Werner Kaffl - Maker and Photographer

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Werner Kaffl - Maker and Photographer

Photographer and Maker At the moment I'm mainly doing physical things, like making props.

I don't do much photography right now, partly because I do not want my work to be used to train AI's. Those are exploiting the hard work of real artists for personal gain, without credits or any compensation whatsoever.

08/09/2026

Working on a remake of my first ever blaster.
Atm I'm remodeling all the parts that gave me issues during/after printing...
Of course there's no AI involved!

25/08/2026

A little update on my lab-power supply.
This thing works great, but I didn't like the probes flying around freely. So I had some thoughts and designed a probe-holder to go on one of the top case rails. The shape of the rail also allowed me to make the thing slide-able 😁
Of course I had to paint and weather it to fit the rest of the case...

18/08/2026

Long time no post, I know. That's because we're working on a rather complex piece, and I'm not beyond modeling. But finally i decided to prototype a barrel to start some lighting tests. Yeah, a blaster, haha, but it's larger than my earlier ones.
The video parts show the lighting as continuous lighting, which makes the LEDs really strong. Unfortunately, when they are supposed to pulse, they don't fully lihjt up, so I need to do some tweaking.
The last part shows one of the single LEDs I want to use, which are strong even when pulsing. The camera can't keep up with that and shows the light everywhere rather than only on the LED...
Well, more work to do on all this. Atm I'm printing a new adjusted prototype of that part.

21/07/2026

Another little side project...
Atm I'm working on some other stuff, but there's nothing to post yet.
But I found I needed special brackets for a scope for one of my blaster props.
Since I have no means to make such things from metal, I just designed the patrs in Fusion and printed/painted them.
The result is pretty good, I think, those two smaller bits at the top of the first image are actual metal (original). the five assembled parts at the bottom are printed in PLA.

14/07/2026

A fun-side project for a friend, some "Cylon-style" light effect. Arduino Nano board, WS2812B LED strip, voltage controller. Case designed in Fusion and printed - in PLA at this point.

09/06/2026

This was taken in Island Bay in 2020 I guess it's sort of similar to the current swells. I was younger then, now I'm reluctant to climb around on those rocks in weather like this.
Stay safe everyone :-)

08/06/2026

Finally all done and functional, benchtop PSU for my electronics work, and all looking Aliens - Fallout - Borderlands style. Made from 2nd hand PSU, 3d printed parts and some bits and bobs from local and online shops.
The pics show a bit of my pre- and actual weathering process, like making "rust" from actual rust, adding rust texture and colors to the plastic parts before painting, covering and painting those bits, then removing the covers and properly weather it all in one piece.
Fun project-turned-useful, and I have just the thing going where this one is needed 😁

06/06/2026

Ok, now some decent electrical wiring and a tiny bit of electronics work. The electronics for the regulator and screen are built into one device, which one can buy as is, no credits there for me. But all the rest is my own work.
It still needs a frame cage around it (which still needs painting), but it's now fully functional:
3.3V and 5V fixed, up to 24A each, one 12V fixed, up to 18A, one USB port (fast charge capability), and the ports under the screen provide 0-30V with up to 6A. The voltage and current for these ports can be regulated in increments of down to 0.01V and 0.01A.
All in all, if I didn't go fancy with paint and other visual bits, this would be around $100 plus labor. If bought "new" in a shop, such a device can easily exceed $500.
The heart of it is, like mentioned in earlier posts, a second hand computer power supply (ATX), something around 200W would easily do the job - mine is 600W, which is pretty over the top, but it's what I could get my hands on easily.

03/06/2026

So, I had some time and ok-ish weather for painting my DIY benchtop power supply - and of course weathering, still my favorite.
First image shows the 3d parts I made, to house all the other components, the rest is basically BTS of my usual "grime-and-rust-paitchipping-process"
All the bits I needed have also arrived, so I can start putting this all together soon...
Great, when it's finished, I can do my electronics work much easier, with finer settings and some more juice behind it 😁

28/05/2026

Ok, some news on my benchtop power supply. Being an electrician by trade and having worked as a systems engineer for close to decades, I should have known better. But impatience got the better of me and I worked on the initial one with power still attached - which toasted the thing 😁
So, new second hand PC PSU and back to cleaning up and reducing wires to something manageable. This time all went well.
And, of course there needs to be lights as well, it's me after all 🤣
Last image shows the thing partly assembled, the frame still needs to be painted, then there will be the front with all the business ends.

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Wellington
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https://werner-kaffl.artstation.com/, https://www.deviantart.com/indi001

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