Fablab

After a lot of hesitations before buying it, my lasercutter is here and ready to be used! My home starts to really look like a fablab. 60W CO2 lasercutter

The fablab of Caen (Le Dôme) has a ShopBot CNC router. My wife needed a bedside table. What could be better? So I drew several designs of the table. After some hesitation, we finally selected one and I was now able to create the CAD files. The material for this table is a beautiful birch plywood that I used for the Machine à Question V3. I bought a full sheet so I still had some....

In September I received my brand new Prusa MK3S kit. I won’t explain the assembly process, it’s really well documented on the Prusa website. Just for the note, it took me around 2 days to build it. I’ve decided to purchase this 3D printer to be able to print at home some jigs or small tools for my workshop. I know that FDM doesn’t create the smoothest surface. But for workshop pieces, I don’t care about the aesthetic of the printed pieces, as long as it is sturdy and the dimensions are OK....

Lately I’ve found a place where I really like to go: “Le Dôme” in Caen (France). It is a collaborative space for innovation, aimed to professionals and individuals. Besides the different events occurring in this place, there is a fablab at the core of the building. I passed all the trainings to be able to use the different machines: from the embroidery machine to the big CNC router. Among these, the Trotec laser cutter stands out by its ease of use and production speed....