{"id":9339,"date":"2017-12-01T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2017-12-01T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:58:02","slug":"cnc-rocket-parts-lasered-rolling-pins-robot-contests-and-a-visit-to-the-harvest-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2017\/12\/01\/cnc-rocket-parts-lasered-rolling-pins-robot-contests-and-a-visit-to-the-harvest-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"CNC rocket parts, lasered rolling pins, robot contests, and a visit to the Harvest Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

With final exams beginning the week after next, it\u2019s hard to believe that the semester is almost over.\u00a0 And what a ride it\u2019s been!\u00a0 So many new faces in the 3D Lab, so many projects.\u00a0 Community members visit the lab practically every day, people of all ages.\u00a0 It\u2019s wonderful how word gets around that we provide this service to the community, making ideas a reality.\u00a0 Both the 3D Lab and 3D Lounge next door are filled with students; sometimes our six 3D printers were barely enough to meet everyone\u2019s needs.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good kind of problem.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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One of our \u201cthink big\u201d community members, Ben Ault<\/a>, is into model rockets that climb thousands of feet.\u00a0 He participated in the Mini Maker Faire<\/a> earlier this year and has big plans for his next rocket.<\/p>\n

Ben needed to fabricate a convex, clear window for a large nosecone that he 3D printed.\u00a0 To form the mold for this window, he created the shape in CAD then carved it out of wood with the CNC mill provided by the Wayne County Community Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0 The mold was covered in clear material, placed in an home oven, then baked to harden into the window shape.\u00a0 A perfect use for a CNC machine!<\/p>\n

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One of our students is enjoying the creative, artistic side of the 3D lab.\u00a0 With a little bit of help, she learned CAD design on her own to creative musical notes which she 3D printed.\u00a0 Since our laser engraver supports cylindrical objects, she engraved a beautiful design onto a rolling pin for her grandmother, courtesy of P. Graham Dunn<\/a>.\u00a0 We learned that the rotary device does not grip cylindrical wood products reliably, but wrapping the rolling pin\u2019s edges in Scotch tape fixed that problem.<\/p>\n

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Students in the Tools for Engineering class, taught by Scott Gold, are busy building robots to accomplish set tasks, from delivering marked cargo, to stair climbing machines, to battle bots in an arena!<\/p>\n

The first type of robots were put-to-the-test last week.\u00a0 The machines travel down an aisle, detect a certain colored 3D printed cube, pick it up, then deliver it to a particular location.\u00a0 Some students heavily used sensors from the LEGO Mindstorms<\/a> kits to detect the aisle distance & shape, cube color, and other physical characteristics of the environment.\u00a0 There were some spectacular successes as well as failures, the latter of which were more important because of what was learned.<\/p>\n

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Recently the 3D Lab made a road trip to Wooster for the annual Harvest Bash hosted by CIRCLE Coalition<\/a>. \u00a0This free family event included food, games, music, and a costume contest, held at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception School<\/a>.\u00a0 Adults and kids of all ages were fascinated with 3D printing, a first-time experience for many of them.\u00a0 A number of community members brought themselves and their kids to the 3D Lab in the days\/weeks after the event to create personal works of their own.\u00a0 The 3D Lab is always a hit when we go on the road!<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned as we wrap-up the semester with more student engineered robots, community projects, and lots of unexpected surprises in the 3D Lab!<\/p>\n

Until next week,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

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3D printers are taking a delicious turn for the better.\u00a0 This pancake printer makes flat shapes from your 3D printable files.\u00a0 It really takes the cake (I mean, batter)!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.storebound.com\/storebound\/pancakebot-products<\/a><\/p>\n

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Not sure what to buy your creative \u201cmaker\u201d friends for Christmas?\u00a0 Look no further than this Make: Magazine holiday buying guide:
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Mark 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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Don\u2019t miss December\u2019s Maker Monday which is Monday, December 18th at 7:00 at The Schantz Organ Company<\/a>!\u00a0 Also coming up is their kid-friendly \u201cBuild a Snowman<\/a>\u201d event on Saturday, December 9th (reservations necessary).<\/p>\n

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We offer a free \u201clistserv\u201d that allows to you ask questions to members in the makerspace. It\u2019s great for sharing ideas, forming friendships, and helping & advising each other. To join, send an email to listserv@lists.uakron.edu<\/a> with<\/p>\n

“SUBSCRIBE MAKERSPACE-GROUP” in the subject line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hello everyone, With final exams beginning the week after next, it\u2019s hard to believe that the semester is almost over.\u00a0 And what a ride it\u2019s been!\u00a0 So many new faces in the 3D Lab, so many projects.\u00a0 Community members visit the lab practically every day, people of all ages.\u00a0 It\u2019s wonderful how word gets around that we provide this service to the community, making ideas a reality.\u00a0 Both the 3D Lab and 3D Lounge next door are filled with students; sometimes our six 3D printers were barely enough to meet everyone\u2019s needs.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good kind of problem.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42   One of our \u201cthink big\u201dRead 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-9339","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\/9339","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=9339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9379,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9339\/revisions\/9379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}