- Tools:
- MakerBot 3D printer Jacques
- Software:
- Printable.com website
- Fusion 360
- Materials: ABS filament
- The biggest challenge
- Finding a resource person available to assist with the 3D printers
- What am I most proud of?
- I’m proud that I was able to adapt this STL
- What would I do differently next time?
- I am happy with my print. Not only is it useful, but I couldn’t find anything like it in stores or online. It’s hard to think of something I would do differently. Although I did learn some things. Which site to use for cloud submission, for example. Documented challenges in the narrative below.
- If I had the talent, I might have made the design more aesthetic, however that usually ends up in my ruining a project and I wanted to do it successfully first.
It was tricky to try to catch someone who could guide me on the 3d printers. I gathered a lot of information from Alex, who was standing in the 3d printer area. I also picked up some knowledge from discussions I overheard.
Alex told me in order to submit my job, I should do it from a cloudprint and that the URL to do so was on our Discord channel. I looked and found Polar3d and submitted my print. Two days passed and nothing happened. I thought I might not have permissions. Ousema told me that I should have permissions.
I looked more carefully at the Polar3d site and the prints for SCC are only directed to the Dremel printers, and from overheard discussions, I learned that the Dremels are not currently online.
I went back to Discord and found the link to the makerbot cloud print. I also found the same links at https://www.sccmakerspace.com/3dprinters/Links to an external site.
Success! Sort of. I got a message that the first print failed, that was more feedback than I had gotten from my Polar 3d submissions. I remembered my eavesdropping session earlier where students were saying that one Makerbot had regular fails. I just submitted it once again and a little later got a “success” email.
The next time I returned to class, this was waiting for me. Notice how nicely a coffee cup fits into the “couch coaster”
