Every project, finished or not. The ones that failed are the ones worth reading.

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PROJECT 001

Reverse-Engineered Object

Measure a real object with a caliper and rebuild it in CAD to a stated tolerance.

PlannedWeek 3
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PROJECT 002

LJ RaceLab Badge

An original design, built parametrically so one dimension drives the whole model.

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PROJECT 003

Phone Stand

Print it, break it on purpose, read the fracture, and design V2 from the evidence.

PlannedWeek 6

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02 Latest from the logbook

What got built, what broke, and what the numbers said.

22 August 2026
Week 0

Season 1 starts

The plan is set. Thirteen weeks plus a build week, eight projects, three sessions a week. The printer gets assembled on 1 September and the first thin…

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