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FABLAB Use at Fox Valley
Technical College
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• Twenty + years ago was my
defining point
• Designed a new vertical
blind drive
• Inspected mold design prints
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• Inspected mold during
construction
• Called down for 1st shot
• Reached under the output
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• Part looked exactly like
how I rotated it in my mind
• Before 3D CAD solid
modeling
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• Wanted this feeling for my
students
• Purchased a Fused Deposition
Modeling machine for
Mechanical Design in 2002
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• Created a course – Intro
to Design and Rapid
Prototyping
• We make things
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• 2006 Jerry Eyler read an
article about Dr. Neil
Gershenfeld from MIT
• 2007 We opened our
FVTC FABLAB
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• Set up program to work
with outside inventors
• Started using more
equipment in my class and
other classes
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• Tech Drafting
–Create Gears and Cams
–Create Development Flats
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• Capstone Class—Design
Problems
–Prototype their project
–Test Fit and Function
–Something for interviews
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Snowball Gun
Handle
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Helped Team
Understand
The Need
For Re-design
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Handgrip For
Cart
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Only Room For
3 Fingers
Uncomfortable
Spacing Between
Fingers
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• Expanded scope of
projects in Intro to Design
–Laser
–Vinyl Cutter
–Silicone Molding
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• Other Programs?
–Interior Design nametags
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• FABLAB Club
–Laser Engrave Chocolate
Easter Eggs
–Laser Engrave Glasses for
Valentines Day
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• We Have 2 Other
FABLABS
–Sustainable Technolgies
and Applied Engineering
–STEM and Outreach
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• STEM and Outreach
–4H
–Girl Scouts
–Homeschoolers
–Etc.
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• Bigger Facility
–Shopbot
–Build Electric Guitars
–Jewelry
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• Adding 2 new smaller
FDM units to my
classroom
• Encourage more use.
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XYZ DaVinci
And Orion Delta
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• Sources of Inspiration
–Makezine.com
–Instructables.com
–Thingiverse.com