Author Archives: Amber Talamasca
Circadian Contraptions Day 198
Today’s contraption, oddly enough, is wrapping paper. My nieces new (and home printed) glow in the dark gift will get a suitable wrapping, also glow in the dark and with her name embedded in the box. The top of the box is still printing, so I don’t have a proper picture of that yet.
Circadian Contraptions Day 197
I’m still working on spinners. This time I made one with a little grip on it, by adding some texture to the outside border. There’s a couple of overlapping polygons which prevent me from cutting out the text i wanted embedded on it, but I’m not giving up quite yet on that.
Circadian Contraptions Day 196
A friend of mine (moon) made an awesome picture of the moon shining through the trees and power lines. I made the night darker, the light stronger and the contrast higher to get what i think is a very dark and mysterious, but beautiful image.
Circadian Contraptions Day 195
I’ve received the optical zoom lens for my phone, a neat little snap-on zoom lens that came with a small tripod. The picture inside the frame is made with that lens, and the tripod that the frame rests is what you can put the phone on. The frame itself was 3d printed for another project. … Continue reading
Circadian Contraptions Day 194
I’ve been so happy printing all these little spinners that others designed, i thought it was about time to design my own. It’s a very simple design so far, but I kinda like the look and feel of it. It’s printing now, and I already know i got the size wrong (its slightly too small … Continue reading
Circadian Contraptions day 193
Most of today was spend working on a new material for my printer. I have some lovely black nylon that i can print with, that has the prettiest shine to it as well. Its sturdier than PLA, but it needs some extra settings. Unfortunately, I’ve not figured out how to prevent warping, so my preferred … Continue reading
Circadian Contraptions Day 192
Another day, another spinner. This one took a lot of trial and error. Due to the intricate corners of it, it failed quite a few times before i got a proper version working.
Circadian Contraptions 191
I’m still working with the spinners, but had a small problem today. Not with the print, that went off fine. I’ve printed for the first time with glow in the dark filament, which is fun, but the spinner i printer had a small imperfection (or was simply too tight) for one of the bearings. it … Continue reading
Circadian Contraptions Day 191
Walking home from the trainstation tonight i was faced with a rather lovely sunset. The world itself was dark, and an orange glowing light was emanating from the center of a silhouette skyline. Of course when i took a picture that effect was mostly lost. The orange was yellow instead, the darkness was replaced by … Continue reading
Circadian Contraptions 190
Today’s contraption was a fidget spinner. The bearing cap and the spinner itself were from 2 seperate designs, the outer rings are abex 7 bearings, though i replaced the inner one with a ceramic one. Initially both were crap, but after opening them up and dissolving the grease it spins quite nicely. I’m gonna fidget … Continue reading