{"id":8403,"date":"2017-08-04T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2017-08-04T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T15:32:35","slug":"rubber-band-cars-airplane-parts-and-the-wayne-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2017\/08\/04\/rubber-band-cars-airplane-parts-and-the-wayne-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber band cars, airplane parts, and the Wayne County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

Summer is the perfect time for a makerspace!\u00a0 School is out; kids have free time to get creative and have fun.\u00a0 Here at the Wayne College 3D Lab, there is plenty of free-to-use equipment such as 3D printers, laser engravers, electronics pieces\u00a0 & parts, vinyl cutters, and most importantly, friendly staff to help make your ideas possible.\u00a0 The Wayne College 3D Lab is truly a place where imagination is made.<\/p>\n

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Looking for some fun, family friendly projects to build this summer?\u00a0 How about a ridable hovercraft, air-blowing vortex cannons, stomp rockets, or a shaving cream mountain?\u00a0 Check out this cool webpage<\/a> (courtesy of Make: magazine) for more information!<\/p>\n

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Heartland Point offered a variety of fun workshops earlier this year to keep young minds active. Kids from 11-14 years old came to the Wayne College 3D Lab to design and print rubber band cars using vector art software, 3D printing, laser cutters and so much more.<\/p>\n

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3D Lab staff Josh Baker created the initial design using a free vector drawing program called InkScape<\/a>.\u00a0 The car parts were laser-cut using colored acrylic donated by the Romich Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 Kids learned how to use the vector drawing program, how to operate the laser cutter, and tried their hand at assembling the car with hot-melt glue guns.\u00a0 Needless to say, they had a blast!<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to Josh, Anthony, and the staff at Heartland Point who made this three-day workshop a success!\u00a0 Please click here<\/a> to see the many community activities going on at Heartland Point each week.<\/p>\n

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We have a working relationship with the MAPS Air Museum<\/a> since the inception of the 3D Lab three years ago.\u00a0 A couple of years ago, Wayne College students attempted to replace a Saber jet\u2019s damaged nose cone using a 3D scanner.\u00a0 This time, museum staff had a damaged window brace from one of their planes and asked if we could produce a new one.<\/p>\n

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Josh from our 3D Lab designed the window brace using Solidworks<\/a>, a professional CAD design program.\u00a0 Nathan 3D printed the replica using the large-format Taz 3D printer donated by the Wayne County Community Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 And Matt, one of our students, assisted with the cleanup of the printed brace.\u00a0 The resulting brace turned out beautifully and is almost an exact replica!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s that time of year; county fairs are upon us!\u00a0 Get ready for demolition derbies, live country music, stinky goats, and carnival-style food.\u00a0 The Holmes County Fair<\/a> starts this Monday; be sure to check-out the Wayne College table during Kids\u2019s Day on Wednesday the 9th from noon-4:00.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have a 3D printer there creating all sorts of interesting things!<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab had a table representing Wayne College at the Wayne County Fair last year.\u00a0 Josh Baker and myself were present to explain how 3D printers work, talk about the 3D Lab as a free community resource, and promote careers in engineering.\u00a0 Folks crowded around our table all day, fascinated with the technology and Wayne College\u2019s involvement with it.<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned next week as we reveal some of the exciting summer projects going on in the 3D Lab!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nSee how Barberton High School students lend helping hands with 3D printing:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.ohio.com\/akron\/news\/top-stories-news\/barberton-high-school-students-lend-helping-hands-with-3-d-printing<\/a><\/p>\n

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See how a 16 year old invents a 3D printed eye test for preventing blindness in diabetics:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/news\/16-year-old-invents-3d-printed-eye-test-preventing-blindness-diabetics-119763<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThink fidget spinners are cool?\u00a0 Build a persistence-of-vision spinner that displays messages & shapes in spinning lights:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Programmable-POV-Fidget-Spinner<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMark your calendar for Saturday, May 19, 2018 for the 2nd Annual Wayne County Mini Maker Faire!\u00a0 The event is free to attend and participate.\u00a0 To be a maker at the faire, be sure to signup here<\/a>.\u00a0 We\u2019d love to have you there!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nMark your calendar for the next Maker Monday<\/a> meeting at Schantz Organ Company<\/a> on Monday, August 21st at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0 They will talk about workshops for building 3D printers, CNC milling machines, and possibly drones.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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