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Features and history writer
Corinne Baptiste
Corinne Baptiste taught high school shop class for nineteen years before retiring and picking up a 3D printer to keep her hands busy. She tracks down the origin stories behind the machines and tools hobbyists take for granted, from a 2005 university project in Bath, England to the $12 deburring tool sitting in half the toolboxes in the hobby. She also writes the longer personal pieces on the site, usually the ones that start with something going wrong.
Latest from Corinne
The $120 of Tools That Fix 90% of Print FailuresSeven cheap tools that solve almost every print failure I see in the comments section, with exact prices.
What I Learned Printing 300 Keychains for a School FundraiserA PTA asked me to print 300 keychains in three weeks. Here's what that taught me about running a hobby printer like a tiny factory.
A History of the RepRap ProjectHow a 2005 university project to build a self-replicating 3D printer became the ancestor of nearly every desktop printer you can buy today.