Fab Lab Austurland

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Fab Lab Austurland

Fab Lab Austurland opened in November 2014 as a collaboration between the Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands, Austurbrú and Innovation Center Iceland

Fab Lab is short for Fabrication Laboratory. We're set up to inspire and teach people about how to turn idea's into products, prototypes or art & design trough digital fabrication. We work with open source software and have various machines and processes available. Our capability's include lasercutting, vinylcutting, 3D printing, large format cnc milling, molding & casting, designing, creating and programming electronics.

Contact

Telephone: 477 1285

email: lilja@va.is

address: Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands, Mýrargötu 10, 740 Fjarðabyggð

(note: the Fab Lab is located in verkkennsluhús and you can enter by the metal stairs on the back (south side) of the house)

Schedule:
Here you can see the schedule for Fab Lab Austurlands. The ,,yellow hours" Almenn opnun is opening hours for the public. No need to book in advance. Just pop in. Usually those open hours for the public take place on Monday afternoons and on Saturdays from 10 - 14. It is important though to check out the schedule in this calendar before coming to the lab - in case is something has changed. Since we don´t have anyone to fill in sudden absence of our staff.

Staff members:
Lilja Guðný Jóhannesdóttir
Email: lilja@va.is
Hlynur Sveinsson
Email: hlynursvein@gmail.com

Fab Lab Austurland - useful links

Fab Lab Austurland on Facebook

Photostream from Fab Lab Austurland

Fab Lab Ísland´s homepage

Fab Lab Ísland's Teachers Site

Location

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Opening Hours

Public Hours (Almennur opnunartími)

Closed for the summer

Facilities

Note that our ShopBot does not cut Metals
While the ShopBot could cut softer metals (up to Brass) our machine is not set up to cut those.

3D scanning

1x 3D_scanning_with_Kinect
1x Roland_Modela_MDX-20

3D printer

1x Ultimaker 2

Molding and Casting

We have a small stock from www.smooth-on.com

Electronics

Classroom

8x computer with open source software and internet
1x presentation console with projector and sound

FabAcademy

The Fab Academy is a 5 month part-time course held at the same time in many Fab Lab around the world, starting each year in January. The program provides advanced instruction about rapid prototyping. Learning how to design, develop and build with digital fabrication techniques and electronica. Weekly classes are directed online in English, by Neil Gershenfeld (of MIT’s Center For Bits and Atoms) and supported by instructor in the local Fab Lab.

The Fab Academy is a fast paced. A hands-on learning experience where you plan and execute a new project each week. Each individual documents their progress of each project, resulting in a personal portfolio of technical accomplishments. Progress towards the diploma is evaluated by the student’s acquired skills rather than time or credits.

Read more ...: http://fabacademy.org
Fab Academy archive (2009 - present): http://www.fabacademy.org/archive/courses/index.html
Questions and/or local signup can be directed to: reykjavik@fablab.is

class 2015: Skúlína Hlíf Kjartansdóttir; Þórarinn B.B Gunnarsson; Sigridur Helga Hauksdottir; Margret Oskarsdottir

class 2014: Linda Wanders; Takuma Oami

Software

available on the computers in our Fab Lab

2D: Inkscape, GIMP

3D: Sketchup, Blender, Meshmixer, 123D catch, 123D make

commercial: Rhino, V-Carve, PartWorks

electronics: Fab modules, Eagle, Arduino

online: Tinkercad

Video

Resources

online databanks: thingiverse, living hinge patterns, http://www.craftsmanspace.com, instructables, digital woodjoints, github, fablabs.io/projects

online generator: pressfit box generator, snowflake generator, gear generator

other startups / beta projects: flatfab.com, smoothie-3d.com, mattermachine.com, Autodesk Shapeshifter

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