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It's April! New Resupply Boxes! Steampunk Egg Update!
Happy April, everyone!I have a habit of posting updated models, but then only making that apparent from comments on posts, or in passing mentions on Discord, or whatever! So, let's just cover a couple of recent ones...Resupply BoxesIn addition to the original three resupply boxes, there are a fe...
Swirly-Whirly Egg! (vase mode!)
Hey there, eggselent people!It's vase mode time! And screw-together vase mode time, at that! Here we have an egg that is comprised of two individual vase mode prints, one of which forms a thread on its exterior, while the other forms a matching one on its interior (with a little tolerance gap fo...
Steampunk Easter Egg!
Celebrate your favourite egg-oriented occasions with this mechanically-inspired riveted ellipsoid!Yes, my amazing friends, it's a steampunk-style egg-shaped thing that holds stuff, and is related conceptually in some degree to our recent strawberry friend. This one's a two-part container whe...
Torture Toaster!
Hey there, wonderful people!So, a few months ago I had a guest spot on the Edge of Tech YouTube channel, where I rambled on and on about printing and design. They were awesome and passionate people, and the show was a lot of fun! After the show they challenged me to make some kind of fun torture tes...
Resupply Boxes: Battery and Utility Containers
Hey there, my favourite people!There are some limitations to doing things upside-down! This model prints right-side up but was inspired by comments on the original Battery Crate models from a little while back that print assembled, closed, and upside-down, but which made it difficult to extract batt...
Turbine Bowl Lid and Bracelet!
Howdy, wonderful people! You would think I would have learned to include lids with bowls by now! I was too caught up in interesting swirly shapes and didn't even think of it - but now that terrible omission has been corrected, and there's a lid that sits inside the top of the bowl. That'...
Turbine Bowl
Howdy, wonderful people!This texture-y bowl started life as a vase mode print, believe it or not! I was fresh from working on the Reciprocal Vase and was exploring bowl shapes. When things developed to a point where those vane shapes ran vertically between the twisting main struts, I had to make a d...
Steampunk Strawberry
Howdy, wonderful people!It's funny how designs evolve. I desperately wanted to do something with a kind of plate-style texture, and so started making some interesting shapes and seeing how I could break it up with flat planes. But, I didn't really get anywhere useful, so I put it aside, and ...
Reciprocal Vase: A Tale of Two Vases part 2/2
Hey there, wonderful people!So, vase mode! After reworking the Wicker Concentric Vase with its layers and criss-crossed sections I wondered how close I could get to the same kind of effect using a single spiraling line of filament...The key element of the original design is the criss-crossing of the...
Wicker Concentric Vase: A Tale of Two Vases part 1/2
Howdy, wonderful people!It's a vase, I think! Do vases need to hold water? That could be problematic on this one. What this does have, though, is an inner that rotates freely inside the outer! If this looks vaguely reminiscent of the stuff I was working on in late 2019, there's a reason for ...
Twist Bolt Lids, AAA Box and Eyeball Adaptors
Hey there, wonderful people! Today we have a few updates and accessories for existing designs, plus something with a poop emoji on it. Let's begin!Twist Bolt LidsIt seems the Twist Bolt just wasn't complete without a lid, but the lid from the Jigsaw Bolt, while technically compatible, just d...
Guess who has eyeballs! :D
Look at that hopeful, optimistic expression! That's right, wonderful people, our faithful annoying clacky skull now has cartoony eyeballs! Bring new, er, life, to your day with this sunny fellow!So, what's changed from the original? Well, the eye sockets now have a threaded post for eyeball ...
A Taller Jigsaw Bolt!
Just a quick write-up for this one! There's a new, taller set of body pieces for the Jigsaw Bolt! It's otherwise the same as before - just with a few extra thread windings :)Printing TipsTo reiterate...This is an assembly rather than a print-in-place design, and so much more tolerant to prin...
Micro Flasks Resized!
Howdy, wonderful people!It's always interesting to look back on how we've hopped from one idea to the next, choosing one path rather than another. The Micro Flask was right in the middle of things like the Oilcan Flask and the Square Flasks, a stepping stone in 50mm cylinder form. I had a re...
Twist Bolt!
Hey there, wonderful people!You've probably already worked this one out from the pictures - it's like the Jigsaw Bolt, but with two twisted components that slide together to make a whole. The two parts are almost symmetrical, but not quite - much like the quadrants of the Jigsaw Bolt each co...
Almost February Already!
Happy end-of-January, my favourite people!Not only is it no longer 2020, but it's almost not even January 2021 anymore. How time flies! If there's one thing that's been a constant for me in January, it's... having Dice-O-Matic Geared Dice Roller prototypes printing :P (I'm assumi...
Jigsaw Bolt
Hey there, wonderful people!Did I ever mention that I love threads and bolts and connectors?! This thing is basically a box that's pretending to be a bolt. Or a bolt that's pretending to be a box. Or a jigsaw, or something...Anyway! Whatever it is, it's a storage vessel that is formed fr...
The Dice-O-Matic Geared Dice Roller!
Hey there, wonderful people!Dice rolling got you down? Need to add some excitement, dynamism and, well, gears?! Then this is the model for you! Load your dice into the top hopper, turn the side handle and hear the dice fall into a lower scoop. Now turn the handle back the other way and behold as the...
Logarithmic Roller
Hey there, wonderful people!It's good to be back home and printing all the things once more! The last few models have been shuffled over to the regular directory and the posts updated accordingly.Some models really do defy photography in terms of demonstrating what they actually are, and leave m...
Mechani-Valve Box
Howdy, wonderful people!This one should look familiar! Yep, it's the Mechani-Bow Box made less festive. And even more industrial! Taking the place of the already mechanical-looking bow is a classic valve handle. Those handles are, of course, usually a web of struts, but that wouldn't work we...
Exponent Box
Hey there, wonderful people!This might be my new favourite. It's a combination of new and subtly complex gear design and some aesthetic nods to some old favourite models. It also has hexagons.If we think back to about a year ago, I designed a model I called the Chomper Box, which had two circula...
Droplet Carrier
Howdy, wonderful people!Sometimes it's fun to make it obvious that you have 3D printed stuff hanging around, possibly literally. This industrial-looking fellow really is a handy carrying case for small things, but it's also an excuse to carry around something printed and eye-catching.Let'...
Happy New Gear? :D
(TL;DR: I'll be out of contact for the next two weeks, but there are posts scheduled! You'll want to use the links in the posts to access the models, they won't be in the regular dropbox folder!) Sorry, that title pun was terrible :P But here we are on the cusp of a new year already, aft...
Mechani-Bow Box
Happy holidays, wonderful people!This one might be a stretch to get printed by xmas :P Allow me to introduce a more mechanically-oriented gift box to the collection. I mean, the others already have bolts and such, but this one has cogs! And rack gears! And a decidedly industrial aesthetic. I can'...
Square Bow Gift Box!
Happy Holidays, my favourite people!Yes, it's another box with a bow on it, but as usual it's really an excuse for me to experiment with yet another style of print-in-place box construction. Let's have a look!So, first thing - it's a two-part lid. That's because the whole point o...
Flourish Gift Box
Hey there, wonderful people!For many of us it's that time of year where we're faced with how best to wrap cylindrically-oriented gifts. Well, now there's an answer! That's right, with the amazing powers of 3D printing we can now perfectly package our presents.So, what do we actually ...
Caboose, Flat Bed, Box Car and a New Version!
Hey there, wonderful people!I never realised a little desk toy train would get so much love! I've had lots of feedback, seen so many prints, it's just great! But there was room for improvement. First, though, let's talk about some new carriages...Caboose!Yes, a caboose! Apparently every ...
Roller Train Tilt Carriage and Some Gear Thoughts!
Hey there, wonderful people!I guess this is my end-of-month rambling post, but let us start by talking roller trains. As you've probably already noticed in the photo, we now have a side-tilting carriage, and as usual it's print-in-place and requires no supports. The wheels and connectors are...
Roller Train!
Hey there, wonderful people!I really enjoyed putting the Roller Van together, but the obvious question was: how can we join a bunch of these together. And so, the Roller Train was born! However, from a design perspective, it has a few differences. Read on!Most obviously, the wheels on this one are d...
Roller Van - print in place rolling wheels
Howdy, wonderful people!Let's roll! Sorry, couldn't help that :P But that's right, this is a print-in-place rolling van! The whole thing prints on its side, and the wheels and axles are single pieces that rotate within the van body.The idea of print-in-place wheels has been bouncing arou...
