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<\/a><\/p>\nThe vinyl cutter is simply a tiny, computer controlled blade which cuts lines in the material.\u00a0 After cutting, the unneeded vinyl is peeled off.\u00a0 A special, clear \u201ctransfer tape\u201d is applied to the top of the remaining design.\u00a0 When the tape itself is then peeled off, the design sticks to the tape.\u00a0 Applying the tape to a surface transfers the design, like magic!<\/p>\n
Students from the Tools for Engineering class are busy designing and printing working air powered engines using the 3D printers.\u00a0 These large objects consume a lot of plastic, though our printers are holding up well.\u00a0 Hopefully we will have several working motors to reveal by the end of semester.\u00a0 Check-out the flywheel that was recently designed:<\/p>\n Students are also creating personal items in CAD, then printing them.\u00a0 Nathan needed a replacement buckle for his backpack, so he designed his own.\u00a0 Dusty is helping another student with an smart phone stand, trying different designs that are functional yet minimalistic.<\/p>\n The makerspace is still accepting requests from www.thingiverse.com<\/a>, a repository of hundreds of thousands of ready-made 3D designs.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to know CAD to use a 3D printer!\u00a0 We made a first-place trophy for the annual costume party by combining the coveted Grumpy Pumpkin with a candlestick.\u00a0 The results are quite impressive.\u00a0 I even used my minimal CAD designs to design an adapter to fit the two pieces together.\u00a0 Chad requested a funnel that would allow pouring powder into a bottle, so we found a Thingiverse design for that, too.<\/p>\n We have been busy teaching community members and organizations about CAD design, 3D printing, and the makerspace initiative.\u00a0 Below is Dusty teaching CAD to members of the University of Akron Human Powered Vehicle Team.<\/p>\n Last evening, he taught CAD to a local company that discovered us during Manufacturing Day.\u00a0 This effort is a six-week workshop with two sessions a week.\u00a0 Many thanks to Dusty for his time and patience in doing this.<\/p>\n Did you know that Intel is releasing a robot later this year?\u00a0 Named \u201cJimmy Research Robot\u201d, you 3D print most of its body, then add an Intel mini PC board, motors, and so on. This way, consumers can create their own customizable robots for under $1,000.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/intel-jimmy-3d-printed-robot\/32325<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have some big developments and announcements in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n Tom<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone, We are pleased to announce the newest addition to the Wayne makerspace, a professional vinyl cutter!\u00a0 Though a generous grant from AT&T to the Orrville Boys & Girls Club, this machine allows the creation of stick-on graphics, lettering, and decals.\u00a0 These have adhesive backing for application onto windows, laptops, cars, walls, basically any flat surface.\u00a0 We also have a heat press for transferring designs onto t-shirts. Many thanks to Kevin Platz (Executive Director of OBAGC) who made this possible.\u00a0 If anyone would like to see and learn how to use this device, please stop by!\u00a0 As Sarah Jane notes, it is so easyRead 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-1798","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\/1798","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=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n