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.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Printrbot is Home!

After a summer of wild adventures, our first Printrbot (circa 2011) is back. High school alumni borrowed the machine over the summer, tak...

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Top 10 Tips for 3D Printing Design from the MAKE Stage

Kacie Hultgren, more commonly known as " PrettySmallThings " on Thingiverse, gave this helpful talk at Maker Faire NYC 2013. Whi...

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Our Five 3D Printing Tips Featured in THE Journal

Today, my students and I are happy to announce the publication of an article featuring... them! It's called: 3D Printing in the Class...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Glow in the Dark Filament!

So, when we received our new Cube , 3D Systems sent along some complimentary cartridges (in addition to what comes in the box ). One of the...

Sunday, December 8, 2013

3D Printer #4 (Our new Cube - Take 2) - Limit Failure and Filament Flow Fail

As you may have read in our previous post , our school was lucky enough to have a Cube 3D printer donated to us by 3D Systems two months ag...

Friday, December 6, 2013

The basics (and more!) of 3D Printing

For those of you interested in the basics of 3D printing, this video (4:16) is a nice overview by Avi Reichental, CEO of 3D Systems. I thin...

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

3D Systems is going to FIRST Robotics!

For the first time ever, the FIRST Robotics competition sponsored by America Makes, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. Departm...

Our 3Doodler has arrived!

The kids are excited! Earlier this year, I backed the 3Doodler on Kickstarter , and our very own 3Doodler finally arrived in the mail toda...

Sunday, December 1, 2013

BBC Tours Statasys, the world's largest 3D printing factory

BBC News takes viewers on a tour of Stratasys ' Corporate Headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN, as well as a quick run (at 4:13) through the...

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Get your 3D Printed Menurkey!

OK, so the final product is actually made of ceramic, but 3D printing was integral in its prototyping stage. The original design was create...

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