3D printed Komusō monk inspired meditation aid, modeled in Blender video

Watch Video This was going to be just a one-off project that I wasn’t going to share with anyone. but after this first patron asked me about this meditation aid, another one showed up at a different makerspace with something similar they were using the makerspace’s video equipment to tell people about. And that got me thinking that maybe there’s …

How not to raid a nether fortress

Watch Video Barb and I tackle a nether fortress I found in our adventure world and it goes about as well as you’d expect. In other news, Makers and Minecraft has been rescheduled to this Friday. I’m going to do my best to spread the word about it. I hope you’ll do the same. There are some amazing builds and …

Makers and Minecraft Festival delayed 1 week – September 4th

I guess one of the advantages of an online event is that rescheduling doesn’t mean having to coordinate with the venue. Due to constraints with work (I swear I had my finger on this date first) and at the request of some people who want some more time to polish their builds, the makers and minecraft festival is being postponed …

Designing for 3D Printing – YHT

Watch Video This isn’t the first time I’ve taught this topic, but last time was years ago, and I felt that it needed a refresher. This video was recorded before the laptop-ocalypse. I waffled between rerecording it on the nicer rig that I had or just going with what I had, and the more I waffled, the less and less …

Chibimals Animation Test

Watch Video Chances are you weren’t aware I have created a youtube channel for Chibmials. Well, I have, and I’m working on doing the animations for it now. Chibimals will be series of short cartoons with a sweeping adventure throughout and a hidden puzzle to discover. It promises to be fun for all ages. I wanted to throw this little …

Makers and Minecraft Episode 6 – Brian Vines

Watch on YouTube This has certainly become the project I’m working on right now. Minecraft. Digital creation in the world of Minecraft and setting up for a virtual Minecraft Maker Festival. I’m starting to feel my bandwidth loosen up a bit and I’m finding time for some other important projects. But my focus lately has been digital making, not necessarily …

Makers and Minecraft with David Shorey

Watch on YouTube Barb said it best. Technical issues are kind of on brand for this experience. The stream didn’t work. The pictures were all on the wrong people. It’s a mess. But it was a fun mess where we took David and taught him to play minecraft, cleared out a mansion (mostly) and then did some minecraft banner on …

3D Printing a Chess set modeled in 10 minutes

Watch on YouTube I have gotten better at pronouncing Imphenzia since recording that video. I have also learned that his name is actually Stefan, which I assume is spelled with an ‘f’ because he’s from Sweden, but I’ve never seen it spelled. You may be wondering why the model in Blender is purple. That’s because Stefan didn’t sent me the …