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Hello everyone, The final week of summer break finishes this week; a new semester with new students and fresh stories begins this Monday!  Yesterday was Welcome To Wayne Day, a fun event where new students explored the college grounds, met faculty & staff, and discovered the academic and personal resources available to them.  The 3D Lab was available that day, being a free resource for  academic and personal projects, regardless of discipline. The 3D Lab is also a community resource; we welcome people of all backgrounds and ages to explore what the lab can help you with.  We assist with the design and fabrication ofRead More →

Hello everyone, July 2024 may go-down in history as the hottest July ever recorded!  What a good reason to work on your projects and create something new in the air conditioned 3D Lab at Wayne College.  We are happy to talk about your ideas and use the software and equipment to make them a reality.  Our hours of operation are here and a list of equipment is here.  We offer free advice and free use of most the equipment.  Make a point to stop-by! We spent the summer maintaining and fixing equipment, notably a 3D printer with movement problems, a dye sublimation printer with cloggedRead More →

Hello everyone, Less than three weeks ago, Maker Faire 2023 landed on Wayne College campus with a rousing success!  Over 1,000 people attended the fifth year of the event, hosting almost 60 makers showing their creative works and fascinating inventions.  Please click here for makers who participated over the years.  If you attended last May’s event and want to reach-out to a particular maker, let me know and I’ll put you in-touch!  Special thanks to our many volunteers (both community and in-house) who helped make event day a success. Save the date! Save the date to attend Maker Faire Wayne County 2024 held at theRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that the 3D Lab has been serving students and the community for nine years.  And what an adventure it has been with the variety of people, projects, and stories.  Makerspaces are important to community for connecting people and encouraging everyone to explore their creative/inventive side; it’s more about being makers than consumers.  The Schantz Makerspace has thrived for almost as long and the Apple Creek Historical Society Maker Space is going strong with a myriad of equipment and classes.  For a list of makerspaces in our area, click here! Right next to Wayne College in Smithville, the Smithie ArtRead More →

Hello everyone, A lot has happened in the 3D Lab since the holidays.  The space got a good cleaning, de-cluttering, and reorganizated.  Did you know that we have an abundance of free-to-use material for the laser engraver, dye sublimation printer, vinyl cutter, and CNC mill?  Choose from clear acrylic, plywood/MDF, cardboard, foam, and foamboard to support your projects.  And not to mention the interesting materials donated by P. Graham Dunn! A soon-to-be addition to the 3D Lab is a new poster printer!  The previous one, donated by Smith Foods, has mechanical problems that are too expensive to repair.  The new printer will be a CanonRead More →

Hello everyone, The fall semester is almost at an end with Finals Week next week.  It’s been a busy time in the 3D Lab with frequent visits by community and student engineers making custom 3D printed robot parts for class projects, the recent of which was the notoriously difficult stair climbing challenge.  Our students look forward to a month of taking it easy and being with loved ones.   Make Christmas Gifts it the 3D Lab! Why buy Christmas gifts when you can make them?  Handmade gifts are original and have sentimental value; they also are a gift to the maker simply from the joyRead More →

Hello everyone, Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It’s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers.  They are of all ages and backgrounds.  The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.  For a complete list of awesome makers who attended Maker Faire Wayne County click here!    Winners and Standouts From the Inaugural Amazing Maker Awards Every maker who shares a project isRead More →

Hello everyone, The Fall semester here at The University of Akron Wayne College has been amazing.  We celebrated 50 years of providing higher education opportunities in the Wayne County and surrounding region, including a commemorative gift created in the 3D Lab!  This involved Student Celebration Days and the 30th year of the popular Poetry, Prose, and Acoustical Jam Community Concert.  Click here for information about Wayne College’s beginnings. Robot Challenges This semester is also our favorite time for student engineers who build interesting robots!  In the Tools for Engineering class, students learn free hand, engineering, CAD drawing, computer programming, computer application software, as well asRead More →

Hello everyone, Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It’s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers.  They are of all ages and backgrounds.  The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.  For a complete list of awesome makers who attended Maker Faire Wayne County click here!   Maker Faire Rome 2022! Make: Magazine Senior Editor Caleb Kraft was live at Maker Faire RomeRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that we are into the fourth week of classes already.  Community members and students are flowing regularly into the 3D Lab to use the 3D printers, laser engraver, and poster printer, our most popular equipment.  We are happy to help turn your ideas into reality!  We can help you with the computer software, provide free materials, and show how to use the equipment.  It’s a win-win situation for you and your friends to make things, to be creative, and learn new skills.   The 3D Lab does road trips We bring a 3D printer to your location for demonstrationRead More →