As a kid, I spent countless hours typing programs from computer magazines while sitting in my living room at my home computer. I wasn't much of a typist, so mistakes were common. At the time, I thought I was learning programming, but looking back, I was learning persistence... a lesson that would follow me throughout my career. Decades later, Shadow Fortress follows the same pattern. Every design revision, every print adjustment, and every idea that didn't work taught me some

I still have a working original Dark Tower and, over the years, found myself replacing missing or damaged parts. What started as a practical need turned into an excuse to spend time with CAD software and a 3D printer. Before long I was recreating replacement flags, keys, pegs, and other pieces that had become difficult to find. After sharing some of those files online, other Dark Tower owners started asking for copies. It was interesting to see how many people were still keep