I'm moving part of my blog, that is. After due consideration, I have decided to move all of my opinion pieces to a new blog, titled "Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies," where I will be writing under the name "Alexander the Varangian," which I have hinted at before. For the record, "Karel Janáček" is just a…
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…
Where Am I?
As my workload becomes more varied, I find myself having to move back and forth between my 3D print shop (and likely future location of the foundry) and my machine shop. This wouldn't be a problem, except that my machine shop is in Pennsylvania, and my 3D print shop is in Maryland. Travel between them…
Where Have I Been?!
Short answer: at home, up to my eyeballs in work. Fortunately, I have a bit of a reprieve today, since I'm waiting on a tool I need for my next job. So, what have I been doing? Well, in addition to desperately trying to keep up with trimming the vegetation, a task made damn near…
I’m Moving From Steemit to Hive
As you may know, some time ago I stopped posting pictures here, for the most part, and moved my graphics-heavy posts to Steemit. However, Steemit has had lots of problems, including the occasional hard fork that stopped me from posting regularly. I have a lot more STEEM (a type of cryptocurrency, in case you didn't…
Aboard the Zaphnora
Long-time readers of my blog (and a couple of newcomers as well) will probably recall first seeing the name Zaphnora in a post titled "Airships of the Nine Empires, Part 2." Well, given my new adventures with a high-resolution 3D printer, I have decided to make a much more detailled model of this ship than…
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,…
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,…
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