Bootcamp Aug 2014

Visit to Fab Lab Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.

Period: 18-22 August

Goals

• Learn about the different design programs
  • 2D
    • Inkscape
    • Gimp
  • 3D
    • Sketchup
    • Rhino
  • Electronics
    • Cadsoft Eagle
• Learn how to operate the machines
  • Vinylcutter - Roland GX-24
  • Lasercutter - Epilog Mini
  • 3D printing - Up, Makerbot
  • 3D scanning - Modela, Kinect, 123d catch, laserscanner
  • Large format machining 2D - Shopbot, vcarve
  • Large format machining 3D - Shopbot, partworks
  • Small format machining 2D - Modela MDX-20, fab-modules
  • Small format machining 3D - Modela MDX-20, Modela Player
• Using the Wiki
  • Make documentation
  • Make instructional videos
• Connect to the MCU
• Running a Fab Lab

• Setting up a new Fab Lab
• Operational model
• Makerspaces, Hackerspaces, Fab Labs

Week one: 18th to 22nd of August

• Introduction to Fab Labs

• Videos from Fab Labs around the world
  • http://vimeo.com/fablabbcn
  • Fab Lab Manchester 1
  • Fab Lab Manchester 2
  • Fab Lab Iceland Vestmannaeyjar
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/fablabisland
  • Fab Lab Amsterdam Self adjustable prosthesis
  • Jean Michel Molenaar - Fabs labs & global learning
• Guided tour of the fab lab
• Documentation and archiving online (30 minutes) Frosti for fab lab Wiki (45 minutes )
  • Where to find information?
    • Fab Central
    • FabWiki
    • [http://fab.cba.mit.edu/
    • Fab Academy
    • How to make almost anything),
    • Fabfolk.com
    • [1]
  • How to document?
    • log in
    • Special:Preferences
    • How to start your own page? Test page
    • How to upload file? Special:Upload

• Digital design
  • Design software for 2D:
    • Inkscape -Frosti , 90 minutes
      • [2]
    • Gimp

• Connect with the MCU
  • Jabber by Cisco
    • Download at the link above or via ciscojabbervideo.com, you will be asked to create an account during the process
    • Connect to the MCU by calling jabbervideo@18.85.8.48 -- or you can connect directly to room 1 by calling 1@18.85.8.48

General information about Fab Labs

• consumables for each machine

Are there suppliers for the materials Yes there are local suppliers.

• Up 3D printer: ABS plastics -> not locally yet, http://www.pp3dp.com/
• Roland Modela: Either Circuit board or model wax, not locally yet, http://www.machinablewax.com, http://www.globallaminates.com/, bits
• Roland GX-24 Vinyl cutter: Vinyl and transferring tape: locally, www.enso.is, knives
• Lasercutter: Acrylics, fast.is or merking.is

• Shopbot: Normally plywood, wood, plastics, locally, bits
• Epilog laser: Recycled cardboard, acrylics (Plexiglas), -> locally, used cardboard from packaging under soda bottles, acrylics locally

Consumption method (approximated numbers per user or group)

• Up 3D printer: ABS plastics -> per gram
• Roland Modela: Either Circuit board or model wax, not locally yet, -> per piece http://www.machinablewax.com, http://www.globallaminates.com/
• Roland GX-24 Vinyl cutter: Vinyl and transferring tape: -> per meter
• Shopbot: Normally plywood, wood, plastics, locally, -> per square meter
• Epilog laser: Recycled cardboard, acryllics (plexiglass), -> per square millimeter, or per new board that is started

Workshop Capacity, levels and software. Workshop capacity: 12-18 people max. With 18 you would need at least 2 mentors.

Workshop activities:

• http://academy.cba.mit.edu/2013/schedule/index.html

Software:

• Gimp, Inkscape, Blender,
• Eagle, Sculptris, Sketchup,
• Modela Player, V-Carve pro
• .pdf reader
• Pepacura
• Rhino 3D

• Up3d printing software
• Makerbot printing Software

See also: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/computer_design/index.html

Week two: 26-30th of August==

• Continue with Inkscape tutorial
• How to Make Circuits in the Fab Lab
• Making circuit boards on Modela
• 3D Scanning and file preparation for fabrication
  • (Frosti Scanning, demonstrative
  • idea to have modeling paste (clay)
  • 3d File Prep 30 minutes
• Shopbot

• Fab Lab Inventory
• Roland GX 24
• Epilog Laser
• Roland_Modela
• Shopbot maintenance documents
• Making_a_Wax_Mould_on_the_Modela
• InstallUbuntu
• Make instructional videos and tutorials

Day 1 Monday == Morning

• Introduction to Fab Labs
• Review the week: Describe final projects (inputs and outputs: motors, lights sound, temperature, etc.) (Frosti)

Afternoon

• • • - Openoffice
    • - Corel Draw
    • - illustrator
  • Design software for 3D:
    • - Blender Frosti Scale, rotate, add, join, save, export, (15 minutes)
    • - Sketch-up
    • - Rhino
    • - 123D Make,http://www.123dapp.com/
    • - K3D

• Homework: Decide upon and describe final project, integrating different fabrication methods and electronics

Day 2 Tuesday 9AM ==

• 9-10AM   Business/Sustainability
  • https://www.inventables.com,
    • • https://www.inventables.com, http://www.kickstarter.com/, http://www.etsy.com/
    • Sustainability models
• 10-12PM   3D design & file prep
• 12:12:30 lunch
• 12:30-1:15 tour of museum highlights
• 1:30-3:00 3D printing / learning Shopbot;
• 3:00-3:45 young people introduce selves and show some of their projects
• 4:00-6:15 Fabrication for 3D printer and ShopBot

Morning 

*2D Subtractive fabrication (Frosti) 
**2D - 3D pressfit with Sketchup (90 minutes) 
**laser cutter

 Afternoon 

*3D Additive fabrication, 3D printing 
**vinyl cutter 
*Making t-shirts (Frosti)

Day 3 Wednesday 8AM ==

Morning

• Fab Lab Management and Sustainability
  • How to set up a lab
• Additive fabrication (continued) (Dan)
• Introduction to ShopBot and making large things (Frosti)

Afternoon

• Shopbot /make something big (Frosti)
• Modela/molding and casting (Mercedes with help from Dan)

Day 4 Thursday 8 AM ==

Electronics all day

• start with 1.5 hours of Picocricket/Scratch/Pico Board Frosti)
• Circuit Design
• File preparation & fabrication(Mercedes)
• Fabrication: components & soldering (Mercedes)

Day 5 Friday 8AM ==

Morning

• Programming circuits

Afternoon

• Final Project Fabrication
• Systems Integration

Day 6 Saturday ==

All morning

• Final Project Fabrication & Systems Integration

Integrate the final projects
share the final projects with the users of the museum.

MSI

Concerns:
3 d printing
Rhino or Blender?
Google Sketchup

Question

Day 1 Monday ===

Morning

• Introduction to Fab Labs -
• Review the week: Describe final projects (inputs and outputs: motors, lights sound, temperature, etc.)(electronics with)
• Guided tour of the fab lab
• Documentation and archiving online

Afternoon Digital design (2D and 3D software tools)

Homework: Decide upon and describe final project, integrating different fabrication methods and electronics 

2D design and fabrication

2D DESIGN TOOLS (1 hour) ====

Design software for 2D:

• - Inkscape
• - Openoffice - Libre Office
• - Corel Draw
• - illustrator

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 =====

(Introduction in 2D cutting use): Safety, use, maintenance, projects (2D projects).

• - Materials (Wood, Aluminum, Composites, Acrylic)
• - Tool types (Diameter, Length, Blades, Shape)
• - Nesting and Hold down

Vinyl Cutter: =====

• Safety, use, maintenance, projects (Tshirt, flex circuit or antenna, signs)

Documentation =====

How to use the wiki

• Wiki help

Test page

Also you can try the Mercurial

• Mercurial

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 Tuesday ===

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: =====

• Safety, use, maintenance, projects (molding and casting, circuits, 2D etching)
  • - Materials
  • - Tool types (Diameter, Length, Blades, Shape)
  • - Molding and Casting materials
  • - Making a Wax Mould on the Modela

ShopBot =====

• 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

Shop Bot Fabrication process (2 hours) ====

• - Toolpath Generation
• - Partworks 2.5D and 3D
• - RhinoCam
• - Material preparation and holdown

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 Wednesday ===

Electronics and overall lab considerations (management, business, networking, IT, etc.) Group: Shawn Wallace electronics introduction: Time: 09:00 Boston time

Morning Europe time: Lab management, Tomas and Frosti, lab management and administration

Morning > Lab Management and administration (2 hours) ====

• - Inventory
• - Lab IT and Networking: Epilog, print drivers, LAN
• - Machine maintenance
• - Safety
• - Machine reservation system
• - Web management tools
• - Business models
• - Material management (recycling, classifying)

Afternoon > ELECTRONICS ====

• - Design and Production Hello this is my desktop
• - Programming

Design software:

• - cad.py (pretty tough for a couple of hours!!!!)
• - Eagle

How to make a Hello World circuit (2 hours)

• - 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:
• - RGB LED Board
• - Speaker Board
• - Step Response Board
• - Microphone Board

Day 4 Thursday ===

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

Finishing Electronics design, production and programming ====

• - Programming cables
• - Customized hello board

Day 5 Friday ===

Group session at 11.00 Boston time: Presentation and documentation

Final project integration ====

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

Online Final Project Presentation ====

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