Versatility is our nature.
From the farm to the office, the workshop to the home. Protean Hollow adapts, creates, and solves.
Protean Hollow is a single operator wearing a few different hats, run out of Spirit Lake, Idaho. The whole idea is simple: rather than pretend to be a big company, be one dependable outfit that does honest work across the things people actually need, and keep a written record of all of it.
Some jobs call for a hammer, some for a 3D printer, and some for a few hundred lines of code. Most small operators would send you to three different businesses. Here it's one point of contact, one estimate, one invoice.
One person, three sets of tools
Eight years in HVAC taught me how buildings actually work, and how much of a repair is diagnosis rather than parts. Eight years in the Army as a 25B, an information technology specialist, covered the other half: networks, servers, and the habit of fixing a thing because it has to work, not because it's interesting.
Everything since then has been self-taught. I don't hire out my own problems. When a job needs a bracket nobody sells, I model it and print it. When it needs a scheduling system nobody sells, I write it. The home lab that started as a hobby now runs the software this business uses every day.
Protean Hollow is what happened when I stopped treating those skills as three unrelated things. Same person doing the diagnosis, the fabrication, and the code, which is why the estimate, the part, and the invoice all come from one place.
- HVAC & Mechanical Eight years in the trade. Diagnosis first, parts second.
- U.S. Army, 25B Eight years as an information technology specialist.
- Owner Operated Running my own shop out of Spirit Lake, Idaho.
- Self-Taught Every trade, every tool, and every line of code.
One shop, many hats
Everything under one roof. One point of contact, one estimate, one written record.
General Contracting
Property repair and maintenance around North Idaho: carpentry, decking, HVAC, electrical, painting, landscaping, hauling, and tractor work.
See the work → Workshop3D Printing & Fabrication
Custom 3D printing, incubator kits, replacement parts, and laser engraving, made to order.
3D Printing → SoftwareSoftware & Apps
Practical software and hardware (PrecisionOps, HuskyOps, and TinkerTools) built by someone who does the work.
Software & Apps →Why Protean Hollow?
protean adjective · able to change form to meet whatever the situation needs.
That's the idea behind the name. The fix might come out of a toolbox, off a printer, or out of a text editor, and choosing the right one is most of the job. What matters is that the problem is actually solved.
Adapt · Create · Solve
The way I work
Clear Communication
You know what's happening before the work, during the work, and after it's done.
Honest Expectations
Straight answers on scope, cost, and timing, including the times the answer is no.
Do It Right
Attention to the work, the details nobody photographs, and the cleanup afterward.
The goal isn't to rush through as many jobs as possible. It's to build long-term relationships with a small group of clients, and to schedule the work so nothing gets overbooked or cut short.
Based in North Idaho
Closed holidays
Registered in Idaho
Let's talk about your project
Repair, fabrication, or software. Tell me what you need and I'll point you the right direction.