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robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:59:41+00:00

In House About This is the landing page for in-house or personal projects. These projects are for us to sell, learn new things, or to streamline our own internal processes. Projects * Auto Printer * Fusion360Exporter * Ornithoid Mechanism * Racing Simulator To add: * topophane * wiki * sunlamp

auto_printer

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:55:20+00:00

Auto Printer About I took on this project in my free time during 2021 to learn more about 3D printing and 3D printer firmware. The goal of this project was to create an automated FDM 3D printing setup. It was based on a Prusa i3 MK3S+ printer. Initially, I had planned on starting a print farm, but after some market research I found that wouldn't be a good use of my time and capital. I still built out an automated printer for the learning experience.

mes

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:54:23+00:00

IDL MES About The IDL MES (Ideal Manufacturing Execution System) is a project made when I worked at IDL Industries. The system was designed to streamline the production process by centralizing project documentation, scheduling, and reporting into one system. This was a custom solution meant to replace the spreadsheet and ERP systems we had tried before. It is simpler and more dashboard oriented than the spreadsheet method. It also cuts out all of the unnecessary navigation and clutter of a ful…

idl

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:40:23+00:00

IDL Industries About IDL (pronounced Ideal) Industries, was my primary employer since leaving college. They are a machine shop that mostly manufactures products for the firearms industry. Their capabilities include swiss style machining, 3 and 4 axis vertical machining, 2 axis lathes, and mill turning.

website

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:38:00+00:00

Bush Cabin Kits Site [Landing Page] About This website exists to advertise the Cabin Kit services of Bush Landworks. It is a simple site with a landing page, a couple galleries, a time-lapse, and a contact form. I added analytics so that Bush Landworks could see how many hits they were getting based on their physical advertising. I set up the domain and hosting for them and continue to manage the site.

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robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T22:33:04+00:00

Customers/Employers Not all customers are represented here, customers are considered opted out of inclusion here by default and are only added with permission. Previous employers are included whether they like it or not. * Bush Landworks * IDL Industries * In House * Potlatch Corp. Sawmill * Stintzi Baits

pointkit

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T20:47:51+00:00

PointKit About PointKit is a reverse engineering suite from Polyga that offers point cloud alignment, point cloud orientation, mesh creation, and some metrology tools for working with raw 3D scanning data. It supports various formats and even works with photogrammetry data.

metashape

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T20:39:38+00:00

Metashape About Metashape is a photogrammetry package that processes images into point clouds. It supports automatic triangulation that uses the information about the camera and lens you are using to estimate the relative orientation of images of the scanned target. Metashape is widely used for large area scanning using drones, but it does also support the small objects I typically scan.

scan

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T20:29:31+00:00

Scan About Creality Scan is the software used by the CR-Scan Raptor. It allows capturing point clouds as well as processing these clouds into STL files. Missing Features This software is great for 3D printing and that is definitely the market Creality is aimed at, but I would love to see some reverse engineering features in this. It really has no measurement tools or ways to define/refine features and orientation before converting to STL. My preference is to use this to capture the inital po…

fusion_360

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T20:14:21+00:00

Fusion 360 About Fusion 360 is Autodesk's streamlined design to manufacture CAD/CAM package. It has an affordable license and (sometimes) intuitive interface. Thoughts Sometimes I feel like Autodesk is confused about the market they are serving and that really shows with Fusion 360. That isn't to say that it isn't pretty well made and easy to use, but some of the feature sets and lack of features seem to conflict with common use cases. Fusion 360 is their cheapest software suite and truly co…

3d_printing

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T20:07:10+00:00

3D Printing About FDM FDM parts are created by extruding a thermo-plastic in layers. FDM printing creates parts that are between 60% and 80% the tensile strength of the selected polymer. The limitation of FDM printing is that it leaves layer lines on parts that have to be accepted as part of the part or post-processed to remove them.

start

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T19:59:49+00:00

Full Tilt Group Wiki This wiki exists to document everything to do with the FTG. Generally for each project our internal documentation is done in markdown and stored in the same git repository as the work. The contents of the wiki here provide a general overview rather than detailed project data. Customers may request any of their project documentation in the form of raw markdown, an html site, or a PDF export at any time.

robert_kuyper

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T19:58:10+00:00

Robert Kuyper About If it flies, drives, dives, sails, shoots, or explodes I am interested in it. I have always had a passion for mechanical design. From building trebuchets of ever-increasing sizes and various levels of success as a kid to building a heavy lift driving simulator for senior design in college, I have always been trying to grow my understanding and ability.

start

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-11-01T19:55:28+00:00

About Core Values My core values are encapsulated in the company name. I chose the name “Full Tilt Group” for a few reasons. First, I believe that rapid action is key to success. Planning is necessary, but once a plan is developed, swiftly implementing that plan allows you to keep momentum.

garon_knudson

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-28T05:02:13+00:00

Garon Knudson About FTG in no way employs Garon, but he is someone that I would absolutely recommend to any company. Garon is basically the ideal Mechanical Engineer in my mind. Not only is he a competent engineer, but he is also a skilled fabricator and machinist. In my experience, it is rare for an engineer to truly understand the difficulties and labor required to take something from drawing to final product, but Garon's fabrication background gives him intricate knowledge of how each part …

i3_mk3splus - created

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-10-14T06:02:40+00:00

i3 MK3S+ About This printer was my workhorse printer for many years. I downsized from having 5 to keeping only a single one as a backup. This printer was the basis of my Auto Printer project. Thoughts This was truly an incredible printer for the era of 3D printing. It was basically indestructible and produced good quality prints. The only downside was that it was relatively slow compared to the Core-XY printers that were already overwhelmingly popular around the time of its release in the op…

qidi_xmax3_quick_start.pdf - created

admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-29T21:50:26+00:00

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robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-29T20:52:59+00:00

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Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-26T01:03:14+00:00

university_of_rochester_prendergast_20190324.pdf - created

robertk (robertk@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-24T09:20:55+00:00