July 2015

Hello everyone, It’s another busy week in the 3D Lab.   Various community members frequent the lab on an almost daily basis, depending upon projects they are working on.  All of our equipment gets a regular workout.  The vinyl cutter, 3D printers, and laser engraver was used this week by past and current students, community members, and staff.  We also hope this equipment will save money with college projects, being able to craft our own products instead of buying expensive pre-made ones. The summer camp with the Orrville Area Boys and Girls Club officially finished last week.  It was an exciting time for the kids andRead More →

Hello everyone, It is wonderful to see the 3D Lab being discovered and used by the community on a regular basis.  Some students from Spring semester visit to work on projects, but even more folks arrive from the community, hearing about the 3D Lab through various channels (friends, radio, newspapers, etc.).  The laser engraver and 3D printers are used equally as much, enabling users to make things at various skill levels.  We see people of all ages, too.  It’s especially wonderful to see kids interested in the technology, often their first foray into 3D and 2D objects, design, and engineering.  Our multiple methods of fabricationRead More →

Hello everyone, With mention of the 3D Lab in The Daily Record, radio advertisements, and public demonstrations, community members stop-by the lab each week.  We are starting to have regular visitors to work on various projects.  Younger members of the community take particular interest in the 3D printers and laser engraver.  Thanks to donated materials by P. Graham Dunn, we teach them how to create custom laser engraver pieces to take-home, even during the first visit.  Their excitement is wonderful to behold. One such community member (an Orrville resident) is an avid bird watcher, brought his binoculars to the lab.  Since he wears eyeglasses, theRead More →

Hello everyone,   It seems there is so much activity in the 3D Lab that I can’t keep up with the news.  And that’s a good problem to have.  Students, staff, and community members are using it for many different reasons.  It is rewarding to see people coming to the lab with different goals and projects, yet coming together to help with each other’s projects.  We have community members giving advice to students, students helping employees, and lab staff helping everyone.  It’s a wonderful way of exchanging ideas and forming a learning community. A few weeks ago, a local business found our website and requestedRead More →

Hello everyone, The 3D printing initiative at Wayne College continues to garner awareness from the community.  The Daily Record posted an article a couple of weeks ago and folks reported hearing about us on the radio, too.  Community members are requesting to see and use the lab for various projects this summer. Also raising awareness is our summer camp, already halfway through its 10-week run.  The radio controlled planes are assembled, now kids and instructors are working on mounting motors and connecting linkages that control the ailerons and rudders.  As the planes near completion, kids practiced flight control by connecting their controllers to a computerRead More →