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 5, 2017

The Forgotten Dream: Our Glowforge Arrives! (PART 1)

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Back in October 2015, we pre-ordered the Glowforge. We, and other Glowforge potential owners repeatedly received delay-of-shipment emails, t...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

3D printed flexible filament robot hand

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Each month, we are excited to see what new filament comes in our Maker Box . This month, we received some NinjaTek Cheetah flexible filament...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ultimaker 2 Go Disassembly and Reconstruction

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Back in April, our Ultimaker 2 Go stopped extruding.  This is not unusual.  The standard procedure is to take a look at the extruder and may...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

From After School Making to School Maker Faire

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On May 26th, BPC had its first official School Maker Faire . (We've done unofficial "micro-maker faires" in the past.) What ...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Screen Printing for Awareness

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I Screen Printed onto old shirts to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ and mental illness communities. I noticed that representation in the med...
Friday, May 26, 2017

3D Printed Gears Using Dual Extrusion

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For our school maker project (in science class), we wanted to create something that kids everywhere would be interested in using, and we al...
Monday, March 20, 2017

THE AMAZING BUDGET CETUS 3D

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Today we got a package and are proud to introduce to you, the Cetus 3D! The Cetus is a printer from Teirtime (the same parent company of Afi...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

A Theremin in our Classroom

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.... because every middle school classroom needs more things in it that make noise. In all seriousness, I am proud of my students for ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Making Models in VR with Kodon and Gravity Sketch

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Recently, I have been experimenting with making 3D models in programs called Kodon and Gravity Sketch in VR. Kodon is more of a sculpting ...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Posts forthcoming!

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Welcome to our blog. We have been up to so many things over the last two years but we are slacking on our blog. We plan to start regularly...
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