Hello everyone,
The damp, cool weather of Spring has turned to warm, sunny days here at Wayne College. Our campus is quite beautiful this time of year with flowering annuals, bushes, trees, farmlands, and woods. Come visit the College via the walking path along Wagstaff Way and have lunch at MARRs Café! And while you’re here, visit the Wayne College 3D Lab to make some cool stuff for yourself, friends, or community groups that you are involved with. Attached is a list of possibilities and our lab hours are listed here.
Over the Spring semester, student Gabriel has been a regular visitor in our lab, creating some interesting (and sometimes very complex) projects! Did you know that you can make full-color t-shirt decals in the 3D Lab? You bring the shirt; we help with the rest. Our solvent ink printer prints color images onto white vinyl that is heat pressed onto fabric. Gabriel made this detailed design a couple of weeks ago:
Gabriel really got into 3D printing, starting with small model tanks to a fairly large robot with many interlocking, complex pieces! He mastered the technique of combining disparate filaments as support material which makes for easy removal.
This is a model of an E.M.M.I robot from the game Metroid Dread. It is made and held together almost entirely using 3D printed parts, with glue only being used to adhere the knuckles, spine, and legs in place.
Most of the problems Gabriel encountered had to do with the pins that held the pieces together. They would always be slightly bigger than he wanted. The creator of the model said that he couldn’t make the pins any smaller or the printer would be unable to print them, so for many of the pins Gabriel had to brute-force them in, however, that strategy didn’t work when he got to the neck, where the pins would keep a gap in between each neck piece. To solve this, Gabriel reduced the size of the pins by 5% which did make them fit, even if he had to print them multiple times due to failures.
In total the model is made up of 75 individual pieces.
If you love 3D printing and want to “up your game”, check-out this excellent article at All3DP.com! It is a complete 3D printing troubleshooting guide, including many common FDM 3D printing problems and solutions, tips, and tricks to fix them. Why doesn’t your part stick to the bed while printing? What do I get wavy marks on my objects? How do I cleared a clogged nozzle? You will certainly learn something new from this excellent guide no matter what your experience level.
Some of our community members and students enjoy making custom bookmarks with laser engraving and 3D printing. Community member Dale cut these custom designs out of various species of wood, some quite exotic. He made the designs with Adobe Illustrator and bought thin wood veneers from online retailers. The result is quite beautiful!
Did you know that you can make multi-color, textured bookmarks on your own 3D printer? HueForge is an inexpensive program that uses ordinary 3D printers to make multi-color prints. It relies on applying filament in thin layers, allowing translucent blending of color beneath it. This creates many shades of color from relatively few filaments! Learn how do it here.
The Apple Creek Historical Society Makerspace is selling their large CNC router (built by Schantz Makerspace) for $550. They also have an Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro laser with a full enclosure selling for $350. If you are interested in these machines, please contact Mike Buss at msbuss@sssnet.com
Stay tuned next month as we reveal more interesting things happening the 3D Lab!
Until then,
Tom
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August 30th 3D Printer Build at Lodi Family Center. Once more you can immerse yourself in the world of 3D printing with a workshop aimed at enthusiasts and supervised youth. Click here to learn more.
Make-it Monday: 2nd Monday of each Month 6:oo-8:00 pm. We opened our Maker Space to the community so you can work on your favorite project or take a tour. Click here for more information.
We offer a free “listserv” that allows to you ask questions to members in the makerspace. It’s great for sharing ideas, forming friendships, and helping & advising each other. To join, send an email to listserv@lists.uakron.edu with “SUBSCRIBE MAKERSPACE-GROUP” in the subject line.