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  • The water-curtain cascade, episode 2: the FreeCAD design

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    22 October 2026

    The water-curtain cascade, episode 2: the FreeCAD design

    Twelve printable parts, all mirrored, with bayonet joints, magnets and 0.2 mm tolerances: the water-curtain cascade redesigned in FreeCAD.

    Workshop gear
  • The water-curtain cascade, episode 1: the hand-made prototype

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    22 October 2026

    The water-curtain cascade, episode 1: the hand-made prototype

    Before CAD, a hand-built prototype to check that a water-curtain cascade in the spray booth actually works.

    Workshop gear
  • The light bridge: how I defeated shadows (twice)

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    22 October 2026

    The light bridge: how I defeated shadows (twice)

    A 3D-printed arch of light over the bench to get rid of shadows: the first version from 2021, which lasted five years, and the new one from 2026.

    Workshop gear
  • Twenty-five years of spray booth (and it’s still not finished)

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    22 October 2026

    Twenty-five years of spray booth (and it’s still not finished)

    Episode zero: the story of my home-made spray booth, from rear extraction to the water-curtain cascade.

    Workshop gear
  • Custom trophies: ultimate frisbee in resin and faux bronze

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    6 July 2025

    Custom trophies: ultimate frisbee in resin and faux bronze

    Resin-printed statues, assembled and painted bronze and gold, mounted on bases to become ultimate frisbee trophies: 2024 and 2025 editions.

    Making
  • Resin-printed, hand-painted: a gallery of characters

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    20 May 2025

    Resin-printed, hand-painted: a gallery of characters

    Totoro, Grogu, Bender, Groot, Anubis and more: resin-printed figures painted by hand, from grey print to finished colour.

    Making
  • Ender 3 Pro: five years with my first 3D printer

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    15 December 2024

    Ender 3 Pro: five years with my first 3D printer

    From assembly in December 2019 to mods, calibration and a new hotend: five years of work from the Ender 3 Pro, and a gallery of what it printed.

    Making
  • Anycubic Photon Mono X2: when the resin printer sees in patches

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    6 January 2024

    Anycubic Photon Mono X2: when the resin printer sees in patches

    The first resin prints, then patchy UV exposure and taking the screen cable apart: log of an Anycubic Photon Mono X2 repair.

    Making
  • Gipsy Avenger: a metallic-blue Jaeger in an afternoon (more or less)

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    29 October 2023

    Gipsy Avenger: a metallic-blue Jaeger in an afternoon (more or less)

    Pacific Rim’s Gipsy Avenger: assembly, an exposed reactor and a metallic blue that shifts with the light.

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  • A 3D-printed RC car, one screw at a time

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    1 April 2022

    A 3D-printed RC car, one screw at a time

    Chassis, suspension and even the tyres: a radio-controlled car almost entirely 3D printed, built between February and April 2022.

    Making
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