About Buffalo Bottle Craft

I started Buffalo BottleCraft because I like to make things. It all started in college when I decided to pursue mechanical engineering as my degree and really got jump-started when I joined the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja Club where we designed and built off-road racecars. I spent a lot of time in the machine shop getting my hands dirty and breaking stuff. My first job out of college was in the proposals department at a mid-size engineering firm. We'd get a Request for Proposal for something like a tampon assembly machine and I'd be responsible for sourcing and pricing all the components, specifying how we would build it, and figuring out how much time it would take. The next week we'd be working on quoting a machine that assembled water filtration units. To make a long story short I got paid to learn about hundreds of different manufacturing methods and equipment. Once I had this sweet job I did lose access to the fully equipped machine shop at my old college, which really sucked. So I built a little home shop in my one-bedroom apartment. I started making drinking glasses from used wine, beer, and liquor bottles. I would cut the bottles using a tile saw then stick them in a wood lathe I modified and use sandpaper to smooth out the edges. I started going to local craft shows and hawking them on etsy and my first side-business was born. Meanwhile at the engineering job I was put into project management. The big projects I was responsible for were largeRead their story