{"id":2306,"date":"2015-01-26T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2015-01-26T16:01:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:01:49","slug":"accessible-toys-vinyl-projects-for-kids-and-community-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2015\/01\/26\/accessible-toys-vinyl-projects-for-kids-and-community-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Toys, Vinyl Projects for Kids, and Community Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n

The 3D Lab currently sounds like an 80\u2019s arcade machine parlor.\u00a0 All three printers are chugging away at building objects, producing all sorts of interesting sounds.\u00a0 Two printers are building parts for our popular \u201cheart gear\u201d that we found on Thingiverse.com (that Dusty redesigned), while the portable printer is creating cute robots that we use as giveaways for visitors and offsite presentations.\u00a0 The model R\/C airplane club is having their first semester meeting in the 3D Lab today; they already have three models will be flying sometime soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie Muniak (our Events Coordinator at Wayne) connected us with Replay for Kids, an organization that adapts toys to be usable by kids with disabilities.\u00a0 RFK is interested in using 3D printing technology to realize these adaptations.\u00a0 Last week, they brought a stuffed animal that normally speaks and moves when its body is pressed.\u00a0 RFK wants to activate the toy through an external button.\u00a0 The button is a repurposed push-light.\u00a0 Below are photos of the original design, Kenny taking measurements, and a 3D printed a custom base.\u00a0 He created the push-light adaptation in less than 20 minutes!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our collaboration with the Orrville Boys and Girls Club continues to flourish.\u00a0 Kids come to Wayne College every two weeks to learn about 3D printing, CAD design, vinyl cutting, and other projects that we can dream-up.\u00a0 This past Friday, they learned how to personalize wood plaques with names and pictures created on the vinyl cutter.\u00a0 The plaques were generously donated by P. Graham Dunn.\u00a0 The kids had a wonderful time.\u00a0 Thanks, Kenny and Morgan for helping manage the activity!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks to Wayne College faculty & staff, we are making connections with the community, introducing folks to the marvel of 3D printing, digital fabrication in manufacturing, and putting in a good word for Wayne College, too.\u00a0 Last week, Morgan and I presented to the Wayne County Business Referral Group (courtesy of Kevin Engle).\u00a0 This organization hosts weekly meetings of representative businesses in major areas of service.\u00a0 And since these are held at T.J.\u2019s in Wooster, we received a good meal out of it, too.<\/p>\n

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Nathan and I were also invited to the Wooster chapter of Lions Clubs International, a secular, non-political service organization with 46,000 local chapters and more than 1.35 million members.\u00a0 We brought the portable 3D printer to explain and demonstrate 3D printing, discuss careers in engineering, and answer lots of questions.\u00a0 And the food was good, too.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned later this week for more exciting projects students are working on.<\/p>\n

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

Wait, a 3D printed lawn mower?\u00a0 See how Hans Fouche reverse engineered an old, rusty lawnmower to be 3D printable.\u00a0 And it works!<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/01\/05\/wait-a-3d-printed-lawn-mower<\/a><\/p>\n

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Arron runs a jewelry business and invented a copper \u201cpaint\u201d that combines graphite powder, acetone, copper, then electroplating it to give 3D printed parts a copper plated look:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/01\/12\/electroplating-copper-and-silver-onto-3d-prints<\/a><\/p>\n

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More news from the 3D Lab coming soon!<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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Hello everyone, The 3D Lab currently sounds like an 80\u2019s arcade machine parlor.\u00a0 All three printers are chugging away at building objects, producing all sorts of interesting sounds.\u00a0 Two printers are building parts for our popular \u201cheart gear\u201d that we found on Thingiverse.com (that Dusty redesigned), while the portable printer is creating cute robots that we use as giveaways for visitors and offsite presentations.\u00a0 The model R\/C airplane club is having their first semester meeting in the 3D Lab today; they already have three models will be flying sometime soon. Debbie Muniak (our Events Coordinator at Wayne) connected us with Replay for Kids, an organizationRead 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-2306","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\/2306","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=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}