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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

5 megapixel 1.2mm focal length covert cameras. Very cool

Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My trolling motor caught someone's left behind fishing line as I got in the water last weekend. The symptom was slightly slower speed and the cable melting near the battery. Completely invisible until I took the blade off. At least it was an easy fix.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Using 3d printed poker chips with laser engravings as a giveaway / business card has been a decent success so far.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Booth was supposed to have some more room but that's ok. Dragons seem to always be what sells at local shows. But I get to show off my own creations too. Hamvention 2026

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I think I need more printers. I KNOW I need to do some plastic cleanup 😂

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Something I'm working on. Takes a DeWalt power tool battery and steps it down to 12v 5a leads. Just about finalized the design. Way way way too many test prints 😅

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I am the crystal cinderwing dragon slayer! Printing inventory for upcoming shows.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Another custom hat in the books! Laser-engraved patch on a black Flexfit. It's always a fun process seeing these come together for small businesses.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Working with a new leatherette material for hat patches. Haven't heat pressed it on yet but I think it looks pretty good.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I was curious how much bigger of a crystal dragon I could print on the H2S vs my old P1S. Am not disappointed, over 3 feet!

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This cracked me up. A part I designed (carb air filter adapter) got banned from this one track. They made some funny claims about the performance. On 4 dynos and 7 motors it always added 10-13 horsepower. The day after this ban, we sold more than any prior day.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Laser engraving some hat patches too

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Today we're making wall mounts for crown vic shocks.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Another recent project I've wrapped up - Helmet dryer with scene tray.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I recently revised a design for a storage container to instead work as a storage solution for gears. 5 sets per box, and since it's based on a standard grid they're stackable. Turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Been printing a good while now but I still love the articulating dragons, cliche as that may be.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@ubermeisters.bsky.social It's pretty cool seeing something you designed in the wild.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Went to new york city this week, had a pretty decent view from the hotel room. Good times.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Nevermind the mess. Made this template for my xtool f1 slide so I can engrave 7 metal business cards at a time, which is nice. Just some simple tabs to hold it together, since it's longer than what I can print.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Random silverware holder for split sink. Didn't like the ones on makerworld, because knives would fall through the slits. Made the circles 5mm so chop sticks also wouldn't fall through.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

3d printed lure caught some large mouth bass today.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

v1 of my lure epoxy drying station

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Looking forward to testing this guy out this weekend. Making some other fun petg filament versions too

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Also my first lure prints great. I ended up throwing away the idea of having a lip to make assembly easier and instead made a clamp... "Die?" I guess? I put each half in their side (the eye socket is press fit), some dabs of CV glue and clamp shut. Much better than the clumsy rods.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Published my first STL, world's simplest model. Needed a 3 prong to 3 prong adapter for a GoPro mount. Yay SolidWorks classes being put to use! discord.com/channels/@me...

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Well my ghetto testing indicates that my fishing lure can handle 15 lbs of constant tension.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Must make better contrasting colors.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My next hat patch design will be dead by daylight themed

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

...the slots into only one side for the eyelets. With the lip it would allow me to spread epoxy around, slot one side into the other and clamp them to cure

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I'll go back and grab the screenshots from the dowel version. I had some spare metal wire I had sized the holes for. This all gets epoxy'ed together so they were intended really just for lining up the part. I was trying to add a tiny lip on the seam all the way around on one side...

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Trying to figure out a better way to 'mate' the two halves of my part. Dowel rods work but are quite cumbersome. I'd *like* to use a lip brim around everything like this, but results in a lot of floating regions during print which makes me a sad panda

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I am very happy with the hat pressed result. Also figured out why the colors didn't turn out quite perfect, though I actually like the misprint for myself.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Still trying to refine engraving into this tricolor acrylic.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

A while back I made these minion models. Since then I made a couple for local businesses with the front pocket replaced with their business logo. I love the pictures they've been posting!

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I've been taking the solidworks class we talked about. Most of it I'm getting, but the hardest part is understanding what the drawings they want me to recreate even want. My brain doesn't compute that these are the same thing.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

So much more complex than I imagined. I'm over here doing dumb vent covers and feeling accomplished

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Right? If I straight up turn off supports it says that'll be 5 hours to print. Compare that to the left one *with supports* says it'd only be 4.5 hours. I guess it's because of the longer lines rather than the stop and go. Might just try a test print of it overnight and see. Only 10g diff too.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Trying to make a non-solid side for some tiered lazy susans. Completely solid works great but wanting to save filament and print time if I can. The one on the left of course will require supports. Not ideal. On the right is less filament but significantly more time to print. And it wants supports.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

So I had made this minion for the contest @bambulabglobal.bsky.social @makerworld.bsky.social was running to reuse empty spools, but a work trip prevented me from finishing it prior to the deadline. So I swapped the spool parts with normal and here it is all done. Diet pepsi for scale.

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Making some dioramas terrain for my dead by daylight scenes, gonna paint them

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Sooo.... I designed this thing in tinkercad. Controller and headphone stand themed after the hooks in Dead by Daylight. Spray brushed and then wrapped wire rope around

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Cory Rhoades @coryrhoades.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Finally making some new pokeballs

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