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Who is the next Dorothy?
Who is the next Dorothy?
Hi! Welcome to my 3D printing journal! In this post, I will be telling my story about my experience in the 3D printing world and how I started it. When I was a high school student, I was very interested in the technology field. I had only seen videos of technology but never really had a chance to get in touch with them. When I arrived at RIT, I heard from friends about "The Construct" at RIT which is where I would love to explore. I followed the map and headed to The Construct in the Institute Hall. I was shocked to see all the equipment they had in the facility. They had soldering iron, laser cutter, power supply, 3D printers, resin printers, and so much more! I walked in wishing I could 3D print something right away because I wanted to get hands-on experience with more technologies. However, I don't even know how to mess with them, I was afraid to mess with them. What if I break them? How do I start printing? Where can I get 3D models? With many concerns in mind, I felt shame for not knowing enough about them despite having watch a lot of videos about them.
Who is the imposter? Me!!
Later on, I thought it was a good idea to find a club or an organization and join them to get help and learn some basics about 3D printing. I visited many clubs that seemed to be good places to develop my skills. But many technology-related clubs were very populated. This meant I'd have a harder time catching the upperclassmen's attention. Eventually, I found the Computer Science House (CSH). CSH is a special interest house at RIT. This organization is where people who have a strong interest in computers gather. We share knowledge with others, we are much smaller and closely connected to everyone else in the organization. Long story short, I could see that this organization would care more about me.
Projects
Projects
My first major project for CSH involves a fair amount of hardware. The name of my major project is Kitty Fan. Kitty Fan is a Persistence of Vision (POV) display. A POV display is essentially just an LED strip spinning on a motor and displays a hologram-like image controlled by a Raspberry Pi 2.
During my time at CSH, I learned how to use many new devices such as Raspberry Pis, circuit design, 3D modeling, 3D printing, and more! I find these skills very useful because they broadened my view. I can think of more creative ideas and build them by myself.
Stay hungry! Stay foolish! You never what you can build!
*The project does not have a demo yet, because amazon shipping not going so well for some small parts :-(
Failures
Failures
Filament not sticking on bed
Filament not sticking on bed
Crack in resulting model
Crack in resulting model
I wanted a laptop stand because almost all the time I have to look down and work on my laptop for a long. Some coding assignments are very time-consuming and this is bad for my neck and could lead to neck pain. I thought "we have printers in CSH so can I make my own laptop stand and not buy one online?" and here I am. The images above are for the laptop stand project I was trying to print.
Since I am not a genius, I make a lot of mistakes. Making mistakes is a good way to learn. No one was born perfect. I spent many nights searching for solutions to problems I encountered during the printing process. I asked other members of CSH to take a look and try to fix them together, and eventually, I did it. I printed my own laptop stand that solves my neck pain problem!
Gallery
Gallery
*This orange shell I 3D printer for holding the motor in place while spinning the LED arm around.
*This is how the motor holder hangs on the table.
VID_380241101_051229_718.mp4*since I can not spin them yet due to missing parts, here is the testing on text. It Displays Steve. Backup Link
VID_105720623_072719_097.mp4*Demo video on how the LED would looks like stationary. This is not the actual Demo because some parts I ordered online did not arrive on time
The demo to the left is displaying this image as it spins.
That's it for my journal so far! Thank you for reading!
Currently, I am messing around with a branch of 3D printers --- Resin printer! Some questions I have to seek answers to are: "What is the difference between Resin Printer and Filament printer? What are some use cases for Resin Printers? How does Resin Printer work?" That's it for this post! If you want to learn about Resin printers, or you know about Resin printers, feel free to contact me!
Peace!
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