Founded by Niles Adderley
Forging knowledge through engineering and creation.
The Iron Foundry Sect is a community of engineers, builders, and makers who believe that true mastery is earned through creation — not memorization.
Like disciples of an ancient cultivation sect, our members advance through ranks of technical skill by completing real engineering projects. From circuits to code, from 3D printers to autonomous rovers.
We call our projects Techniques, our workshop The Forge, and our documentation Manuals. Because what you build should be worthy of legend.
Theory follows action. Pick up the tools.
Every technique becomes a manual for the next disciple.
Rank up from Outer Disciple to Sect Leader.
The sect is stronger than any single builder.
A self-navigating wheeled robot using ultrasonic sensors and motor drivers.
A custom-built PC optimized for machine learning and AI inference.
A 4-DOF servo-controlled robotic arm with inverse kinematics.
Environmental monitoring station using Arduino and various sensors.
Systematic upgrades to an Ender 3: direct drive, BLTouch, Klipper.
Begin by studying existing Techniques and completing your first beginner project.
You may now document Techniques and access deeper sections of the Forge.
Elders guide new disciples and review Technique submissions.
The apex of cultivation. Shapes the direction of the Iron Foundry.
Every master builder was once a beginner with a soldering iron and a dream. Register to claim your rank as an Outer Disciple.