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Jibbirdz - New Zealand Native Bird Shoe Charms Jun 26, 2023 3d printing & business About a year ago, I wrote a post about what I’d learned from trying to sell 3D printed lamps. Armed with those leanings, I’m making my second 3D Printing Around The House Jun 9, 2023 3d printing Two of the common misconecptions I hear about 3D printing are; that it is only good for making useless trinkets, and that it’s inaccessible IMU Case Mar 17, 2023 3d printing & IMU I am doing some work with a data logging IMU (OpenLog Artemis from Sparkfun) and I wanted to protect it from getting damaged. Naturally, I designed Sunbeam Dehydrator Filament Dryer Mod Aug 17, 2022 3d printing & CAD Continuing from my last post about the issues with wet filament, I wanted to be able to dry out my filament. We have a Sunbeam food dehydrator that Ifixit Manta Case Aug 17, 2022 3d printing & CAD I have an Ifixit Manta screwdriver set. It’s great. It has every bit I need. But the case it comes with sucks. The lid is held on with magnets so it Filament Dry Box Aug 2, 2022 3d printing & CAD It’s been really wet where I live recently and the quality of my printing has suffered. I print a lot of PETG and it is quite hygroscopic (absorbs Business Card Holder Aug 2, 2022 3d printing & CAD My partner asked me to make a holder to protect her business cards from damage while in her handbag. Of cource I 3D printed one. It’s a two part 3D Printed Trowel Jul 19, 2022 3d printing & CAD & outdoors I do a lot of activities out in the wilderness. From time to time there are situations where I need to dig a small hole. Usually I have to use a Printable Mesh Sieve Set Jul 14, 2022 3d printing & CAD & OpenSCAD For an upcoming project I need a set of meshs. I looked at buying one, but couldn’t see anything that suited my needs and was cheap. So of course, I Camera Lens Cap Jul 14, 2022 3d printing & CAD On a recent trip I lost the lens cap for my camera. When I got home, I looked for a printable lens cap model, found on that looked ok and printed Lampshade Adventures Jul 11, 2022 3d printing & Lampshades & OpenSCAD & Selling & Learning A little while ago I went on a bit of a lampshade buzz. I designed and 3D printed a bunch of them and had a lot of fun. Then I tried to sell some Fixing Sunglasses with 3D Printing Aug 29, 2021 3d printing & CAD My partners Dad broke his favorite sunglasses. He asked me if I’d try to fix them for him. I’m always keen for a challenge, so I gave it a go. Dodecahedron Lampshade Jan 13, 2021 3d printing & Lampshade & CAD & Video It’s been a long time since I’ve put something up here. This time it’s a lampshade that I designed and 3D printed. It’s a dodecahedron (12 New And Improved Headphone Holder Nov 16, 2019 3d printing & Headphones & CAD & Video I made a new version of the headphone holder I wrote about here. It’s an improved design that doesn’t rely on springs. Here is a video about it Rugby World Cup Trophy Nov 16, 2019 3d printing & Trophy & CAD & Video We ran a competition at work around the Rugby World Cup in Japan. So I made a trophy for the winner and filmed a video about it Gingerbread Man Cutter Oct 27, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Video & Baking I had to make some gingerbread men, but I didn’t have a cookie cutter for it. So obviously, I 3D printed one. Here is a video Fixing My Chalk Bag Sep 28, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Rock climbing & Video I bought a chalk bag second hand. The little clip that is used to close the bag was broken. So I 3D printed a new one. Here is a video: Worked 3D Printed Hangboard Sep 28, 2019 3d printing & Rock climbing & CAD & Video I’ve been getting into rock climbing recently. I wanted to strengthen my fingers and arms so I can stop being so bad at it. So I made a hangboard. 3D Printed YouTube Trophy Sep 8, 2019 3d printing & Trophy & CAD & Video I’ve been running a new round of Know Your Coworkers at work. This time I changed it up. Instead of two truths and a lie about a person, we had a Custom Coasters Aug 25, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Video I made a set of coasters as a house warming present for my brother and his partner. Here is a video about them. They were really happy with them, as Animated Lithophane May 21, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Video I was 3d printing some lithophanes and was showing a friend. He said, “What if it was animated?”. I though about it for a moment before coming to 3D Printed Key Apr 13, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Video I 3D printed my house key. It worked and was surprisingly easy. Took about an hour even with setting up the camera to film it all. I’m pretty happy Christmas Entertainment 2018 Mar 9, 2019 3d printing & CAD & Video & Puzzles & Christmas After the sucess of the entertainment I orgainised for my family for Christmas 2017, I was put in charge of doing something again. I made a puzzle Headphone Holder Mar 9, 2019 3d printing & Headphones & CAD I designed and 3d printed a headphone holder. It clips on to the side of my desk and holds my headphones. It’s not really all that exciting, or Moustache Trophy Mar 9, 2019 3d printing & Trophy & CAD & Video I ran a moustache competition at work and wanted to make a trophy for the winner. Here is a video showing how I made it. Solidworks design files and A 3D Printed Pool Cleaner Nov 2, 2018 3d printing & CAD A friend of mine from work got a pool cleaner to clean her fish pond. She said it worked quite well but there we’re a few things she didn’t like Lights For My 3D Printer Oct 28, 2018 3d printing & CAD Recently I got a Prusa i3 mk3 3D printer. It’s been a blast so far. The one issue I’ve had with it so far is not so much with the printer but with Brass Medal and Treasure Hunt for Mark Oct 25, 2018 3d printing & Trophy & CAD & Machining A friend, Mark Jones, who I had worked with for a few years decided to move to Japan. I wanted to commemorate the work we had done and good times Trophies For A Workplace Competition Oct 25, 2018 3d printing & Trophy & CAD For a little while I’ve been running daily surveys at my workplace. Each day there was a new survey that people could participate in while they ate