{"id":5735,"date":"2016-03-18T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2016-03-18T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:48:09","slug":"skateboard-invention-cnc-machine-progress-and-a-roadtrip-to-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2016\/03\/18\/skateboard-invention-cnc-machine-progress-and-a-roadtrip-to-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Skateboard inventions, CNC machine progress, and a road trip to Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab has been quite busy lately.\u00a0 In a week\u2019s time, we made a road trip to Alliance, taught a 3D design and printing workshop in the lab for The Schantz Organ Company, promoted engineering at the Wayne College annual Milkshakes & Majors event, and provided lab tours for faculty.\u00a0 And that\u2019s not including the crazy projects that students are working on.\u00a0 The lab is a non-stop room, full of creative minds with machines to turn ideas into reality.<\/p>\n

One of our students is an avid skateboarder and uses the 3D Lab to create original inventions, notably a two-wheel skateboard that feels like a wooden hover board when riding it.\u00a0 The low wheels are held in-place by a metal mount that he fabricated with the lab\u2019s drill press and other tools, the wheel covers are 3D printed, and the overall design was drawn-up with Solidworks.\u00a0 Check-out this fun video of the mount being made and tested:<\/p>\n

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Heavy skateboarding sometimes damages the ends of the board; the wooden ends break-off over time. \u00a0His current project involves detachable ends that can be replaced as needed.\u00a0 The prototype is 3D printed, while the final result will be professionally fabricated with tougher material.\u00a0\u00a0 Also notice the t-shirt; it was made in the 3D Lab as well!<\/p>\n

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Ben is making fabulous progress on his homemade CNC machine.\u00a0 It can now draw designs with an attached pencil and carve designs on (and through) wood!\u00a0 The machine uses an Arduino microcontroller to control the 2.5A motors for the X\/Y\/Z axis, which in-turn are powered by a relay board attached to the Arduino.\u00a0 Designs are loaded onto an Apple laptop running free CNC software (Easel by Shapeoko), then sent to the CNC machine.\u00a0 Ben\u2019s current project is building a dust collection unit for the router head, as the machine makes a lot of sawdust during the carving\/cutting process.<\/p>\n

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CNC machine with microcontroller on table<\/p>\n

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Ben with a carved star<\/p>\n

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Computer controled pencil drawing<\/p>\n

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A CNC milled guitar body!<\/p>\n

Here is a video of it in-action<\/a>.\u00a0 We\u2019ll keep you posted as he finishes this project.\u00a0 He\u2019s making excellent progress but still has a lot to do.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the 3D Lab made a road trip to demonstrate 3D printing for the Alliance Amateur Radio Club<\/a>.\u00a0 The group has been around since 1950, a friendly group of men & women who are bound together by their interest in amateur radio.\u00a0 Amazingly, these groups are everywhere.<\/p>\n

These folks are naturally inclined tinkerers, so were quite eager to learn about 3D printing and the lab\u2019s availability to realize ideas and fabricate radio parts at Wayne College.\u00a0 \u00a0During the presentation, we printed a morse code encoding key<\/a> (also called a \u201cstraight key\u201d) using the portable 3D printer provided by the Romich Foundation.\u00a0 The presentation was well received and went well beyond their scheduled meeting time.<\/p>\n

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The Wayne College 3D Lab is willing to present 3D printing and discuss careers in engineering to schools, organizations, and businesses.\u00a0 Please contact us at tjh1@uakron.edu<\/a> to schedule a visit!<\/p>\n

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

Think that 3D printers can only build three dimensional objects?\u00a0 See how this person modified his printer to etch circuit boards:<\/p>\n

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This printer goes one step further and places electronics within the objects it creates:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/ir3-3d-printer-electronic-componenst\/36966<\/a><\/p>\n

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Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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