Desire3D Legacy
This archive preserves earlier Desire3D workshop projects: robots, wind power, homebuilt electronics, PCB experiments, RepRap printers, and early experiments in machine personality from well before today's consumer AI tools.
The archive at a glance
These pages document practical projects and experiments that form the background to the current workshop. The tools and subjects changed over time, but the recurring pattern is familiar: build it, test it, improve it, and keep a useful record of what worked.
Windmills
A Fisher & Paykel SmartDrive motor turned into a backyard windmill, with PVC blades, wiring, bench testing, and early off-grid power experiments.
TipToes Hexapod
A compact programmable walking robot built around a custom PCB chassis, micro servos, sensors, and an Atmega32 brain.
Foxy Botachelli
An early AI and companion robot project from the pre-smartphone era, combining AIML chat, speech, a physical body, and robotics ambition.
Electronics Archive
AVR projects, motor drivers, RS232 tools, encoders, tracking cameras, and the practical electronics that powered the old robotics work.
PCB Making
Home-lab circuit board making: toner transfer, etching tanks, drilling setups, Eagle designs, and toaster-oven reflow experiments.
RepRap 3D Printing
Scratch-built Prusa-style machines, CNC-cut frames, beltless motion experiments, hotbeds, and early multi-colour printing ideas.