Update: Project 67-01 + animuL67 Labs

Hi all — just wanted to provide another update on what I’ve been working on behind the scenes.

You may have noticed I haven’t been dropping quite as many new releases lately. That’s not because I’ve slowed down on designing — I’ve been working on a new design that I plan to release soon, and I really want to come out of the gate strong with this one. Instead of releasing the main design and then slowly adding things afterward, I’m building out a decent number of accessories and options ahead of time so I can launch it as more of a complete product line.

I’m not quite ready to say what it is yet, but I’m planning to have it posted within the next week. Internally, I’ve been calling it Project 67-01 and what I can say is that it’s a product built around a few things that I think make a design especially interesting: visual impact, real utility, customization, and the ability to keep adding accessories to it over time.

Those are also the kinds of products that I think work really well both for personal use and for those of you running businesses and selling prints.

I also think this one has the potential to create a pretty large ecosystem for other creators to build around, which means those of you in my Creator tier should have another product line with plenty of opportunities to create your own compatible designs, accessories, and ideas.

The other major thing consuming a lot of my time right now is something I’m investing significantly into: animuL67 Labs.

I’m in the process of completely revamping my garage into a dedicated 3D printing laboratory, design space, and video studio for YouTube, TikTok, etc.

The idea is to start creating a lot more useful content around 3D printing and engineering — things like:

• How-to videos

• Design tutorials and software workflows

• Documenting projects from the initial idea through the actual design process

• Engineering type testing and expirimenting

• "Just for fun" content

• And a bunch of other ideas that are still bouncing around in my head... plus things I haven’t even thought of yet

The overall idea is that I want the content coming out of the Lab to actually be useful to the 3D printing community.

I’m actually working on the first animuL67 Labs video right now, which is documenting the process of converting the garage itself.

Years ago I installed a nice plastic tile floor and added a mini-split for heating and air conditioning, so the space was already climate controlled and gave me a fantastic starting point. But the actual work area was mostly stuff that was here when I bought the house, and it just wasn’t very well suited for what I want to do now.

Ths image is the AI slop concept/inspiration image for the finished Lab, and I think the real thing is actually going to end up pretty close to it:

As of today, the demo is basically finished, the garage is mostly cleaned up, the first set of cabinets arrived today, and the second and final shipment is scheduled to arrive this Saturday.

So right now I’m juggling the Lab build and the launch of Project 67-01 at the same time, but I still expect to have both moving pretty quickly over the next week or two.

Mostly, I just wanted to give everyone an update on where my time has been going.

And more importantly, I want you to know that a lot of what I’m working on right now is specifically about building something better for this community — more designs, better product ecosystems, more resources for creators and sellers, and hopefully a whole new category of useful content through animuL67 Labs.

I also want to say again how much I appreciate the support.

I do see the comments. I do hear the requests and the pleas for different things, even when I don’t always have time to respond to everything individually. I’m doing my best to get myself organized and build the tools, space, and systems that will allow me to better serve all of you going forward.

Thank you all for continuing to support what I’m building.