What's in the workshop? A 3D printer!

[MikkiJayne]

Ok, so its in the kitchen, but I thought I'd stick to the theme

Frustrated by the declining availability of genuine parts, I decided to start making my own, and to that end I bought a 3D printer - a Creality CR10-S



This is a Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) machine. It takes plastic filament, melts it in a mobile print head, and lays it down a layer at a time to build a solid object. Obviously the first thing I printed was a cat



It lasted four days before I voided the warranty I changed the cheap original fans for some quieter ones



I then set about printing a few upgrades for the printer. I love that it can make its own parts! This filament was supposedly aubergine. It turns out more like pink, but it makes a pleasing contrast to the black anodised aluminium so I don't mind.





I then printed an army of calibration cats while dialling in the settings on the machine