No. 04
From a dead printer to a bottle machine
An old TEVO Tarantula becomes the frame, board and motors of a Recreator3D MK6 that turns drink bottles into filament. Where it stands, honestly.
5 entries since 4 October 2026
The build log.
What we decided, what we built, what broke and what we parked, with the dates it happened. Written as we go, failures included.
Latest, No. 05
A laser in the garage, and a gate before it fires
Setting up a 10 W diode laser the careful way: read-only checks, a motion test with the beam off, and a script that refuses to fire until the safety gear is in.
Earlier entries
October 2026
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No. 03
An 1868 cottage that can't take a screw
Fitting out a heritage workshop without a single fixing in the walls: Caisse plywood boxes, printed keys, and a Gridfinity set that failed first time.
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No. 02
Recycling first, and why
Why plastic and e-waste come before everything else: a failed prototype should cost nothing, and our waste shouldn't need a truck.
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No. 01
Bonjour, kia ora: why a small workshop in Akaroa
The idea behind Le Petit Atelier: an open workshop in an 1868 cottage on Rue Lavaud, four rules, three levels, and every plan given away.
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