About Made Invaders
In the 1970s and 80s shooting galleries that used simple light detection were everywhere. The rifle would emit a simple pulse of light, and if that light happened [...]
January 2017
December 2016
Cheerlights Tower
As is traditional at Christmas here at DefProc, we attempt a small project to build a new fun, festive item. While this is spuriously titled as a 5 [...]
March 2016
A Small Egg
On the contrary to what little has been said already about this particular endeavour, the egg in question is actually on the rather large side. Andrew Small's comissioned [...]
October 2015
The DoES Tower – A Misuse of Trust and a 3D Printer
At Def Proc we were excited to hear that as a part of the Build Your Own exhibition. DoES was lent an Ultimaker 2 Extended 3D printer to [...]
May 2015
Nerf Range and MFUKLC
Aside from the smaller "5-minute projects" that I do, I also like to do a bigger, display project each year to take to shows like MakerFaire UK and [...]
December 2014
It’s a Cracker
It seems like a kind of tradition to do a 5 minute project for Christmas. Last year's cheertree is back up in DoES Liverpool and has now been [...]
August 2014
A Fully Parametric Hob Knob
It's a user generate-able knob to operate a stove-top hob, rather than a fully configurable biscuit — sorry! When you move into new rented accommodation, there are all [...]
May 2014
Maker Faire 14 - Enchanted Toys
A much more stripped back stall for DoES Liverpool for this years event. As there seems to a bit of an Internet of Things (IoT) speciality at DoES, [...]
December 2013
Cheertree
I've previously had a “5 minute project” at Christmas time, where I made laser cut Christmas trees. The files are up on thingiverse so you can cut your [...]
October 2013
TLRN — A Wire-Supported Hanging Delta Robot
Here's a little teaser of a current project that I've been working on. If you take a delta robot and replace the parallel linkages with the a [...]