A quick update about my filament creating experiments. In my last attempt to extrude filament I tried specific combinations of settings and wrote down results. For now it seems that it is best to have the front-temperature be around 170 and the temperature at the back be lower, like 160. The faste
Two days ago I had my first try at creating filament with the machine I bought second hand. The previous owner included some PLA pellets, so I mixed it with some of my hand made pellets and gave it a try. I set it all up according to the very minimal documentation. The plastic wire is supposed to
I haven't had the change to test my extrusion machine, but it's clear I need some way to turn my failed prints into small pieces. Since I don't want to spend a lot of money before I know if this is something that makes sense, I'm trying out some different things to shred the plastic 'by hand'. My
Not much to add just yet. I'll update once I have it extruding..
Check my previous posts for the iterations. Check out the model here.
Based on the prototype I shared here, I made some updates to the design. It now looks thinner, better phone angles and quite a lot of cosmetic changes. One of those are the two horizontal inserts. Quite a lot of effort has gone into making it easy to print, so the whole backside has all these 45 de
Yesterday I wrote a short post on the idea of the phone stand. Now I made some prints. This stand can also hold an iPad Pro. You can see the rectangle slightly bending. It was printed in PETG, presumably it would be bit more firm in PLA. There are some tweaks to make, but I'm quite happy with how
My previous phone stand works, it looks decent, is easy to print and you can adjust the angle. There are also some things that would be nice to improve: With heavy devices (tablet), it gets wobbly, because the insert is resting on one side. It's a bit bulky Could perhaps look better Uses quite a b
My adjustable phone stand is published, but I'm not jut fully happy with how it looks and works. The main things I want to improve: More 'balance' in how it looks. The rounded edges don't fit well with the hard hex shapes and the thin bottom also doesn't feel right. The holes don't offer as much an
Still working on the bed-desk for my daughter. Her regular desk is always full of stuff. I made a rule that this new one should always be clean. Having said that, it seems to make sense to keep some things like pens close to it. So I'm working on a side-hanging tray. With my first iteration, I made
Let me share a bit of my design process of a small desk table top. The top picture shows my initial design. It hooks on to the side of the bed. I've added extra infill modifier on the weakest point. Supposedly PLA will slowly sag in the long term, so I printed it in PETG. Fully printed it looks lik
I got around to printing my bracelet: It's way to big The inserts work The tiny inserts stick out, that was not my intent Since I don't wear bracelets, I haven't really given them much thought before. But an obvious design challenge is that the hand is bigger than the wrist. So it would be nice to
I've working on a board game for a while. The original idea is to have it play out in my Sir Helpalot universe. It's too much of a backstory for this post, but I'm also aiming to eventually create picture books. Lot's of ideas.Now I created these masks for the board game. To me it seems most fun if
For my new model I made a couple of updates. One of the neat details is that there is a chamfer on the inside to guide the 'stacking spine' to the hole. See my previous post for how the stacking works.The plan is to also make versions with cat ears, open mouth, beak, etc. I'm curious how it will lo
Inspired by this phone stand model on Printables I made this model in FreeCAD. It has two colored insert pieces. On a side note, FreeCAD has a more challenging UX than Dwarf Fortress. Now the question is, what is this thing good for? If you have any thoughts, let me know and I can publish the model
Here's the paper prototype. I've played it with 4 kids and 4 adults. Age has a big impact on what is seen as fun. For instance, my youngest daughter does not agree with the idea of having your mask stolen by the other player. While most adults see this is a one of the more fun aspects. This protot
Perhaps it will be fun to write some regular updates on a board game I'm working on. There are actually multiple concepts and paper prototypes in the running. In parallel to working on the game mechanics, I'm working on the 3D printed characters, the box, etc. While there is no hard deadline, the g
