Founded by Niles Adderley
Real engineers. Real builds. Real documentation.
Look — we're a group of engineers and builders who got tired of learning from tutorials and never finishing anything. The Iron Foundry Sect is the fix for that. You join, you build something, you document it, and the whole community benefits.
The cultivation sect theme is half serious, half a bit of fun. But the ranking system is real — you move up by actually finishing and documenting projects, not just hanging around.
Projects are called Techniques, the workshop is The Forge, and every build gets a Manual. The library grows every time someone finishes something and actually writes it up.
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.