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• How the enclosure generator works23 August 2026

  What happens between "Raspberry Pi 5" in the picker and a printable case with the ports in the right places, and the bug that printed solid screw holes for a week.

• A library of 645 models, sorted by what you print23 August 2026

  The model library grew from 70 pages to 645, sorted into categories and types. Here is how I put it together, why the files are made fresh when you ask for them, and what it is for.

• Why alpaco.it exists22 August 2026

  The site started as one box generator written out of frustration with almost-right STLs. Here is what it is for, what it is not, and where it is going.

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