adjustable driver
15 Week Project | Summer 2025
An adjustable impact driver to enable farmers to drive bolts in hard to reach places
Project Focus: Product Design, CAD Surfacing, Model Making
the problem
Farming equipment is complex machinery - each piece of equipment can have up to 5,000 bolts, often placed in inconvenient and tight spots. This creates a time consuming and tedious process for farmers when they have to replace bolts.
the goal
Create a tool that delivers the torque and adjustability necessary to drive bolts on farm equipment.
research
I visited Pidgeon Farms - where I talked to Logan, Doug, and Carson Pidgeon. They live and work on their family farm, each year they farm around 1600 acres with the help of 2 other people.
Huge pieces of equipment to farm and gather crops. They are very complex, which means there are a lot of things that can go wrong with their equipment.
The farmers fix 70-80% of equipment issues themselves. Typically their equipment will break while they are working in the fields and they have to fix it on the spot. They have a truck full of power tools that they drive in the middle of the field when a fix needs to be made.
design objectives
Comforting Light
Easy to Power On
Stable
Easy to Swap Batteries
design iteration
branding
I drew visual inspiration from products and fashion popular in the 1960s. Their use of warm color and interesting yet ergonomic forms strongly inspired my final design.
design solution
What’s next?
At the time of this project I was not in close proximity to a person who experiences tremors, bradykinesia, depression and anxiety, and serotonin loss as a result of Parkinson’s disease. My first priority would be to do hands-on testing with people with these symptoms. I would also like to think further into the materiality and manufacturing on the lamp.
