{"id":1646,"date":"2014-10-07T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2014-10-07T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:51:08","slug":"grumpy-pumpkins-fixing-an-ailing-printer-and-manufacturing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2014\/10\/07\/grumpy-pumpkins-fixing-an-ailing-printer-and-manufacturing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumpy pumpkins, fixing an ailing printer, and Manufacturing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

The Wayne makerspace lab has been busy since the start of the semester.\u00a0 There is always someone in the lab, printing, drawing, testing robots, or just hanging out.\u00a0 The printers are almost constantly running and the students have no problem with figuring them out.<\/p>\n

Our portable printer (affectionately named \u201cPolly\u201d) exhibited platform heating problems for over a month now.\u00a0 A heated platform is important when printing with ABS plastic as it needs to cool slowly to reduce the risk of warping.\u00a0 As the printer was under warranty, the vendor sent a replacement heating element.\u00a0 It worked for a little while, then failed again.\u00a0 As it turns out, the ribbon cable that connects the heating element to the circuit board was damaged from improper assembly at the factory.\u00a0 Here are Neal and Chris tearing the printer apart to install the replacement cable.\u00a0 Thanks, guys!<\/p>\n

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Like copy machines and laser printers, it is a good idea to purchase a service plan for 3D printers.\u00a0 The portable printer does not have a plan (the vendor is too small), but our two Makerbots are on the plan and has already saved us considerable cost in upkeep.<\/p>\n

Amy from the Business Office found a cool pumpkin for use on www.thingiverse.com<\/a>) as a candy jar at the teller window.\u00a0 Named \u201cgrumpy pumpkin\u201d, it certainly looks the title.\u00a0 The jar took 12-14 hours to print, and the lid another 3-4 after that.\u00a0 The lid did not fit properly due to a slightly flawed CAD design.\u00a0 But no worries, Daniel from that office used our Dremel tool to carve the lid into shape (pun intended).<\/p>\n

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If you find something interesting on www.thingiverse.com<\/a> that you would like to print, please let us know!<\/p>\n

Morgan, Dusty, and I had a big day on Friday.\u00a0 We attended and presented at Manufacturing Day at Wayne College, the first event of its kind.\u00a0 Over 160 attendees from the Chamber of Commerce and manufacturing companies in Wayne County came to the event.\u00a0 We had a 3D printer in the main meeting room as well as another in a classroom for our breakout session.\u00a0 The three of us explained and demonstrated how 3D printers are used in manufacturing.\u00a0 If you are interested in knowing more, please open the PDF in this e-mail.\u00a0 Our presentation was well received and we had an excellent lunch, too (Old Carolina BBQ, baby!).<\/p>\n

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Later this week, a dozen or so engineers from the University of Akron Human Powered Vehicle Team will arrive at the 3D Lab for CAD lessons, courtesy of Dusty.\u00a0 They would like to build custom, lightweight, strong parts for their vehicles and 3D printers are just the thing.\u00a0 More news about this endeavor next week.<\/p>\n

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See how 3D \u201cbio printer\u201d creates on-demand skin grafts for burn victims:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/printalive-biopronter-skin-grafts-burns\/34057<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the fun side, see how skateboards use 3D printed replacement parts:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/electric-bubblegum-skateboard-3d-printed-parts\/34035<\/a><\/p>\n

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As always, please click here<\/a> to view the weekly blog of the Wayne makerspace.<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned for more news next week:<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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Hello everyone, The Wayne makerspace lab has been busy since the start of the semester.\u00a0 There is always someone in the lab, printing, drawing, testing robots, or just hanging out.\u00a0 The printers are almost constantly running and the students have no problem with figuring them out. Our portable printer (affectionately named \u201cPolly\u201d) exhibited platform heating problems for over a month now.\u00a0 A heated platform is important when printing with ABS plastic as it needs to cool slowly to reduce the risk of warping.\u00a0 As the printer was under warranty, the vendor sent a replacement heating element.\u00a0 It worked for a little while, then failed again.\u00a0Read 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-1646","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\/1646","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=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1673,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/1673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}