Video: How to Make a Hobbed Bolt
Here’s a short video that shows how I make hobbed bolts using an M4 tap, a drill press, and a couple of 608 bearings. If you don’t have a grinder, you can chuck the bolt in the drill press and…
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3D Printer Club: ToddleBot
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3D Printer Club: Video Build Update!
[sc:3dclub-intro] Here’s a video update of our latest progress in helping a group of grade school kids build a 3D printer from scratch. A lot went into this milestone, including research, sourcing parts, accounting, blogging, build scheduling, membership coordination, and…
3D Printer Club: Build Preparation
[sc:3dclub-intro] We missed a meeting due to weather, and so I talked about some ideas to make up the time with one of the build team members. One idea that came out of that discussion was to involve more people…
Clamp Attachment for Securing Rods and Dowels
At our last 3D Printer Club meeting, the kids on the team started cutting threaded rods. We were clamping the rods to a table with a standard bar clamp to keep them in place. The problem was that they were…
3D Printer Club: Team Update
[sc:3dclub-intro] To help prepare the kids for the next meeting, I sent this email to all of the club members. The robots I’m referring to are a handful of little Maker Faire Robots () that I printed to give away…
3D Printer Club: Message from Build Team
[sc:3dclub-intro] Here’s another email from the build team explaining the schedule slip. It’s funny to see kids use words like “aggressive” used to describe the schedule, but there’s a good reason for it: I used that word and explained it…
3D Printer Club: Info for Accounting Team Advisers
[sc:3dclub-intro] This is one of several emails that I sent out to team advisers in order to clear up concerns about expectations and direction. Hi [accounting team advisers], As you know, my emails are usually directed toward the kids, but…
3D Printer Club: What I’ve Purchased So Far
[sc:3dclub-intro] So far I’ve been doing all of the purchasing for the club — partly because I don’t want the kids to be overwhelmed, and I don’t want to burden the kids’ parents with the extra expenses that won’t be…
3D Printer Club: Message to PARENTS
[sc:3dclub-intro] In an effort to trim down the team to only the most interested and motivated students and parents, I sent out this email to only the parents. With the new quarter starting up, this is probably a good time…