Thursday, February 19, 2015

2015 - "We can make a difference"

We have a new topic this term and it is "We can make a difference"
In Tech we have decided that 4 weeks is a very short time to "make a difference" globally so we have decided to do just that but scale it to suit our time frame.

So this is what we are going to do.....
We will design, plan, measure, draw, and construct an item on the 3D printer that will make a difference to someone at home.
Remember it is the small things that count !
If you go to the 3D printing folder you can see what we plan to do...

Kian using Tinkercad

Navim on Tinkercad

Steven's hinge - first prototype

Now he takes it home to check !

Thursday, February 12, 2015

3D Printing

This term out topic is "Making a difference"

So we decided to use the 3D printers to "make a difference"

They are only little things but they are the ones that sometimes make a big difference to some people !

The Seniors have decided on a project, made drawings and discussed the solution, once it has been approved they have made a set of plans and drawings with very specific measurements.

They transfer that to Tinkercad and then prepared the 3D drawing for the printer....

We have lots of different projects on the go at the moment with Week Three being the time for the completed drawings ready for Tinkercad and then the 3D Printer files

Lots of work to do before it goes to print !!

And then there is our big project all the classes are doing !!!

MORE ON THAT LATER