SPOOLSHIFT↗

OFF THE PLATE / INTO THE COLLECTION

Made on
the shift.

Useful things, strange little creatures, and the occasional spectacular failure. Original photos and published videos from the Spool Shift shelf.

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The print collection.

Published projects, newest first. Dates show when each Short went public. Tap a photo to watch the build.

Blue shelf-mount parts and lime camera housing laid out for assembly

Second-camera shelf mount

A proper home for the second camera. Designed, printed, assembled, and clamped to the shelf.

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Blue and white Detroit Lions Buddy sitting on a shelf with articulated legs

Detroit Lions Buddy

A little Lions Buddy with fully flexible legs. Team spirit, fresh off the printer.

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Two blue and white personalized Pure Michigan plate keychains

Pure Michigan keychains

Two matching miniature plates. Thankfully, no Secretary of State paperwork.

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Blue printed ESP32 enclosure with its board and separate lid

ESP32 cases

Three tiny houses for loose boards. The first lids failed; full-length replacements finished the job.

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Black printed case housing a Raspberry Pi stack with a camera and connected sensors

Raspberry Pi stack case

Pi, PoE+ board, breakout board, camera, and sensors. One hardware sandwich gets a custom home.

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Black and white pixel dinosaurs and cacti on a shelf

Pixel desert dinosaur

Back from the desert with a tiny offline dinosaur and his cactus collection.

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Blue vented Raspberry Pi and HiFiBerry enclosure on a shelf

HiFiBerry case

An old HiFiBerry DAC+ gets a printed case. Two lid revisions later, the top finally fits.

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Black vented RoPieee Raspberry Pi case on a shelf

RoPieee case

Same tunes, now fully dressed. A simple printed home for the music streamer.

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Small green articulated crocodile on a black shelf

Articulated crocodile

A pocket-sized swamp monster. The shelf has wildlife now.

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Assembled green frog holding a white toilet paper roll

Frog toilet paper holder

Zero qualifications, hired immediately. A frog with one very specific job.

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Finished purple Ditto with a small smile on a shelf

Ditto

Purple filament, tiny smile, absolutely no bones. From timelapse to finished reveal.

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Blue and white rocket rising from a printed white smoke cloud

Rocket

The space program has made it to the shelf. Supports removed, launch indefinitely postponed.

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Blue and lime flying saucer on a lime beam-shaped stand

UFO

A flying saucer, a bright green beam, and a suspicious interest in the printer.

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Orange spooky stump glowing from inside

Orange spooky stump

From the first layers to a flickering after-dark reveal. This stump takes the night shift personally.

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Purple printed spooky stump with its eyes and jagged mouth glowing in the dark

Purple Spooky Stump

All bark, no chill. A purple Halloween print with a glowing after-dark reveal.

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Three finished red-capped mushrooms with white stems on a shared white base

Mini Mushroom Trio

A tiny forest, grown one layer at a time. Supports off, woodland energy on.

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Red puffer-jacket-shaped pen holder with pens on a black shelf

Puffer Jacket

Office supplies, winter collection. A little red jacket putting in a shift as a pen holder.

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White printed ghost wearing an orange beanie and holding a tiny drink and pumpkin bucket

Cute Ghost

Born to haunt, dressed for fall. Tiny drink, pumpkin bucket, absolutely no intimidation skills.

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White ghost in an orange jack-o’-lantern wearing a purple witch hat

Pumpkin ghost

Small ghost, big gourd energy. From timelapse through support removal to the Halloween reveal.

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Four orange and red printed bricks in square and round shapes

One more brick

Square and round, orange and red. Just one more brick. Said no one ever.

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Failed green Sprout print with tangled filament on the build plate

Sprout became spaghetti

A plant-shaped plan with a pasta-shaped result. The fails belong in the build log too.

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Purple printed bunch of grapes with a green top

Grapes

Freshly printed, not freshly picked. Zero vitamins, plenty of layers.

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White ghost holding a coffee cup, with its supports removed

Coffee ghost

From timelapse to support removal to coffee. Haunting can wait.

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Black printed cat with white eyes and a curled tail, viewed from the side

Wide-eyed black cat

Big eyes, curled tail, and absolutely no intention of looking normal.

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Finished green dinosaur standing on the printer build plate

Dinosaur

Captured from the TikTok livestream, then supports off and time for the reveal.

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Assembled printed plant with trailing leaves in an orange pot on the shelf

Fridge plant

Four separate prints come together as a fridge-mounted plant. Watering successfully avoided.

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Green articulated snake with a black top hat on the build plate

SNEK

An articulated snake, a tiny top hat, and a reveal worth waiting for.

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