Thoughts from
the workbench.
On developer tools, agents, and making things—digital and physical.
Personal fabrication with aluminium
Experiments in making aluminium objects with tools available in a FabLab: Voronoi patterns, etch-resistant masks, and lessons from two attempts.
Read article →Milling and drilling on a MendelMax
Using a Dremel-equipped MendelMax to mill wood and drill circuit boards, with the G-code conversions that make it work.
Read article →From bent wire to 3D printed cookie cutters
Designing cookie cutters by bending wire, photographing the shape, and turning it into a printable model with OpenCV and OpenSCAD.
Read article →Cookie 3D printing
An experiment in printing cookie dough, and what happens when the printed shapes meet the oven.
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