Hairspray is so effective at sticking items to the printbed that sometimes it gets very difficult to pull them off once the print is done. If the shape is tall and gives you a bit of leverage then it’s usually easy enough to snap off, but if it is quite short and has a lot […]
In this post I’ll describe how to make a handy multi purpose printing accessory with some cheap Ikea furniture and a large wooden spoon.
I really like the gear designs designed by Emmett on Thingiverse. When printing the amazing Gear Bearing I had to adjust the tolerances and so got some idea of how OpenSCAD works.
Every beloved gadget must have a name. I’ve experimented with a few different alternatives but the one that has stuck was suggested by a friend. He had recently attended a conference where an eminent professor had described 3D printers as “glorified icing bags” and therefore though Squirty would be an apt moniker. I think it […]
I received my Reprap Huxley kit in December last year. After many weekends of construction, tinkering and blank eyed despair it is finally in a state that could be described as “working order”. This blog will occasionally document my projects with the Reprap and try to explain some of the many things that go wrong […]