9 January 2026
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One of the physical things I’m using in my new job, in order to access a wide range of useful software, is a small, fast external hard drive I picked up about nine months ago. I got Debian 12 installed … Continue reading
5 November 2025
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I recently posted about a glasses case I had printed and mentioned that I had the idea of creating a rubbery lining using TPU filament. The case has rounded corners and a gentle chamfer round the top and bottom edges … Continue reading
1 July 2025
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Discounting the software that runs the printer itself (“firmware”), there are two main categories of software to consider: 3D design tools and slicers. The slicer software takes a 3D model and turns it into information the printer can render in … Continue reading
9 May 2025
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When I started using the OpenSCAD program to design 3D models it was fascinating but also often frustrating. Programming a model and adjusting parameters to shape it was powerful but simple things, like putting a fillet (rounded join) between two … Continue reading
26 April 2025
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Whoever fitted the boiler in our back room also left a hole that goes all the way from inside to outside. I’ve been meaning to block it up since we moved in half a decade ago but now that I … Continue reading
22 April 2025
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This upside-down tripod creature is one of the feet on a well-used camping chair. Sometime ago, the plastic broke round one of the poles, meaning it could lift away without warning. I’ve been working on designing and printing a piece … Continue reading
25 March 2025
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This is mainly a bookmark post, to remind me of a website (Languagelessness) I came across the other day when looking for information on working with geometry in OpenSCAD.
13 March 2025
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The hot bath for plant propagation that I mentioned yesterday was also another opportunity to do some more 3D design and printing. The heating mat only comes on when the temperature drops too low, which means I need a temperature … Continue reading
4 March 2025
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At school, I used to enjoy trigonometry. Given a right angled triangle and a couple of measurements, such as the length of a side and one of the other angles, you can work out other information about it using functions … Continue reading
27 February 2025
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One of the 3D printed systems I was keen to experiment with was Gridfinity. It was designed by Zack Freedman and released under a MIT licence, to encourage sharing and further development. The underlying idea is very simple. You print … Continue reading