Printing Braille Scrabble sets

(3D Printing Exercise)

STATUS: Completed

Overview

To provide a fun 3D printing exercise using the 3D printers at Pixel Lab at Tampines
To supply Braille Scrabble sets to three (3) organizations in Singapore

Mike and Alvin contributed in design and 3D prototyping of the components with iC2 and Orchard NLB. Several organizations involved in special education stated their interest in having sets of Braille Scrabble.

Please feel free to contact us at addictive.builders.sg@gmail.com if you have any inquiry.

3D model source

Folder Link

Tasks

1. Select a scrabble tile (from the source)

2. Let the group (Whatsapp Group Chat) knows which tile you would like to print

3. Generate the print file

Download the STL file
Import the STL into FlashPrint
Set the print settings
Save the print file (with extension *.gx) in an SD card
Insert the SD card to the 3D printer (FlashForge Dreamer)
Run the print

4. Inform the group about your print (snap a photo!) so that the rest will not repeat the same print.

Timeline

7 Jan - 29 March 2019 - 3D printing

March - May 2019 - Delivery

Updates

Project group members: Mike Tan, Alvin, Carol, Leong, Edmund, Nellie, Anisah, Eugene, Florence, Marlene, Jeffrey, Wong Chit Chong, Ken, Yu Lin, Shi Lei, Azeez and Catherine (non-exhaustive list)