ME, CSE, EE, HCDE, Industrial Design Students and others who are interested,
We are starting an informal student club focused on DIY 3-D printers. (If you aren't sure what that is, see links below.) If you don't have a 3-D printer, this would be the club that helps you build your own. As a group we may even be able to get price breaks on printer parts. We are looking into the possibility of building a number of printers as a group that can be shared by all club members. If you have already built or are building a printer, the club will be a good place to troubleshoot and share ideas. We will also schedule "how to" workshops concerning both hardware and software to help you get up and running with the necessary skills.
Our first meeting will be on Thursday April 12 at 4:30 in MEB 103. Here's what we will do at the first meeting:
1) Take a look at the various DIY printers and get a feel for what it takes to put one together. We will have a few printers to play around with and print a few parts. (If you have your own machine you should bring it if you can.)
2) Get input from the group on defining the club. What do you want out of it?
3) Pick a regular meeting time.
4) Brainstorm projects that we take on using our 3-D printers such as fully printable water pump for developing countries.
5) Explore designing a method to recycle plastic that could be used with a printer.
We will even have some snacks for you. If you can't come, but are interested send an email and we'll make sure to keep you in the loop. Thursday at 4:30 will not necessarily be our normal meeting time.
Thanks and hope to see you Thursday,
Matt Rogge and Adam Commons
mprogge@uw.edu
atcommons@gmail.com
Links:
http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
The Possibilities are endless.....
http://www.thingiverse.com/
UW�s own site run by Professors Mark Ganter and Duane Storti
http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/
