Concept Solid started with a simple mindset:
If something could work better, build it.
My name is Cameron Sands, and I’m an engineer driven by curiosity and the constant urge to create.
Like many engineers, my interest in building started early. I was always taking things apart — old radios, mechanical toys, anything I could get my hands on — just to understand how they worked.
I built paper airplanes, rubber band guns, and whatever else my imagination came up with. At first I followed tutorials like everyone else, but almost every time I finished building something I would think:
“This would be better if it worked like this instead.”
The problem was that there was never a tutorial for the version I had in mind. Eventually I realized something important — I didn’t need a tutorial to build something new. That moment changed everything.
From then on, building became more than a hobby. It became an addiction. Ideas started appearing everywhere — while doing daily tasks, while driving, or right before falling asleep. If I don’t write them down immediately, they disappear just as quickly.
By the time I sit down to sketch or model something, the product is often already mostly built in my head. If I get stuck on a design problem, I move on and let it sit for a while. More often than not, the solution appears later — usually first thing in the morning.
That’s just how my brain works.
I eventually turned that curiosity into a career, earning a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stout.
My interest in digital fabrication started early when my high school acquired a 3D printer in 2014. At the time, desktop printers were rare and expensive, and I spent as much time around that machine as possible — even before I was technically in the class.
It opened the door to something powerful: the ability to turn ideas into real objects.
After working in industry for several years, I realized something important. While professional engineering can be rewarding, the moments that truly excited me were always when I was creating something of my own — solving real problems and watching people benefit from the results.
Friends and family started noticing the things I was building. Some of them were small products designed to solve everyday frustrations, but when people started using them the response was always the same:
“This is actually really helpful.”
One of those products — RackStop — was the first time someone told me that more people needed it. That moment is what pushed me to turn these ideas into something bigger.
The name Concept Solid comes from a phrase engineers often say during design reviews:
“That’s a solid concept. Build it.”
A good product isn’t just about creativity — it’s about thoughtful design, understanding the user, and solving a real problem. Every idea starts with the goal of making something that genuinely improves someone's life.
Thoughtfully designed products that solve real everyday problems through practical engineering and user-focused design.
Open projects and builds for curious makers who want to create, learn, and improve designs themselves.
The ideas, experiments, and design philosophy behind the work — showing how concepts turn into real products.
Concept Solid is still at the beginning. The goal is to continue creating products that simplify everyday tasks, remove frustrations, and make life just a little easier.
In the future, the projects section will also grow into a place where makers can download designs, build them, improve them, and share those improvements with others.
Because the best ideas rarely come from just one person.
