March 2016

Hello everyone, Being Spring Break this week at Wayne College, the building has been quiet with students mostly staying home.  But some still wander into the 3D Lab to work on projects, use the 3D printers, and socialize a bit.  It was a good time to do some “spring cleaning” as the lab becomes quite messy from the constant activity. A couple of months ago, we met Kelly, one of our community members, at an business event at the Buckeye Event Center.  Being an an avid woodworker, he uses his machines heavily.  Kelly wondered if the 3D Lab could replace a broken accessory for hisRead More →

Hello everyone The 3D Lab has been quite busy lately.  In a week’s time, we made a road trip to Alliance, taught a 3D design and printing workshop in the lab for The Schantz Organ Company, promoted engineering at the Wayne College annual Milkshakes & Majors event, and provided lab tours for faculty.  And that’s not including the crazy projects that students are working on.  The lab is a non-stop room, full of creative minds with machines to turn ideas into reality. One of our students is an avid skateboarder and uses the 3D Lab to create original inventions, notably a two-wheel skateboard that feelsRead More →

Hello everyone, On a quiet Friday afternoon, it’s not so quiet in the 3D Lab.  As the community discovers what Wayne College has to offer, folks trickle in continuously, having heard about the lab from fellow students, the website, our offsite demonstrations, and general word-of-mouth.  For instance, the below photos are what’s happening in the lab right now: Heat pressing vinyl onto t-shirts Wiring an automatic brake light system Modifying a box for R/C airplane parts CAD designing and 3D printing   Speaking of projects, one of our Akron campus students uses our new Electronics Station to work on his latest invention, a velocity-dependent slowRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s a quiet Friday at Wayne College, but not quiet at all in the 3D Lab.  A half dozen or more students are doing homework and working on various projects, from automatic bicycle brake lights (powered by an Arduino microcontroller) to a bulldozer model complete with moving treads.  The beauty of the 3D Lab is that half of the projects are related to classes, while the other half are projects that students are building  and learning on their own steam.  One of our students is excited to spend the entire Spring Break in the lab; what is wrong with him?  😉 The UARead More →