La Noia Di Muu?Italian dad, developer, designer, maker who loves everything in technology: AI, Machine Learning, LLMs, mechanics, electronics, IT, 3D printing.
I’m not sure this is a bad or good idea, but I decided to create a Discord server for La Noia Di Muu? readers. I’m not a celebrity or something, but if you want help with one of my design or help me design new idiotic stuff, play a game with me or just chat, Discord is a more immediate place than blog comments.
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Another useless post, another useless skill in my book. It’s a cool thing to toy around, but has no real world value in my life or job. Last year I tried my luck with DeepFaceLab, but it took hours to train and make a couple minutes video. Now this is made with SimSwap which which is leagues behind quality wise but it’s super fast and really simple to use for a machine learning noob like me.
If you have read my last two posts, you know how much I love 3D printing custom stuff and how much I love trolling people who expect freebies. My newest creation involves a little lithophane keychain, with a photo of Mussolini and Hitler. For unaware people I’m Italian and fascism and nazism are sore points here, to the point it’s considered offensive for some people and going around displaying this kind of stuff is a sure way to get into fights. Little personal fact: My grandpa wan an Alpino during the WW2 Russian Campaign, where almost a couple thousand Italians went to die, I am lucky to be there now. But I’m an huge asshole and I love being it with entitled professionally offended people: you wanted some freebie, you get one you can’t possibly use.
Obliviously you don’t have to be an asshole 100% of the time, friends will love simple cool stuff like this and with Valentine’s Day coming up next Sunday it’s also great present for the loved ones.
On this day I will show you the simple settings needed to make such a keychain, with a screenshot like the last time. This time we are using this generator from the same author.
On this page remember to select Framed Keychain Hole Top Left and make it small, my example is 40×35mm, big enough to actually show a picture but small enough to not be cumbersome.
Like for the lithophane Christmas decoration , make sure you print solid. You want:
– Good Layer Height: I used 0.2mm in this example for faster printing, I recommend 0.12mm for better quality.
– Bottom Layers and infill: set to 999999 and 100%, respectively.
– Build plate adhesion: (not shown in the pic) use a brim, you don’t need an huge one if you print along the Y axis. I used 6mm.
Simple as it is, the print comes with a hole where you can put a keychain ring. Most local and online hardware store will have different sizes in stock, you can find a 50 rings pack for less than 3€/£3/$3.