Alex Gibson - edumaker
@alex.edumaker.net
I'm here to make your #3dprint innovation happen.
Director of Edumaker Limited;
Project manager, technologist, 3D printing consultant;
Rabbit hole speleologist
Director of Edumaker Limited;
Project manager, technologist, 3D printing consultant;
Rabbit hole speleologist
Turns out purple wire sleeving is a thing, so of course I had to.
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Turns out purple wire sleeving is a thing, so of course I had to.
Printing parts for a Duender #3dprinter conversion.
For a space model only, no strength or heat deflection resistance needed, so disposing of some silk PLA on this job - it will look unnecessarily fancy!
For a space model only, no strength or heat deflection resistance needed, so disposing of some silk PLA on this job - it will look unnecessarily fancy!
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Printing parts for a Duender #3dprinter conversion.
For a space model only, no strength or heat deflection resistance needed, so disposing of some silk PLA on this job - it will look unnecessarily fancy!
For a space model only, no strength or heat deflection resistance needed, so disposing of some silk PLA on this job - it will look unnecessarily fancy!
Celebrating the successful completion of a new internal web app for my business like I coded it myself and didn't just watch AI vibe code it for me...
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Celebrating the successful completion of a new internal web app for my business like I coded it myself and didn't just watch AI vibe code it for me...
Reposted by Alex Gibson - edumaker
Cyclist gets new 3D printed face after drunk driver left him with severe facial burns
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/241953/
A cyclist who suffered facial burns after being hit by a drunk driver has been treated with a…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/241953/
A cyclist who suffered facial burns after being hit by a drunk driver has been treated with a…
Cyclist gets new 3D printed face after drunk driver left him with severe facial burns - United Kingdom News Beep
A cyclist who suffered facial burns after being hit by a drunk driver has been treated with a new 3D-printed face, the first from a unique body parts printing
www.newsbeep.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Cyclist gets new 3D printed face after drunk driver left him with severe facial burns
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/241953/
A cyclist who suffered facial burns after being hit by a drunk driver has been treated with a…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/241953/
A cyclist who suffered facial burns after being hit by a drunk driver has been treated with a…
Calling #3dprinting and #plastic #recycling nerds, has anybody tried to use a hot knife tool to cut large 3D prints down for shredding or melting?
Only if you actually tried this/have similar experience can you let me know how it worked out, how did this vary between plastics?
Only if you actually tried this/have similar experience can you let me know how it worked out, how did this vary between plastics?
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Calling #3dprinting and #plastic #recycling nerds, has anybody tried to use a hot knife tool to cut large 3D prints down for shredding or melting?
Only if you actually tried this/have similar experience can you let me know how it worked out, how did this vary between plastics?
Only if you actually tried this/have similar experience can you let me know how it worked out, how did this vary between plastics?
After 13+ years working in #3dprinting I'd like to imagine I've developed some expertise.
A pity none of it seems transferable to domestic 2D printers.
A pity none of it seems transferable to domestic 2D printers.
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
After 13+ years working in #3dprinting I'd like to imagine I've developed some expertise.
A pity none of it seems transferable to domestic 2D printers.
A pity none of it seems transferable to domestic 2D printers.
Reposted by Alex Gibson - edumaker
inside every 3d printer there are two wolves
one says the print will take three hours, the other says that it will take eight
both of them are wrong
one says the print will take three hours, the other says that it will take eight
both of them are wrong
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
inside every 3d printer there are two wolves
one says the print will take three hours, the other says that it will take eight
both of them are wrong
one says the print will take three hours, the other says that it will take eight
both of them are wrong
Using #Linux software is easy, just typing a few words, like Granny's 3-line cake recipe.
Except it only works in Granny's kitchen using her utensils.
Setting up #Playwright on #Python on #Conda on a #RaspberryPi feels like building a replica of Granny's kitchen on a narrowboat so I can bake a cake.
Except it only works in Granny's kitchen using her utensils.
Setting up #Playwright on #Python on #Conda on a #RaspberryPi feels like building a replica of Granny's kitchen on a narrowboat so I can bake a cake.
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Using #Linux software is easy, just typing a few words, like Granny's 3-line cake recipe.
Except it only works in Granny's kitchen using her utensils.
Setting up #Playwright on #Python on #Conda on a #RaspberryPi feels like building a replica of Granny's kitchen on a narrowboat so I can bake a cake.
Except it only works in Granny's kitchen using her utensils.
Setting up #Playwright on #Python on #Conda on a #RaspberryPi feels like building a replica of Granny's kitchen on a narrowboat so I can bake a cake.
What's this, a GOOD news story?
Involving #3dprinting??
About American healthcare???*
*and therefore relevant worldwide
Medicare Will Now Cover Affordable 3D Printed Prosthetics
This will have useful impact worldwide boosting visibility, confidence and investment.
all3dp.com/4/landmark-m...
Involving #3dprinting??
About American healthcare???*
*and therefore relevant worldwide
Medicare Will Now Cover Affordable 3D Printed Prosthetics
This will have useful impact worldwide boosting visibility, confidence and investment.
all3dp.com/4/landmark-m...
Landmark Move: Medicare Will Now Cover Affordable 3D Printed Prosthetics
A huge win for additive manufacturing as it becomes both recognized and reimbursable for prosthetic devices.
all3dp.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What's this, a GOOD news story?
Involving #3dprinting??
About American healthcare???*
*and therefore relevant worldwide
Medicare Will Now Cover Affordable 3D Printed Prosthetics
This will have useful impact worldwide boosting visibility, confidence and investment.
all3dp.com/4/landmark-m...
Involving #3dprinting??
About American healthcare???*
*and therefore relevant worldwide
Medicare Will Now Cover Affordable 3D Printed Prosthetics
This will have useful impact worldwide boosting visibility, confidence and investment.
all3dp.com/4/landmark-m...
Done for now - Cisco switch was easier to set up for now as a simpler 48-port switch while I learn about the Juniper kit.
Next up ordering some patch cables, setting up mini-pcs as Linux and Windows automation servers.
These, a tower PC and a screen and keyboard will all fit in the Billy bookcase.
Next up ordering some patch cables, setting up mini-pcs as Linux and Windows automation servers.
These, a tower PC and a screen and keyboard will all fit in the Billy bookcase.
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Done for now - Cisco switch was easier to set up for now as a simpler 48-port switch while I learn about the Juniper kit.
Next up ordering some patch cables, setting up mini-pcs as Linux and Windows automation servers.
These, a tower PC and a screen and keyboard will all fit in the Billy bookcase.
Next up ordering some patch cables, setting up mini-pcs as Linux and Windows automation servers.
These, a tower PC and a screen and keyboard will all fit in the Billy bookcase.
Plenty more work to do but midway through installing my #3dprinted #networking rack in an IKEA Billy bookcase.
Such an improvement from containing the bundle of cables from the floor in a neat patch panel!
Such an improvement from containing the bundle of cables from the floor in a neat patch panel!
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Plenty more work to do but midway through installing my #3dprinted #networking rack in an IKEA Billy bookcase.
Such an improvement from containing the bundle of cables from the floor in a neat patch panel!
Such an improvement from containing the bundle of cables from the floor in a neat patch panel!
Saturday job, sorting out the network wiring here at Edumaker, this is going to be so much neater when I'm done. If only because I can vacuum the area!
No job complete without #3dprinting - here, a 19" rack mount, printed in one piece in FormFutura RePET violet.
No job complete without #3dprinting - here, a 19" rack mount, printed in one piece in FormFutura RePET violet.
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Saturday job, sorting out the network wiring here at Edumaker, this is going to be so much neater when I'm done. If only because I can vacuum the area!
No job complete without #3dprinting - here, a 19" rack mount, printed in one piece in FormFutura RePET violet.
No job complete without #3dprinting - here, a 19" rack mount, printed in one piece in FormFutura RePET violet.
Gabe is the creator of the @lucky13toys #3dprinted dummy action figure.
[whatever any patent troll may have managed to file].
Great fun design with serious applications!
[whatever any patent troll may have managed to file].
Great fun design with serious applications!
Oh hey - the original Dummy 13 model was posted two years ago today.
…
What would you want to see in a version 2.0?
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What would you want to see in a version 2.0?
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gabe is the creator of the @lucky13toys #3dprinted dummy action figure.
[whatever any patent troll may have managed to file].
Great fun design with serious applications!
[whatever any patent troll may have managed to file].
Great fun design with serious applications!
OK #plastic #recycling and #3dprinting nerds, I need some ideas please.
I sometimes need to split big, very solid 3d prints to fit into my grinder.
Looking for low mess, office friendly ideas???
I've looked at log splitters even, too bulky.
Currently I drill holes and snap over a rod on the floor.
I sometimes need to split big, very solid 3d prints to fit into my grinder.
Looking for low mess, office friendly ideas???
I've looked at log splitters even, too bulky.
Currently I drill holes and snap over a rod on the floor.
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
OK #plastic #recycling and #3dprinting nerds, I need some ideas please.
I sometimes need to split big, very solid 3d prints to fit into my grinder.
Looking for low mess, office friendly ideas???
I've looked at log splitters even, too bulky.
Currently I drill holes and snap over a rod on the floor.
I sometimes need to split big, very solid 3d prints to fit into my grinder.
Looking for low mess, office friendly ideas???
I've looked at log splitters even, too bulky.
Currently I drill holes and snap over a rod on the floor.
Your PSA that today might be the last chance to download Windows 10 installer ISO and boot keys creation tool easily and officially direct from Microsoft.
Finishing up a PC rebuild session at Edumaker, now running on Windows 11, Raspberry Pi OS [Linux, for Pi and x86] and RISC OS 5.
Finishing up a PC rebuild session at Edumaker, now running on Windows 11, Raspberry Pi OS [Linux, for Pi and x86] and RISC OS 5.
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Your PSA that today might be the last chance to download Windows 10 installer ISO and boot keys creation tool easily and officially direct from Microsoft.
Finishing up a PC rebuild session at Edumaker, now running on Windows 11, Raspberry Pi OS [Linux, for Pi and x86] and RISC OS 5.
Finishing up a PC rebuild session at Edumaker, now running on Windows 11, Raspberry Pi OS [Linux, for Pi and x86] and RISC OS 5.
Designing for #FDM #3dprinting, remember that corners create points of maximum stress and therefore weakness - especially along the grain of the print.
We can add fillets to internal corners, hugely reducing stress - but what if that would interfere with the fit?
Shift the fillet into the part!
We can add fillets to internal corners, hugely reducing stress - but what if that would interfere with the fit?
Shift the fillet into the part!
October 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Designing for #FDM #3dprinting, remember that corners create points of maximum stress and therefore weakness - especially along the grain of the print.
We can add fillets to internal corners, hugely reducing stress - but what if that would interfere with the fit?
Shift the fillet into the part!
We can add fillets to internal corners, hugely reducing stress - but what if that would interfere with the fit?
Shift the fillet into the part!
Visualising a building project by #3dprinting models is a very efficient way to convey and contextualise both the detail and the scope, and in this case the sheer hubris.
Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Visualising a building project by #3dprinting models is a very efficient way to convey and contextualise both the detail and the scope, and in this case the sheer hubris.
Why yes I absolutely *could* have #3dprinted this drive bay adapter in black so nobody would know it wasn't OEM, but where would be the fun in that?
Just one of hundreds of small ways #3dprinting helps around the office here at edumaker.
Just one of hundreds of small ways #3dprinting helps around the office here at edumaker.
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why yes I absolutely *could* have #3dprinted this drive bay adapter in black so nobody would know it wasn't OEM, but where would be the fun in that?
Just one of hundreds of small ways #3dprinting helps around the office here at edumaker.
Just one of hundreds of small ways #3dprinting helps around the office here at edumaker.
Reposted by Alex Gibson - edumaker
I finally finished fitting this #vintage cabinet with #3dprinting parts, it’s now perfect for holding some of my craft supplies.
October 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I finally finished fitting this #vintage cabinet with #3dprinting parts, it’s now perfect for holding some of my craft supplies.
Thought I'd do the corporate thing and celebrate edumaker's 10th anniversary in #3dprinting business with... a banner under my email signature. Why not.
ChatGPT was the perfect tool for such an 'original' idea. I quite like the logo it came up with for me after a few prompt corrections...
ChatGPT was the perfect tool for such an 'original' idea. I quite like the logo it came up with for me after a few prompt corrections...
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thought I'd do the corporate thing and celebrate edumaker's 10th anniversary in #3dprinting business with... a banner under my email signature. Why not.
ChatGPT was the perfect tool for such an 'original' idea. I quite like the logo it came up with for me after a few prompt corrections...
ChatGPT was the perfect tool for such an 'original' idea. I quite like the logo it came up with for me after a few prompt corrections...
Truly excellent interview by @asavage.bsky.social with ICON @icon3dtech.bsky.social revealing far more interesting and detailed elements of their concrete [+metamaterials] #3dprinting R&D than most pieces.
Very much worth the half-hour watch! youtu.be/orurGdrlzIs?...
Very much worth the half-hour watch! youtu.be/orurGdrlzIs?...
The Biggest 3D Printer Adam Savage Has Ever Seen!
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Truly excellent interview by @asavage.bsky.social with ICON @icon3dtech.bsky.social revealing far more interesting and detailed elements of their concrete [+metamaterials] #3dprinting R&D than most pieces.
Very much worth the half-hour watch! youtu.be/orurGdrlzIs?...
Very much worth the half-hour watch! youtu.be/orurGdrlzIs?...
New smoothing technique for FDM #3dprinting, using a hobbyist accessible laser.
One could accurately describe it as 'selective laser sintering' but that name is taken.
One could accurately describe it as 'selective laser sintering' but that name is taken.
3D Print Smoothing, with Lasers
3D Print Smoothing, with Lasers
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New smoothing technique for FDM #3dprinting, using a hobbyist accessible laser.
One could accurately describe it as 'selective laser sintering' but that name is taken.
One could accurately describe it as 'selective laser sintering' but that name is taken.
Very cool to see #3dprinting materials from @prusa3d.com made especially for #space applications!
@rocketeddy.bsky.social
@rocketeddy.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Very cool to see #3dprinting materials from @prusa3d.com made especially for #space applications!
@rocketeddy.bsky.social
@rocketeddy.bsky.social
@properprinting.pro
That feeling when you have an idea for a BIG #3dprinting project that sat for way too long on the back burner because of the investment needed for uncertain outcome, and a critical component becomes available for #upcycling?
Yep that's a 2000x650mm toughened glass print bed now!
That feeling when you have an idea for a BIG #3dprinting project that sat for way too long on the back burner because of the investment needed for uncertain outcome, and a critical component becomes available for #upcycling?
Yep that's a 2000x650mm toughened glass print bed now!
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@properprinting.pro
That feeling when you have an idea for a BIG #3dprinting project that sat for way too long on the back burner because of the investment needed for uncertain outcome, and a critical component becomes available for #upcycling?
Yep that's a 2000x650mm toughened glass print bed now!
That feeling when you have an idea for a BIG #3dprinting project that sat for way too long on the back burner because of the investment needed for uncertain outcome, and a critical component becomes available for #upcycling?
Yep that's a 2000x650mm toughened glass print bed now!
This has to be the moment #3dprinting 'goes mainstream', surely.
Jay Leno 3D prints toilet seat for Harrison Ford
Consumer3DProducts.com 3dproductdevelopment.com
The3DPrinter.com
Consumer3DPrinting.com
www.voxelmatters.com/jay-leno-3d-...
Consumer3DProducts.com 3dproductdevelopment.com
The3DPrinter.com
Consumer3DPrinting.com
www.voxelmatters.com/jay-leno-3d-...
Jay Leno 3D prints toilet seat for Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford recently revealed on an NPR podcast that he commission Jay Leno to 3D print him a new toilet seat.
www.voxelmatters.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This has to be the moment #3dprinting 'goes mainstream', surely.