Own venture · 2026

Hive Foundry

Designed here. Printed here. Proven here — a one-printer factory with a full production brain.

Sector: Micro-manufactory · 3D-printed product lines
Status: Operating
Services: Product design
Production software
Brand
Compliance gates
Stack: Python
OpenSCAD + Blender
Bambu P1S (LAN mode)
Admin console + queue server

printer, a full production queue

Real

chamber-cam footage only — renders refused on listings

Receipt

pricing from actual filament cost, never a guess

Delivered

First customer order — skateboard deck mounts — designed, printed six to a plate and delivered
Production bridge to the printer over the LAN, queue server and admin console
Text Studio: free-text personalisation on any library item
Seven-gate marketplace compliance engine, including own-real-photo and AI-disclosure gates
Cost basis computed from real filament receipts, never a remembered number

01The brief

Turn a single desktop printer into a product business with the discipline of a factory: a queue, a bridge to the machine, cost basis from real receipts, and a compliance gate so nothing with an unclear license is ever sold.

02What I built

A production bridge to the printer over the LAN, a queue server and admin console, a text-personalization studio for any library item, a trends radar for market signals, an Etsy policy-compliance engine with seven gates, and the public marketing site — all with honest copy: real footage labelled as such, per-line status badges, and no renders on listings.

03Outcome

Operating, with the first customer order (skateboard deck mounts) printed and product lines moving through test prints.

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