{"id":1462,"date":"2014-08-22T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T19:50:18","slug":"pistons-photo-holders-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2014\/08\/22\/pistons-photo-holders-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons, photo holders, and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

With the start of Fall semester this Monday, we are busy at the Wayne makerspace to be ready for the upcoming engineering classes.\u00a0 Dusty is assisting\u00a0 Professor Gold with student teaching the Tools for Engineering class.\u00a0 He is fervently at work, designing a moving piston system.\u00a0 Designing a complex system requires a fair amount of math knowledge, computation of angles, movement ranges, etc.:<\/p>\n

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In a couple of days\u2019 time, he designed a working piston in CAD.\u00a0 Not only that, but he also learned how to make assemblies, which combines multiple parts to form a working, moving part, right on the screen.<\/p>\n

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Check out the video of his working piston!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/edit?o=U&video_id=yeJ9pYVorqs<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks to our 16-hour workshop offered early this summer, I was able to glean enough information to create my very first CAD object!\u00a0 It\u2019s nothing fancy, but still quite an accomplishment.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 4×6 photo stand.\u00a0 To create something in CAD, you draw and combine basic shapes to create new shapes.\u00a0 In the examples below, a rectangle made the top stand while a trimmed circle created the \u201carc\u201d stands below it.<\/p>\n

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Dusty embellished my design with three dimensional text that pushes through the curved surface:<\/p>\n

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A major accomplishment earlier this week was the second run of our filament maker.\u00a0 A month ago, Will tore apart and rebuilt the extruder, as the original build (by me) was not precise.\u00a0 By allowing a 4-5mm gap between the motor and auger, it dramatically changed the torque direction.\u00a0 Now the extruder does not tear itself apart from the pressure.\u00a0 We also mounted the extruder vertically, eliminating filament kinking as it cools.\u00a0 Now we can reliably make our own filament at 1\/4 cost of buying it, using low-cost pellets.\u00a0 We hope to make totally free filament by recycling soon, too.<\/p>\n

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Last but not least, we received a request for table centerpieces.\u00a0 Pam chose a number of attractive flower designs from Thingiverse, easily printable on our 3D printers:<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned for an exciting start of semester at the Wayne makerspace!<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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\"3d-printing-news\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Did you know that Amazon has a 3D printing service?\u00a0 You can customize objects to your liking, which are printed and mailed to you.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/amazon-3d-printed-products-store\/33151<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the world of architecture, New York is about to receive the first entirely 3D printed home, including a printed swimming pool, four bedrooms, 2,400 square feet of living space, and more:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/3dprint.com\/12034\/3d-printed-house-pool-ny\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hello everyone, With the start of Fall semester this Monday, we are busy at the Wayne makerspace to be ready for the upcoming engineering classes.\u00a0 Dusty is assisting\u00a0 Professor Gold with student teaching the Tools for Engineering class.\u00a0 He is fervently at work, designing a moving piston system.\u00a0 Designing a complex system requires a fair amount of math knowledge, computation of angles, movement ranges, etc.: In a couple of days\u2019 time, he designed a working piston in CAD.\u00a0 Not only that, but he also learned how to make assemblies, which combines multiple parts to form a working, moving part, right on the screen. Check outRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","post-1462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}