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.

Friday, February 28, 2014

We're going to Maker Faire!

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We will be presenting "Black Pine Circle School 3D Prints Data & Designs" at this year's Maker Faire - come join us? :) ...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

#tbt The origins of 3D printing at BPC

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Rep Rap Mendel (Wikipedia) It all started at the Maker Faire .  In 2009, I recall standing in front of a table showing off a Rep Rap ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Printed Scan Data: Eggshell

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Today, we finally printed more data from our trip to the Advanced Light Source earlier this year using only open source software .  We en...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

3D Printed NAILS?!

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Wow!  This certainly is something I hadn't considered - 3D printed nail art?!   TheLaserGirls shop on Shapeways offers a variety of...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Converting .tiff data to .stl file

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In December we went to the  Advanced Light Source  as a field trip. We scanned many items at the synchrotron. One item we scanned was an e...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

"You can just print one!"

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(1) Kid #1 looses tooth in science class. When she went to the office, the secretary had run out of little plastic treasure chests, so she ...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Custom Thank You Pickle - TinkerCAD

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Well, I made my first object in TinkerCAD. I have been so busy facilitating the kids, I have never actually sat down and created a project ...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Reflections from 3DPW - Part 2

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REFLECTIONS FROM THE 3D PRINTER WORLD EXPO - PART II By Abe Zukor and Alexander Blau       Yesterday, (February 1, 2014) a few ...

Reflections from 3DPW - Part 1

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This weekend, some BPC students were able to participate in the 3D Printer World Expo in Burbank, CA, thanks to a 3D Printer World $25,00...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Collaborative 3D Printing - Student Film

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A group of my 7th graders have entered the  White House Student Film Festival with their film, Collaborative 3D Printing .  This video cont...
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