This website has been archived and is no longer being updated. Mostly because my life took a different turn at some point, with less making/manufacturing stuff to write about.

Check out hannobraun.com, to see what I'm up to these days.

Contact me: hello@hannobraun.com

Hanno Braun

making and small-scale manufacturing

Updates

I have a daily habit of working on side projects, and I've come to appreciate the benefits of tracking that habit out in the open. If I'm doing work on a software project, I track that on GitHub. If it's more hands-on, I like to post an update here.

  1. Updates should finally be fixed now. I've added a dedicated page for each update, and the feed should link to those.

    This shouldn't have taken as long as it did, but it seems I'm not that good at computers.

  2. Still working on the website in the background. Images were partially broken (previews worked, but clicking on them to see the full size didn't), but I've managed to fix that now.

    Opening updates in the RSS feed is still broken. I'm getting closer to a fix.

  3. A home-made book press, made from two cutting boards and standard hardware (bolts, washers, winged nuts).

    And here's the finished project: A book press! I'm interested in making my own notebooks, and this should help to get me started.

    Not the greatest design, and definitely not very convenient to use, but it should be enough to experiment. If bookbinding turns into a thing for me, I can come up with something better.

  4. Two wooden cutting boards on a table.

    When you need semi-finished material for a woodworking project, but can't really cut or sand wood in your workshop: Cutting boards!

    Those are pretty cheap and seemingly not made from the best wood (not that I know a lot about wood), but they'll do.

  5. A Prusa Mini 3D printer on top of a cabinet.

    I moved my 3D printer from the workshop to my apartment. That will give me some more flexibility when iterating on a design (usually, I'm only at the workshop on weekends).