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    Head of Monmouth Walk sculpture

    Monmouth Walk, Cwmbran, sculpture 3D scan

    October 16, 2020 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D scanning

    This is a scan I made of the head of the bronze scuplture on Monmouth Walk in Cwmbran town centre, South Wales. According to the

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    Clent Hills Four Stones

    Clent Hills Four Stones 3D scan

    October 16, 2020 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D scanning

    The Four Stones can be found atop Clent Hills in Worcestershire, in the central part of the United Kingdom. Despite looking stone age, the four

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    Feature image of the IR camera in its case on an Odroid Go

    Coronavirus screening with the Odroid Go thermal IR camera

    May 19, 2020 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing

    Thermal IR (infrared) cameras are obviously exciting gadgets for lots of uses, including looking for heat loss in buildings, studying heat transfer, or even just

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    A photo of the door pullers

    3D printing door pullers to fight Covid-19

    May 19, 2020 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing

    Door handles, and anything you need to pull, are important transmission points for viruses and bacteria. So, with all the concerns about Coronavirus and COVID-19,

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    Adding a power console to a 3D printer

    August 14, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing

    I think my Monoprice Select Mini (MPSM) v2 3D printer is excellent: quite inexpensive but capable of good quality prints using a variety of filament

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    GCoderCNC 2.5D banner image

    GCoderCNC v1.2 CNC web-app update released

    June 18, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 GCoderCNC, Software

    If you’ve read my previous post you’ll know that GCoderCNC is a completely free, open source, web application for creating GRBL-compatible G-Code from SVG files

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    Making vibration dampening CNC feet using flexible TPU 3D printing filament

    June 17, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, Routing

    There’s no getting away from it: routing with a CNC machine can cause lots of vibrations to travel into the work surface below, causing quite

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    3D printing with wood-infused PLA filament

    June 17, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Materials

    Working with real wood is always exciting, but not everyone has a CNC machine for cutting and carving. And given the limitations of small desktop

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    A 3D printed end cap on the end of a 2020 extrusion

    Tidying up 2020 CNC frame extrusions with a 3D printed end cap

    May 13, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Routing

    Aluminium extrusions are common on low-end mini CNC machines, particularly the 20mm square 2020 variety. In some cases, such as my cheap Chinese 1610 CNC

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