Wayne County Maker Faire

01/05/2025

We offer a free “listserv” that allows to you ask questions to members in the makerspace. It’s great for sharing ideas, forming friendships, and helping & advising each other. To join, send an email to [email protected] with
"SUBSCRIBE MAKERSPACE-GROUP" in the subject line.

01/03/2025

Check-out this makerspace’s upcoming events on their monthly calendar. Click here for more information.

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01/01/2025

Join us on January 11th for a one-of-a-kind experience that takes you into the heart of coding and robotics, a Robotics Arm Class! Click here to learn more.

The Schantz MakerSpace was created for people who share the joy of making things, have a desire to learn or improve their skills, and wish to see the knowledge of craftsmanship survive into the future.

12/30/2024

Maker Faire Wayne County 2024 is a wrap! Click here to see makers who participated this year.

12/28/2024

3D Print Your Own Articulated Christmas Toys

A Christmas print. To decorate your house for the Christmas season we offer three joined figures. They are printed at once without any additional support. Have fun painting them! More info: http://diwo.bq.com/bjd-figura-articulada-navidad/ Author: http://www.soniaverdu.es/

12/26/2024

For Moon Missions, Researchers Test a 3D-Printable, Waterless Concrete

"If NASA establishes a permanent presence on the moon, its astronauts' homes could be made of a new 3D-printable, waterless concrete," writes MIT Technology Review. "Someday, so might yours. "By accelerating the curing process for more rapid construction, this sulfur-based compound could become ...

12/24/2024

Community member Rachel used the 3D Lab to make Christmas gifts for her son, a t-shirt and hoodie with full-color custom decals! We printed her designs using the Roland BN2-20A solvent ink printer onto white heat-transfer vinyl. The printer also cut the designs after printing, similar to a Cricket. The tricky part was “weeding” the vinyl which means peeling away the unneeded pieces, leaving the design on the vinyl’s backing material.

After weeding, the vinyl decals were pressed onto “magic mask” material which allows the decal to transfer from the backing material to the mask, ink side facing the mask. This was placed on the shirt and hoodie, then heat pressed to make them permanent. The result looks professional! It was a bit of work, but certainly worth it.

https://www.rolanddga.com/products/printers/versastudio-bn2

12/22/2024

Dave and Mani from ST Engineering Hackey, Inc. in Kidron found our large-format 3D printer helpful with creating prototype corner castings for delivery trucks. This proof-of-concept model expedited the revision process and allowed them to prove-out the design. These corner pieces reinforce the joints at the rear of the trailer, protecting them from loading/unloading damage.

The corner casting was too large even for our Prusa XL 3D printer with a 14.7” cubed build area. We were able to “slice” the part into two sections using the included PrusaSlicer software then print them separately. Regular super glue worked well to bind the PLA sections together. As you can see, it turned out great! Dave and Mani gave us a 3D printed version of their mascot printed with tri-chromatic filament as a thank-you gift.

https://kidron.com/

https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-semi-assembled-single-toolhead-3d-printer/

https://www.prusa3d.com/page/prusaslicer_424/

12/20/2024

Staff member Jeanette learned the laser engraver to make enchanting night lights as gifts for friends & family. At over $6 each, these nightlights are easy and fun to make! Jeanette created black and white designs in Canva, then saved them as PNG to allow for a transparent background. These were loaded into CorelDRAW, a vector art program. Cutting lines were added to give the acrylic plates different shapes with the artwork in the middle. The laser engraver burns the image first, giving it a frosted glass look. Then the laser cuts the desired overall shape around it. The result is stunning!

https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Acrylic-Controls-Charging-Adjustable/dp/B092JC638N?th=1

https://www.canva.com/

12/18/2024

The Fall semester is at a close and winter break is here! We’ve had snow (now melted), but need a bit more for Christmas. Merry Christmas from all of us in the Wayne College family!