KEEP OUT · EXPERIMENTS IN PROGRESS

The Workshop

Down the back stairs, past the boiler, there's a workbench that hums all night.

Spooky prints, wiggly critters, and little radios and Pis in homemade armor.

Every print here is a fan print of a model from the maker community. The printing, the filament and the mess are all mine.

DRAWER I

The Print Bed

Spooky stuff, straight off the printer.

Doom, mid-print. The Creality lays down the mask's brow while the finished lower half waits on the desk. — SPECIMEN Nº 01Doom, mid-printThe Creality lays down the mask's brow while the finished lower half waits on the desk.fan print

Doctor Doom mask, assembled. Rivets, scowl and all. Silver filament, held up for inspection. — SPECIMEN Nº 02Doctor Doom mask, assembledRivets, scowl and all. Silver filament, held up for inspection.fan print

The monster shelf. Creature bust, low-poly gold skull, evil tree, Frankenstein brain pot and a graveyard clicker, all on one shelf. — SPECIMEN Nº 03The monster shelfCreature bust, low-poly gold skull, evil tree, Frankenstein brain pot and a graveyard clicker, all on one shelf.fan print

Frankenstein head pot. Green head, grey brain for a lid. It's alive! — SPECIMEN Nº 04Frankenstein head potGreen head, grey brain for a lid. It's alive!fan print

Creature from the Black Lagoon. Green bust, mid-lunge, claws up. — SPECIMEN Nº 05Creature from the Black LagoonGreen bust, mid-lunge, claws up.fan printsee also the Creature’s pinball backglass in the Game Room →

The evil tree. Brown haunted tree with grabby branches and a mean face. — SPECIMEN Nº 06The evil treeBrown haunted tree with grabby branches and a mean face.fan print

SPECIMEN Nº 07 · LIVEGraveyard clicker: bat blockGreen stone-wall block with a black bat and a little RIP tombstone. Click, clack, repeat.fan print · silent loop

SPECIMEN Nº 08 · LIVEGraveyard clicker: zombie blockThe grey spider block with its RIP tombstone switch, and a little green zombie riding along.fan print · silent loop

DRAWER II

The Flexi Menagerie

Articulated critters. They wiggle, they wobble, they're everywhere.

Three snakes on the keys. Green flexi snakes stretched across a keyboard. Not one of them can play. — SPECIMEN Nº 09Three snakes on the keysGreen flexi snakes stretched across a keyboard. Not one of them can play.fan print

Flexi ponies. A blue-and-red pony on its feet and a yellow one flopped out for a nap. — SPECIMEN Nº 10Flexi poniesA blue-and-red pony on its feet and a yellow one flopped out for a nap.fan print

Flexi octopus. Magenta, eight wiggly legs, one smug little face. — SPECIMEN Nº 11Flexi octopusMagenta, eight wiggly legs, one smug little face.fan print

Flexi gecko. Magenta gecko with tiny splayed toes. — SPECIMEN Nº 12Flexi geckoMagenta gecko with tiny splayed toes.fan print

Flexi snake. A green snake coiled up on the cutting mat. — SPECIMEN Nº 13Flexi snakeA green snake coiled up on the cutting mat.fan print

Flexi shark. Grey shark with jointed segments, swimming across the marble. — SPECIMEN Nº 14Flexi sharkGrey shark with jointed segments, swimming across the marble.fan print

Fresh off the Sovol. The Sovol prints a yellow part while a pink flexi gecko hitches a ride on a hand. — SPECIMEN Nº 15Fresh off the SovolThe Sovol prints a yellow part while a pink flexi gecko hitches a ride on a hand.fan print

DRAWER III

The Pop-Culture Shelf

Familiar faces, reprinted in plastic.

Adam Bomb. The Garbage Pail Kids classic, in off-white, finger on the button. — SPECIMEN Nº 16Adam BombThe Garbage Pail Kids classic, in off-white, finger on the button.fan print

Buddha Homer. Yellow, serene and still on the print bed. Mmm, donut. — SPECIMEN Nº 17Buddha HomerYellow, serene and still on the print bed. Mmm, donut.fan print

DRAWER IV

The Electronics Bench

Radios, Pis and pocket gadgets, each one dressed in a printed case.

LoRa handheld 1 · the parts. Heltec LoRa 32 box and board, a GPS module, case parts, and the finished handheld showing its OLED. — SPECIMEN Nº 18LoRa handheld 1 · the partsHeltec LoRa 32 box and board, a GPS module, case parts, and the finished handheld showing its OLED.build log

LoRa handheld 2 · test fits. Olive and green printed cases, button caps and an 1100mAh battery on the cutting mat. — SPECIMEN Nº 19LoRa handheld 2 · test fitsOlive and green printed cases, button caps and an 1100mAh battery on the cutting mat.build log

LoRa handheld 3 · guts. Green faceplate up top, the 1100mAh 3.7V battery tucked into the black shell. — SPECIMEN Nº 20LoRa handheld 3 · gutsGreen faceplate up top, the 1100mAh 3.7V battery tucked into the black shell.build log

LoRa handheld 4 · done. Closed up: green and silver case, orange buttons, screen window. — SPECIMEN Nº 21LoRa handheld 4 · doneClosed up: green and silver case, orange buttons, screen window.build log

Pi case with fan. Green printed Raspberry Pi case, vents on every side and a fan peeking through the top. — SPECIMEN Nº 22Pi case with fanGreen printed Raspberry Pi case, vents on every side and a fan peeking through the top.printed case

Hacker's drawer. A Pwnagotchi in a white case with a GPS/GLONASS dongle, a Flipper Zero with a printed add-on module and antenna, and another board in a printed case. — SPECIMEN Nº 23Hacker's drawerA Pwnagotchi in a white case with a GPS/GLONASS dongle, a Flipper Zero with a printed add-on module and antenna, and another board in a printed case.printed cases

DRAWER V

The Hangar

The drones moved upstairs to their own room.

Aerial drone view of the Blackberry Festival midway at dusk — SPECIMEN Nº VThe Flight Deck →Aerials over the farms, the Blackberry Festival and the courthouses, plus the drone kit itself.now open