It's official, I can now make jewellery. After some experiments with investment casting in tin, I moved on to bronze, just to see what it's like. While the results of the first casting run in bronze could have been better, I know exactly what I need to do for future runs to improve metal flow…
The Growing 3D Print Hobby
During my senior year of college, my rapid prototyping professor said that he expected, within a few years, that fused deposition modelling (FDM) printers would become as common as inkjet printers were back then (2012), and every college dorm room would have one. I think it's safe to say that he was correct, judging by…
Organising Shop Inventory and Expanding Capabilities
As my inventory of wargaming miniatures keeps expanding, I find that I can no longer store them all in my little tackle box that I also keep my modelling tools in. From now on, therefore, I'll be keeping only single samples of each variant that I have, and all of my other inventory will be…
Tips for Printing Your Own Miniature Tanks
Since I'm getting more orders for tank files on Wargaming 3D, I thought I would share some tips for those who own resin printers. I use a Formlabs Form 3 for printing my models, but for those who have a different machine, such as the Anycubic Photon S, most of what I'm about to discuss…
So, You Want to Print Your Own Sailing Ships? Well, Here’s What You’re in For.
Variations on that title serve as the beginning of every video description in my latest 3D Print Shop episode on BitChute. This is the first episode of this series that is divided into multiple parts, given how much footage I had to work with, and it is mostly unedited. My purpose for doing so was…
Important Print Shop Update
Today, I start running castable wax in the Form 3! This is an important development, because it means I can start making my own jewellery. I'll be able to include as much detail as I want, rather than being constrained to whatever doesn't get obliterated by the overly aggressive polishing processes that Shapeways uses. Hopefully,…
Expanding Miniature Inventory
Today, I took another batch of pictures and posted them to Steemit. Click here to see them all. I'm building up an inventory of 1:285 scale tanks, while also testing some of my model ships. Some of these ships I will sell the files for on Wargaming 3D, but others I'm just making for fun,…
New Video Series: Kaja’s 3D Print Shop
The Form 3 has been running for a few days now, and I'm happy to report that I can print sailing ships with it. My first test included several 1/1200 scale ancient war galleys, which, as you might expect, didn't have much in the way of supports. My 1/1000 scale 1812 frigate had more supports,…
Kaja’s Models and Machinations is Now Public!
I have finally received my Form 3 LFS 3D printer! As such, I have switched my website to public, so that it may now be indexed in search engines. I will also now be using that as my primary online address, rather than this blog. For now, the displayed title is "Kaja's Tiny Tanks," since…
I Have Joined Wargaming 3D! And Now We Wait…
Wargaming 3D is a file-sharing website, similar to Thingiverse, but specifically for historical wargaming miniatures. I recently accepted an invitation to join the site, but there is a catch: all 3d files uploaded to the site must be printable with either FDM or a resin-based process. I have had my models printed successfully many times,…
Kaja's Kreations 