Archive: https://archive.today/3yxOC From the post: >>With a little more time on my hands this past year, some regularly-conceived flights of fancy that might previously have withered as precisely that, have found themselves transforming to intent and then action. The existence of a 3D printer in my workshop, purchased as the central component in the 3D-printed watch-cleaning machine project described here, has allowed me to think more laterally when it comes to making my watchsmith life a little easier. In particular, I have started to use it to make bespoke tools, tailor-made to my particular preferences and requirements. The printer on its own is a very important facilitating component but I have had to gird my loins further to learn a little more about how to get the best from the printer but crucially, also to learn how to design the tools that I want and then to transform those designs into a format that can be processed by the printer.