May 2014

Hello everyone, Summer isn’t slowing down the activity at the Wayne College Makerspace.  All three of our printers are being put to good use.  Thanks to the Romich Foundation, we also recently purchased finishing equipment such as a Dremel tool for cutting/shaping/polishing, some table clamps, and a lighted magnifier.  Although 3D printing is dainty when it comes to plastic consumption, we print so much that we need to buy more spools sooner than we thought. A student who works for The Wilburt Company wanted to mount a webcam inside a piece of large equipment, so he designed the mount in CAD and brought it toRead More →

Hello everyone, Things are slowing down at the Wayne College MakerSpace, being the start of summer.  Engineering students enjoyed their second model rocket launch day during Finals Week.  Although I wasn’t present to witness the event, Jonny’s unique design (the “opening flower pedal” technique) allowed the rocket to descend gently without a parachute.  Congratulations for such an inventive solution! The new MakerBot has been repaired thanks to Dusty who installed a replacement extruder.  We now have a printer that handles PLA plastic allowing for larger, more reliable, and more complicated prints. Even though it’s summer and not many students are frequenting the MakerSpace, we areRead More →

Hello everyone, Students are having all sorts of fun and discovery with the CAD software and 3D printers in A-120.  There is never a dull moment (nor a moment of peace for yours truly), but that is a good thing. In the engineering department, our student Jonny is designing a new way for his model rocket to land.  Instead of deploying a parachute, his system will open the rocket body like flower petals, then the rocket will (hopefully) slowly descend to the ground.  His CAD skills and design are amazing! In the Chemistry department, our very own Dusty Ball solved a problem with the sinksRead More →