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15/05/2025

Gramophone theater prop

For our theater play that takes place in 1920 I was in charge of making an old gramophone replica.
It didn't need to actualy work, but had to be realistic enough to convince the audience.
I made it by mixing laser cutting and engraving, 3D printing, and more traditional techniques (cardboard, wood marquetry, painting).

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17/08/2023

Heat resistant materials test

Recently I designed a few 3D printed accessories for my car.
I knew that PLA won't be a good material due to the hot temperatures that are reached inside my car during summer.
But I decided to print them using PLA anyway (because I have quiet a few rolls) just to check that my designs were correct, and to see by myself how they will react during hot summer days.
Check out the result !

Heat resistant materials test, Aug 2023

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22/02/2022

3D printed Old Style Camera theater prop

Being involved in a theater play that takes place in 1920, we needed an old style camera.
After searching a real one without success, I decided to make our own by combining 3D printing, woodworking and painting.

Here is the result....

3D Printed Camera, Apr 2022

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20/12/2021

Stan Lee 3D print + post-processing

Many people think that FDM 3D printing is not well adapted at producing nice and detailed 3D sculptures because of the visible layers.

Let me show you here that with some post-processing (sanding and painting) you can achieve very fine detailed sculptures.

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06/08/2013

Saga Eugène / InMoov : Jour 6 (recapitulatif / printing)

Hier je vous ai dis n'avoir rien fait sur le projet.

Çà n'est pas tout à fait exact.
J'ai quand même décidé d'imprimer quelques pièces le soir et pendant la nuit.

N'ayant plus d'ABS blanc, j'ai utilisé du PLA noir.

Oreilles V1

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04/04/2011

Pain !

Working with PLA has some drawback... PLA can jam your nozzle much more than ABS. It happened to me with my second PLA print.

It seems that there can't be pleasure without pain...

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PLeAsure !

I have never tried printing with PLA.
I know it warps less than ABS so it can be an interesting material, especially for big flat parts. I have some blue translucide PLA so I'm going to try with that...

Blue PLA logo

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10/03/2011

Testing a BfB3000 with dual extruders

For a complete week I have a dual head BfB3000 to test at home.
So let's see what this printer can do...

Woman sculpture in SU

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