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Where 3D Printing and Natural Building Meet. Under construction.

01/20/2023

Just a note about this "business page" for 3DSpace Terraform. It is incredibly restricting, Facebook has modulated posts to funnel into income generators and I find this very irritating. If I don't pay to advertise my posts, then you don't see them. Or see very little of them.

Compared to my group page Goodvin Designs, where I can share and post anything at any time, I find this very devious. I would like to share what I am doing without the paid hoops of advertising. I like to share, I like discussion and answering questions.

So if you are looking for deeper content I suggest also following or find on LinkedIn.

See you around!

01/01/2023

Custom design, custom nozzle… tricky tricky. In the end I had to drop down a nozzle size and try a different slice of the design. A bug in the code somewhere to find… or maybe just time to switch to grasshopper completely. But progress is still valuable, even if it wasn’t perfect. We are content.

11/09/2022

The first print went respectably well. I was overeager and oversized the model, but the model is one that looks good anywhere you stop. 10mm nozzle, red clay, sliced in S3D. The most challenging part is loading the big cylinders. Until I size up to continuous feed batch printing with cylinders will be the name of the game, so I will need to consider efficient loading.

It is VERY satisfying printing on a larger scale. With this done and more or less as expected I'm ready to jump into the juicy stuff.

08/08/2022

Print #2 this time with the correct amount of clay in the cylinder. One air bubble caused a gap extrusion, noticeable by the left side of the door opening. Again a 2-shell dome. A single shell would collapse. I consider myself satisfied and ready for the next step.

08/04/2022

Trying a design and clay extrusion to see what happens... It started out pretty good but deteriorated about halfway through. Windows and door openings are challenging, and once you lose a nice level layer, things go sideways fast - each new layer depends on the ability to "squish" the next down on it. Without the squish the print is over, especially for a dome shape.

05/16/2022

I'm REALLY excited to share some news...

We have put a payment on the big printer! It's coming!!! This printer has up to a 9' diameter print zone, can be extended to a 9' printing height, and also has a continuous feed option!

IT IS HAPPENING! We are getting a construction printer!

To help pay the last 10k we are releasing PRE-SALES for printed items (your choice... planters, benches, tables, raised garden beds, dog houses, chicken coops, bricks, panels, something unique... etc.) or workshops.

The printer will be here in as little as a few weeks, depending on the last push of funding!

This is the link to the fundraiser page with more information!
https://3dspaceterraform.com/printer-fundraiser

Feel free to send any questions my way!

**p

05/13/2022

Once you've experienced an earthen house, it's hard not to want to be in one all the time. They're incredible, but a massive amount of work and so inaccessible for many. It's time to bring our long history in sophisticated earth construction to 3d printing. We can learn to print with the ground beneath our feet. Here is a feasability sample, a print I made using the soil from this exact spot.

05/07/2022

As of today I have reached the end of the Phase 1 feasibility trials. What you see here is wild clay, soil I dug from my yard and prepared for 3d printing.

I've now printed store clay, h**p clay, h**pcrete, h**p-concrete (mortar), geopolymer, and wild clay. And I did it with a desktop ceramic printer, my custom designs tweaked to the printer and materials, and an 8 mm nozzle.

It has been an excellent year.

Just wait till I have a bigger printer. I'll combine it with these materials, my engineering experience in natural building, and my experience 3d printing natural materials.

I'll pull up to your yard and whip out a custom tiny home, raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a chicken coop, a dog house, and a pizza oven. And I'll make them fireproof and flood proof while I'm at it. Then we'll add the food forest. The homestead starter pack.

You helped me get the desktop printer. YOU helped make this possible. Share this success with me. We have done good. Thank you!

**pcreteprinting

04/27/2022

Gearing up to 3d print a h**pcrete-integrated **pclay wall, an award winning design for Best Ecological Benefits (by the Permaculture Institute of North America). The non-load bearing wall will be part of a **pcrete sauna design, to specifically test the abilities of h**pcrete to passively manage high humidity loading - a behaviour noticed in 40C+ heat waves, where the plans didn't die in a h**pcrete .

I'm bringing my engineering experience in wall assemblies and performance to integrate 3d printing technologies with in-situ materials and local fibers to develop sophisticated printable wall assemblies accessible on a community scale. My work with h**pcrete extrusions and are specifically directed to integrate insulation and ground-contact requirements.

The climate is changing, and our response to fires, floods, and extreme events needs to adapt, especially if we want to grow food and protect the habitats around us.

**pcreteprinting

04/26/2022

A min tour. From to to **pcrete to **pclay. One more extrusion to go and then we start printing the modular components for a wall.

I'm still working towards the larger printer! And when it comes I will be ready.

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Edmonton, AB

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http://www.3dspaceterraform.com/

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