Amp Lab

Jason All software on computer now? Haas TM-2P mill ordered Soluble material arrived Working on Moyan paper Department may try to buy a low-end metal additive this next year:  http://auroralabs3d.com/ Think of possible research we can do with it!

This week Emily, Danni and I were able to meet with Grant from the Venture Lab and talked about how we could make education videos for the AMP an Venture Lab. Emily and I made a list of topics we should talk about in the videos. Emily and I started writing scripts for each topic to be made into videos. Below is example of our scripts. Unloading and Loading Filament Whenever you want to change colors, materials, or just start a new roll of filament, you have to unload your current filament and load a new one. First, turn on the Prusa with the switch on the side as shown. Then, we’re going to pre-heat the nozzle. Scroll down to the preheat option and click. Pick the material you’re unloading from the list of options. When the nozzle has had a minute or two to heat up, we can unload the filament. Hold on to the filament tightly, and scroll down to the “unload” option on the printer. When you press it, the filament will start to get pushed out. Make sure you help it along...

Jason - Install meshmixer on computer, order soluble support material Louisa, Emily, Danni - making training videos for Venture Factory, Additive module for "Design for X" class, lit research on existing papers on design guidelines for FDM and metal

Last week, we did tensile testing on 25 dog bone samples. We tested dog bones with infill patterns at 45,90, and 0 degrees. We had a bit of a difficult working the Blue Hill program. This week  we will work on organizing the data in to charts that will help us understand the relationship between the yield strength and the infill pattern.

Tasks from last week: Jason - enclosure materials should be arriving Jason - will talk to Dr McKell and order Haas mill Jason - will look at options for shared website/blog John - will contact Jason Jones to start coordinating on work TJ - will continue lit review, narrow research questions TJ, Louisa, Emily - will formulate mission statement, consider future projects and direction TJ, Louisa, Emily - if machine is fixed, can start tension tests TJ, Louisa, Emily - can begin playing with carbon fiber ABS New tasks: Jason - see if Slic3r can do one-way infill Jason - order S3D for computer, install S3D and Cura Jason - order SD card reader John - Set up meeting with Jason Jones (if he is interested), research other possible suppliers John - Define the scope of my new thesis direction John - Search for any and all related work to MAM/Substrate interface characteristics