Bootcamp Jan 2011

Boot Camp January 2011 will be held 10th of January until 14th of January 2011.

The Boot Camp is a short duration workshop on Fab Lab management, processes and project development. The goal of Boot Camps is to offer short term training for future Lab Managers, fabricators and creators around the world. The Boot Camp is developed by the Fab Labs in the worldwide network, provided with equipment and tutors dedicated (almost) 24/7 for an intense workshop on Digital Fabrication.


 * Barcelona, Spain
 * Providence, USA
 * Lyngen, Norway
 * Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

Day 1
A day of 2D Design & Fabrication plus documentation (WordPress/Wiki)

2D DESIGN TOOLS (1 hour)
Design software for 2D:
 * - Inkscape
 * - Openoffice
 * - Corel Draw

2D FABRICATION TOOLS (3 hours)
CNC Cutting: Laser:
 * Safety, use, maintenance, projects (2D projects)
 * - Materials (Wood, Acrylic, Textiles, Organic Source
 * - Nesting and saving material
 * - Press-fit
 * - From 2D to 3D and viceversa workflow (DEMO on waffle structures)
 * - Raster images and bitmaps

ShopBot (just introduction in 2D cutting use): Safety, use, maintenance, projects (2D projects). Vinyl Cutter:
 * - Materials (Wood, Aluminum, Composites, Acrylic)
 * - Tool types (Diameter, Length, Blades, Shape)
 * - Nesting and Holdown
 * Safety, use, maintenance, projects (Tshirt, flex circuit or antenna, signs)

Assignment:
 * To develop a design using a 2D Design software (Could be out of proposed software), fabricate it with the Laser Cutter and document it on Boot Camp Site.

Day 2
A day of 3D design, molding and casting, (xtra 3D printing technology for those who have that capability)

3D DESIGN TOOLS (3 hours)

 * - Blender
 * - Sketch-up
 * - Rhino
 * - K3D

3D FABRICATION TOOLS (3 hours)
Modela: ShopBot:
 * Safety, use, maintenance, projects (molding and casting, circuits, 2D etching)
 * - Materials
 * - Tool types (Diameter, Length, Blades, Shape)
 * - Molding and Casting materials
 * Safety, use, maintenance, projects (furniture, mini-sail boat, sign)
 * - Materials (Foam, Wax, Wood)
 * - Tool types (Diameter, Length, Blades, Shape)
 * - Molding and Casting materials in a large scale
 * - Large scale surfacing

'''3D printing '''
 * - Technoligies: Layering, SLS, FDM
 * - Commercial: ZCorp, Dimension, HP, Objet, Matrix, EOS
 * - Open Source projects: RepRap, Maker Bot, Fab at Home

Evening: 
 * Modela and ShopBot projects continued

Assignment: 
 * Design and fabricate a mold in a small scale

Day 3
A day on ShopBot, plus start electronics and documentation (collaborative project management, version control —mercurial)

Shop Bot Fabrication process (2 hours)

 * - Toolpath Generation
 * - Partworks 2.5D and 3D
 * - Material preparation and holdown
 * - Projects assembly

ELECTRONICS

 * - Design and Production
 * - Programming

Design software:  How to make a Hello World circuit (2 hours)
 * - cad.py (pretty tough for a couple of hours!!!!)
 * - Eagle
 * - CAD.py process (Feeds, Speeds, Resolution)
 * - Setting up the Modela (Calibration, Copper board setup)
 * - Tools (Milling and cutting)
 * - Soldering

Programming: 
 * How to program a Hello World circuit (2 hours)
 * - Assembler language
 * - C Programming
 * - Microcontroller language: .Hex files.
 * - Programming Cable Making (FABISP?)
 * - Avrdude

Evening:

 * electronics projects continued

Assignment

 * Modify, fabricate and program your own hello board

Day 4
Electronics continues and integrated final project work (something like a music box)

Finishing Electronics design, production and programming

 * - Programming cables
 * - Customized hello board

Final project integration

 * - A final project to be defined with the integration of different fabrication methods and electronics

Day 5
A day of overall lab considerations (management, business, networking, IT, etc.)

Lab Managment and administration (2 hours)
 * - Inventory
 * - Lab IT and Networking: Epilog, print drivers, LAN
 * - Machine maitenance
 * - Safety
 * - Machine reservation system
 * - Web managment tools
 * - Bussiness models
 * - Material managment (recycling, classifying)

Online Final Project Presentation

 * 5 min for participant to explain and show their projects (2-3 hours)