Makerspace at the Fulton School
Background info About a year ago (October 2023) I was using the 3D printers to make the parts for my fiber optic LED lamp project. These prints took upwards of 10 hours and I often found the makerspace to be locked at the times…
For the 2024 global interim I did a project I had been wanting to do for a while, a teardown display of an iPhone. Recently the Makerspace received a donation of several old Apple products, one of them being an iPhone 5. I spent…
I made an abaca ball, which is from the Philippines. Abaca thread is made from an abaca plant. Abaca plants are native to the Philippines. It also takes several months to be ready for harvest. Long story short, I don’t have any abaca. You…
For 2024’s WWT challenge we had to build an ethical AI for use in the classroom. My job was building the human input devices or HIDs, similar to a keyboard and mouse for a computer, these devices allow the teachers and students to control…
Over first quarter I made a fiber optic LED lamp. I did this by 3D printing a base, frame, and a cover that a found online. I first printed the frame and cover using the big green 3D printer, and then it broke, so…
What i did in my time in the makerspace interim was i did some resin and 3-d printing. I 3d printed two things! An articulated lizard and and falkor the dragon from never ending story. For the falkor print we had to pay 1…
This is my blog post for Makerspace. I made many things in the duration of this week, but I decided to research laser cutters. Laser cutters cut through wood with a highly concentrated laser. The laser is made in a chamber with mirrors on…
steps: the first thing I did was draw out my knife on an app called procreate. After I did that I moved it to a computer and printed it out on the laser cutter, it did not work the first time because the rim…
ABS PLA PLA is less sensitive to tempurature changes, and is one of the easier to use. It wont work with wear and teare designs in comparison to ABS, even though PLA will take more stress before breaking. As it turns out PLA means…
MY FAILED ATTEMPTS For my interim project, I made a piece of art to hand up on my bedroom wall. While making my wall art I learned what different ways work and do not work for sealing open space to then fill with resin….
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