Every thing below comes with build notes, tutorials, and the files you’d need to make your own.
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Leaf Spring Bath Planter
Old leaf springs and a cast iron bath sitting in the bush for decades, a bit of welding and you have an outdoor bathtub (or planter!)
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Pulse Induction Metal Detector
Let’s Build a Pulse Induction Metal Detector with no Previous Experience. What can go wrong.
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Super Loud Portable Siren
Motivated by old style Cold War warning siren and made with leftover RC bits. Design files are in Printables – Portable Siren
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DIY Glyph Generator
A software project to automatically create human like symbols using machine learning.
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Fire Pit
I built this fire pit back in 2018. I wanted something that was going to last and could take a bit of punishment, so I came up with this 287kg monster.
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Roverling Mk II
A cheap, configurable, semi-autonomous mobile robotic platform — almost entirely 3D printed.
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Roverling 1
Built almost entirely from my old CTC 3D printer, once I replaced it with a Prusa i3 MK3s+. Great use for all these parts that would have been otherwise thrown away.
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Glow Cuboid
Artistic and dynamic colour display using an 8×8 matrix of RGB LED’s. Endless gazing.
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Electric Ducted Fan
A selection of components for experimental Electric Ducted Fans.
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3D Pinball Thing
My dream as a kid to build a pinball machine. It is very fast and shoots tiny ball bearing around through the clear tube
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Autumn Tech Tiles
Using an old Maxon motor and encoder, I built this thing tile by tile over cold autumn days. I mainly made this to learn how to use FreeCAD, learn how to print in 3D and to show the kids how mechanical movements work. It uses an RP2040 running Python to control power to the DC…
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GeoCore
If you have been curious about using AI to produce usable 3D designs and not just pretty renders, this is the project for you.
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Salvaged Street Light Conversion
I salvaged some decommissioned and battered street lights from our local tip. They’ve found a second life as garden features.
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Duck Off
In an attempt to keep the ducks off our jetty and in particular the voluminous amounts of poo, I created the Duck-Off.