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<\/a><\/p>\nWe are busy creating instructions and procedures for its safe use.\u00a0 We found a digital photo frame that is excellent for displaying important tips while operating the machine.<\/p>\n
P. Graham Dunn in Dalton generously donated engravable materials that students can use to practice using the machine. We are very thankful for these pieces of wood, glass, and coated metals. Wooster Glass provided acrylic as well, useful as an overlay to test engraving a piece for perfect alignment.\u00a0 It will be excited to see how students will create works from these materials throughout the summer and during fall semester.\u00a0 Here is what has been created so far.<\/p>\n A couple of weeks ago, students from Hiland High School in Berlin visited the 3D Lab as a field trip.\u00a0 Earlier in the semester, they designed wooden cars powered by carbon dioxide.\u00a0 They created the designs using the Solidworks CAD program, then fabricated the car bodies with traditional woodworking tools.<\/p>\n At the Wayne College 3D Lab, they designed wheels in CAD that were printed on 3D printers.\u00a0 The beauty was that they taught each other the steps necessary for the CAD design, then Anthony and I showed them how to run the printers.\u00a0 To top it off, we taught them how to make custom car decals on the vinyl cutter, courtesy of the Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club.\u00a0 They had a wonderful time in the lab, especially how they could design something on-screen then see it print into a real object minutes later.<\/p>\n Tom explains 3D printing<\/p>\n Portable 3D printer in-action<\/p>\n Anthony demonstrates vinyl cutting<\/p>\n Anthony explains 3D printing software<\/p>\n Students teach each other CAD<\/p>\n A successful wheel design<\/p>\n One of our summer projects is perfecting our technique of recycling used plastic filament.\u00a0 To this end, the Romich Foundation provided a grinder that chips up failed 3D prints into particles 5mm or smaller.\u00a0 These particles are then fed into the filament extruder which are melted into filament again.\u00a0 The grinder is now permanently installed and ready to use.<\/p>\n The next step is extruding the exact filament thickness that is compatible with our printers.\u00a0 Stay tuned as we pursue this project.<\/p>\n 3D printers aren\u2019t limited to small things.\u00a0 Cars have been printed as well as entire houses!\u00a0 See how one person 3D printed his own surfboard:<\/p>\n http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/01\/26\/3d-printed-surfboard<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3D printers are notoriously slow (the above surfboard took 164 hours to print), but this new resin based technology may change that:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/03\/25\/gizmo-3d-printer<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until next week,<\/p>\n Tom<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone, Our kids summer camp is off to a good start.\u00a0 Not only did the Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club fly radio controlled aircraft for the first time, members of the Wayne County R\/C Flight Club joined us!\u00a0 It was an exciting time for the kids with Chris and Nathan as camp instructors.\u00a0 We\u2019ll report more on this next week. The big news in the 3D Lab is the laser engraver is now fully operational!\u00a0 The Maintenance Department connected the exhaust fan (to remove smoke\/fumes), the air compressor feed (to reduce flare-ups while cutting), and T.S.S. connected the engraver to our network. 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