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Thursday, December 11, 2025

FPath: Algorithmic Interlude #1

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I have now posted the results of FPath Experiment 011  which is part of the  FPath project . This is not an actual experiment per-se, rather...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

First Attempt At Folding Structure

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One idea for fabricating structures with RepRapMicron is to print them flat with hinges, and fold them up into place. I thought I'd try ...

Taller Object Printed But Vivid Marker Slows Curing

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I managed to make a taller object. Kinda. I've been drawing short segments rather than dots because it is significantly faster, but it d...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

First Object Successfully Separated From Slide [UPDATED]

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Remember that unsuccessful attempt at a micromug? Well, I wanted to reuse the slide and set about cleaning it off. I noticed that I had not ...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025

A Series Of Unfortunate Events For Probe 9

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Looks like (on a sample of 2) folding the edge of the foil reservoir is a good idea after all. I think the UV is reflecting inside the solid...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Very Experimental Micromug "Build"

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This looks terrible, but there was no anticipation of a great success so that's OK. Many variables were changed. The print of a 500μm di...

Tuning For Speed And Good Vibrations

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I've found the maximum speed I can run at without causing excess vibration: 8mm/min. I noticed the probe accidentally touched the slide ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Getting Rougher With Dutch Guilding

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Sometimes your experiments do not prove your hypothesis. This is one of those. You have to remind yourself that it didn't "fail...

First Attempt At Dutch Guilding

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Dutch Guilding is used as a cheaper and more amateur-proof alternative to gold leaf. It's a form of very thin brass sheet, therefore con...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Fine Tuning The V0.05 Axis Driver

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I put the RepRapMicron through a few more paces and found the Axis Driver I had fitted wasn't quite concentric and didn't have enoug...

Blast From The Past - Meccano RepRap 2005

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While looking for reference images I came across the technical paper that started it all for me: The technical report on the original Meccan...