Every time we end up talking about 3D printers, Al Williams starts off on how bad he is in a machine shop. I’m absolutely sure that he’s exaggerating, but the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/man-and-machine-vs-man-vs-machine/)

Best Practices for FDM Printing
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/best-practices-for-fdm-printing/

If you’ve been designing parts for 3D printing, you probably have some tricks and standards for your designs. [Rahix] decided to write out a well-thought-out set of design rules for FDM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/best-practices-for-fdm-printing/)

Move over, Lithopane: 3D Printed 3D Photos with Gaussian Splats
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/move-over-lithopane-3d-printed-3d-photos-with-gaussian-splats/

If you had asked us yesterday “How do you 3D Print a Photo”, we would have said “well, that’s easy, do a lithopane”– but artist, hacker and man with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/move-over-lithopane-3d-printed-3d-photos-with-gaussian-splats/)

Restoring A Sinclair C5 For The Road
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/restoring-a-sinclair-c5-for-the-road/

The Sinclair C5 was Sir Clive’s famous first venture into electric mobility, a recumbent electric-assisted tricycle which would have been hardly unusual in 2025. In 1985, though, the C5 was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/restoring-a-sinclair-c5-for-the-road/)

An LLM for the Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/an-llm-for-the-raspberry-pi/

Microsoft’s latest Phi4 LLM has 14 billion parameters that require about 11 GB of storage. Can you run it on a Raspberry Pi? Get serious. However, the Phi4-mini-reasoning model is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/an-llm-for-the-raspberry-pi/)

Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/another-old-thinkpad-gets-a-new-motherboard/

The Thinkpad line of laptops, originally from IBM, and then from Lenovo, have long been the choice of many in our community. They offer a level of robustness and reliability …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/another-old-thinkpad-gets-a-new-motherboard/)

Boxie – a Gameboy-Esque Audio Player
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/boxie-a-gameboy-esque-audio-player/

This little audiobook player is a stellar example of the learning process behind a multifaceted project blending mechanical, electrical, and software design. [Mario] designed this audiobook player, dubbed Boxie, for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/boxie-a-gameboy-esque-audio-player/)