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Parker's 3D Prints
Parker's 3D Prints
Owned and operated by Cameron Huggins
Owned and operated by Cameron Huggins
Cameron is a small business owner and a robotics mentor within the FIRST robotics community. He helps coach/mentor teams within the Wheeler High School robotics organization, CircuitRunners, and graciously provides material and service donations to support these teams. Currently, he is looking for ways to expand his 3D printing business.
Cameron Huggins, Owner
Cameron Huggins, Owner
Parker's 3D Prints is a small business aimed at providing clients with the flexibility and convenience of 3D printed parts. Besides being a clientele-based service for both CNC routing/milling and 3D printed parts, Parker's 3D Prints offers an array of inventory ranging from fidget toys and shelving labels, to Olympic weightlifting plate adapters.
"Anything from 1 prototype, to 10,000 production parts, we're here for your 3D Printing needs."
"Anything from 1 prototype, to 10,000 production parts, we're here for your 3D Printing needs."
My Internship
My Internship
Maintenance Assistant and CNC Operator
Maintenance Assistant and CNC Operator
General Duties
General Duties
At my internship, I work with Cameron to provide maintenance to the various printers that make up Parker's 3D Prints alongside running the large CNC router he offers as a service. This includes the removal, replacement, and cleaning of 3D printers, janitorial services for the floorspace these printers are operated in, packing and preparation of parts for distribution/shipment, development and preparation of 3D printed parts/files in 3D printing slicers, operation and supervision of aluminum and polycarbonate milling operations, preparation of sheet metal materials, among quite a few other operations.
Skills and Experiences
Skills and Experiences
Whilst interning under Cameron, I've been able to learn about the first-hand experiences and hardships of operating, financing, and entrepreneuring a small business. I have been able to develop my skills within the Fusion360 CAM software to better prepare operations for milling, boring, and contour operations. I've learned about the different mindsets involved in preparing parts for clients and how to communicate effectively with clients about potential parts.
This project was intended to develop a 3D printing automation system aimed towards consistency (measured in continuous uptime) and raw production output at a friendly price towards hobbyists and small business. In my own experiences, I have firsthand experience in constantly monitoring a 3D printer for completion just to start another print to have to wait to finish. Having to wait on my printer to complete a part for an engineering project I’m working on or otherwise wasting precious hours of my own sleep or in idle printer time slows down assembly times and pushes back deadlines, especially when working with a team. Even with the improvements of 3D printers over the years, a lack of autonomous printing really takes a toll on the speed of projects that require these 3D printed parts and alternatives, such as buying the printed parts from another manufacturer, hikes up prices extremely quickly.
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