I 3D-printed my self

A while ago, i got the oppertunity to 3D- scan my head with a professional scanner. The scanner picked up very tiny details, but the raw mesh output had to be cleaned and modified heavily. This is a capture of the raw scan before fixing, and making myself more beautiful.

After fixing the mesh, and adding a pedestal, i got got a printable file. Now my megalomaniac tendencies have been satisfied, and i can sleep well tonigth.

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Producing the first part for my hydroponic setup

So, today i decided to produce the first part for my hydroponic setup. The part in question was the Left mounting bracket for the tubes, here marked in red.

Since this part will need to handle both twisting and downwards pressure, i did FEA analysis of the part, and changed the design until i was happy with the result:

immediately after machining the part, i had to play with it to see if it was rigid enough. Needless to say, the part snapped. The problem was that i had not taken in acount the direction of which the grain in the wood is orientated.

Disapointed with todays result, i gave up any further work, and instead pimped my office-cactus with some ultrabrigth LED's and ate chocolate.

3D printed cookie cutter

Got a sudden craving for christmas cookies, so i decided to 3D print a cookie cutter to produce the cakes. Christina Lewis designed the cat graphics, which was used for the cutter.I extended the features creating the imprints of the eyes and other facial structures of the cat. This gave me a problem, as the dough needed to be uniform, or else, the markings would not appear correctly. 

I solved this problem by milling two rims for the rolling pin, ensuring uniform thickness of the dough, as well as cutting a perfectly parallel slab of the dough. How convenient.