Design

  • TPU Canopy

    Turns out, even when they’re mostly made of metal and carbon fiber, flying small tiny machines at speeds up to 100mph sometimes results in bits breaking. In the case of this post, the item in question was a plastic canopy for a 3″ quad. Normally, as someone who owns 3D printers, breaking something made of…

  • My Greatest Invention (yet?)

    My Greatest Invention (yet?)

    This is my hat. You may notice that it is a bobble hat (and is therefore particularly awesome). I especially like bobble hats. Perhaps I feel the addition of a the purely aesthetic feature stands out against my otherwise utilitarian attire. Perhaps the bobble serves to fulfil my desire to feel unique in the sea…

  • Micro Quad Update

    Micro Quad Update

    I decided to try and lightweight my quad. After I built the PCTPE frame the quad was almost indestructible but it was also fairly heavy. So I started from scratch again and made a thinner lighter frame. This was designed to be made from a semi-flex material. As strength was no longer a concern the…

  • Micro Quad Frames

    Micro Quad Frames

    My very good friend came to visit me and brought some micro-quadcopters with him. So naturally I decided to design and build my own. Printing microquad frames has two advantages over prebuilt frames: They’re dirt cheap – roughly 20-30p a frame as opposed to several pounds They’re customisable – which for me means more fun…

  • Cordless drill (and driver) wall mounts

    Cordless drill (and driver) wall mounts

    I built some wall mounts for my cordless drills and impact drivers. Printed in Colourfabb silver economy PLA FIles Available Here

  • Towel hooks

    Towel hooks

    Moved into a new room and needed a place to hang my towel and dressing gown. Enter the 3D Printer: I designed these in Solidwords using surfaces rather than solids. To get the shape I desired the part had to be printed with supports however these connected on the back side of the hook where…