{"id":11087,"date":"2019-01-16T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=11087"},"modified":"2019-01-16T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:25:23","slug":"battle-bots-competition-full-color-3d-printing-and-a-visit-to-fairless-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2019\/01\/16\/battle-bots-competition-full-color-3d-printing-and-a-visit-to-fairless-middle-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Bots competition, full-color 3D printing, and a visit to Fairless Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

Winter Break blew in and out of Wayne College quicker than the blistery weather outside!\u00a0 During the holiday break, lab staff were busying fixing equipment, preparing new services, and enjoying the break between semesters.\u00a0 Near the end of the semester, the 3D Lab was packed each day with students and community members, many crafting custom-made gifts with the laser engraver and 3D printers.<\/p>\n

The Spring semester started with a bang a few days ago.\u00a0 Already the lab is frequented by many return students (and some new ones) and community members working on a variety of projects.\u00a0 We are thrilled that one of our new students, Joe, has taken interested in our CNC wood mill provided by the Wayne County Community Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 In just two days, he figured out the machine on his own and is milling away!\u00a0 We are excited to see what projects he will make this semester.<\/p>\n

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Best of all, thanks to the hard work of lab staff Ashton, our multi-color 3D printer is fully operational!\u00a0 Ashton assembled a Multi Material Upgrade unit to our existing Prusa printer, allowing it to manipulate five spools of filament during a single print job.\u00a0 Not only are multi-color prints possible, but dissolvable supports<\/a> can be used for complicated prints.\u00a0 In the photo below, supports are printed in regular plastic in the first object (difficult to remove), the middle object as dissolvable filament for all supports, while the third photo uses dissolvable filament only in the areas touching the object, saving costly dissolvable filament.<\/p>\n

Visit the 3D Lab to try multi-color printing!\u00a0 You can find ready-made object on Thingiverse here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Before the holiday break, our engineering students held their annual, (in)famous Battle Bots tournament.\u00a0 Students from our Tools for Engineering course, led by instructor Scott Gold, built these instruments of destruction using LEGO Mindstorms.\u00a0 Mindstorms are kits consisting of a large \u201cbrain\u201d brick, with gears, wheels, and regular LEGO parts attached to it.\u00a0 Some students even 3D printed custom parts, such as this plow and claw:<\/p>\n

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Two robots are placed in an arena, the goal to push one out of boundaries in any way possible.\u00a0 This means pushing, smacking, plowing, and mutilating the opponent\u2019s robot. \u00a0The competition was great fun; even a number of community members and their families came to watch the mayhem.<\/p>\n

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We received a new arrival yesterday, a full-color 3D printer!\u00a0 Made possible through a generous donation from the Romich Foundation, this printer uses CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) ink droplets absorbed by special color-absorbing filament to create millions of colors for 3D models.\u00a0 It\u2019s the marriage of traditional inkjet printing with 3D technology.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to community support,<\/strong> the Wayne College 3D Lab has come a long way with providing useful resources to students and the community since its inception five years ago.\u00a0 Look here<\/a> for our complete list of equipment that is available for your creative and inventive needs; most are completely free to use.<\/p>\n

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Before the holidays, Fairless Middle School offers Career Day where community members offer a \u201cshow and tell\u201d to talk about their careers to students.\u00a0 Staff members Erika Stafford, Josh Baker, and I discussed 3D printing and careers in engineering during this event.\u00a0 We presented to six classes sessions of students which made for a long but exciting day.\u00a0 Our sessions were so popular that teachers normally on break spent the time in our classroom instead!<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to the Romich Foundation for our portable 3D printer which has been shown to many schools, organizations, and businesses.\u00a0 It printed like a champ all day!\u00a0 We had many excited kids, many of whom asked countless questions.<\/p>\n

If you know of any organizations, schools, or business who would like to experience 3D printing and how Wayne College can help them, please let me know.\u00a0 We are always willing to make road trips if there is interest and the food is good.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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Speaking of robots, check-out the Ohio based National Robotics Challenge:
\nhttps:\/\/www.sparkfun.com\/news\/2835<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you eat a 3D printed steak?
\nhttps:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/11\/30\/novameat-3d-printed-meat-free-steak<\/a><\/p>\n

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Like robots?\u00a0 Like boats?\u00a0 Build a robotic boat!
\nhttps:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Waterbot-Arduino-Robot-Boat<\/a><\/p>\n

Or if robotic spiders are more your thing:
\nhttps:\/\/makezine.com\/2018\/02\/19\/this-3d-printed-arduino-based-hexapod-robot-is-hysterical<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Wayne County Mini Maker Faire is coming soon!\u00a0 May 18, 2019 from 10:00-3:00.\u00a0 Sign-up soon<\/a> to participate as space is very limited at this huge community event.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t miss the next Maker Monday on January 21st. \u00a0The theme is \u201cRepair Caf\u00e9\u201d.\u00a0 Bring your projects from past Schantz workshops for repair and helpful advice!\u00a0 Find out more at www.schantzmakerspace.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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We offer a free \u201clistserv\u201d that allows to you ask questions to members in the makerspace. It\u2019s great for sharing ideas, forming friendships, and helping & advising each other. To join, send an email to listserv@lists.uakron.edu<\/a> with<\/p>\n

“SUBSCRIBE MAKERSPACE-GROUP” in the subject line.<\/p>\n

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