I'd promised myself that if these machines came down to under £500, I would treat myself to one. People keep asking me what am I going to make with it and while I have done a few prints now and am getting to know what will and what won't work, the answer is that as far as I'm concerned, this is just another tool, just like a lathe or milling machine. If I have a need to make something and I think that 3d printing it is a good way to do it, then I will give it a go.

My Ormerod 2 part way through the build, being checked to the screen image.

Tracking down an electrical fault. It tunred out there wasn't one, just that my meter was unable to read such a low resistance.

My first extrusion.

Its first real print job - printing an orthogonal test piece.

So for example if I want some O Gauge pallets say, do I 3d print them or use coffee stirrers? To my mind coffee stirrers win hands down.

One thing I have come up with is a widget to stop chocolate block connectors falling apart which they do from time to time, usually during an exhibition.

So anyone got any bright ideas?