Tales of a 3D Printer

A blog intended for, and often written by, my middle school students, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating potential of 3D printing and the process of getting there. Since our blog's start in 2013, we've expanded our content a bit to incorporate our other middle school making. Click the "Our BPC Story" blog label to learn more about our Maker Club journey.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

We Heart Making Things

Today the students discovered that the cute message we get at the end of a print job, is (understandably) written in the gcode. They enjoy t...

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Maker Club at Discovery Days and the Bay Area Science Festival

On Saturday, BPC Maker Club took to the road again for Discovery Days at the Bay Area Science Festival! Discovery Days is the largest f...

Friday, October 25, 2013

Maker Club Visits Citrus Lab (UC Berkeley)

On Friday, October 25, Maker Club had the opportunity to visit the Citrus Labs to see laundry folding robots, cool graduate projects and a m...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

3D Printer #4 - 3D Systems Cube

Today, our new Cube arrived. This printer, unlike the rest, was free! After a mutual professional acquaintance connected us and I shared s...

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Maker Club at the Mini-Maker Faire

(post in progress... check back soon) In the meantime, you can check out our Flickr pics of the event. UPDATE 1.2.14: 2013's Mini...

Thursday, October 10, 2013

A Day in the Life of Room 4

Today, during one of the rare quiet moments in my (currently empty) classroom, I was working steadily, soothed by the constant hum of the 3D...

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Successfully Crowdfunded 3D Printers

3D Printer World has assembled a list of successfully crowdfunded consumer 3D printers . Click the image below to read more. Here at ...

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Difference in Print Speed

A group of boys have taken over the new Printrbot at lunch time. That's fine with me, since they can teach me! Today they experimented...

Repetier vs. Replicator G?

With our newest Printrbot, we have been experimenting with the (open source) Repetier software . There are some things the kids like better ...

Monday, October 7, 2013

PLA vs. ABS plastic filament

This post is about PLA vs ABS, two common thermoplastics used in 3D printers. A thermoplastic is a polymer that becomes moldable above a sp...

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