Hello everyone,

Now the third week of the semester, things are hopping at the Wayne makerspace.  Our portable printer (Polly) came back from repair; now all three printers are functional again.  To make sure Polly is working well, we are printing a 17-hour object on it and are hoping for the best!

As mentioned last week, we invited a handful of kids from the Orrville Boys and Girls Club to teach them CAD, 3D printing, and how to design their own model rockets.  What a fun time that we had.  At the start of the session, Dusty explained the laws of physics, including force, drag, and the application of thrust.

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We then taught them how to design a rocket body in CAD with their names inscribed on the side.  We kept their attention for as long as we could.  🙂

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This Friday we will teach them how to design fins for their rockets, then print them on the 3D printers.

A couple of months ago, we discovered spool adapters on Thingiverse.com that makes it easy to mechanically fill an empty spool with filament.  I accidentally purchased ABS filament for the wrong spool size, so we used the spool adapter to transfer the filament to another spool.  We simply attached the adapter to a drill, and away we went!

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The Tools for Engineering students were busy creating Lego Mindstorms robots the past couple of weeks.  The makerspace lab was the perfect place to design and trial their machines.  The entire class met in the lab last week to demonstrate their robots; the room was packed with students, robots, and the test course marked out on the floor.

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Soon students will be creating 3D printed enhancements for their robots, so exciting inventions are in-store for the makerspace lab!

To connect with the community and introduce 3D printing and engineering, we have a number of presentations coming up.  Manufacturing Day at Wayne College is coming up on October 3rd, then we will visit the Holmes County Rotary on the 15th, and also provide a tour of the makerspace lab to ASME representatives next week.  If you know of organizations or businesses that would like a 3D printing demonstration and/or presentation, please let us know!

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Learn how the company Metamason is working on custom CPAP masks for sleep apnea patients via 3D scanning, smart geometry, and 3D printing.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140723-metamason-revolutionizing-3d-printed-custom-cpap-masks-for-sleep-apnea-treatment.html

 

For past e-mail postings, check-out our blog at:

http://blogs.uakron.edu/waynec3/

 

Tom