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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Unwrapping our 3D Printers

We got our three 3D Printers delivered at the start of February and we started to put them through their paces.


We ended up getting some FlashForge inventor2 machines and a FlashForge Guider 2 for ABS printing. Realistically if I had an open chequebook I would have gotten three Ultimaker units, but we all have budgets in our School Libraries - right?

Firstly, a print off of Benchy the tug boat. A diagnostic print designed to test the thresholds of your printer.

One of our science teachers wanted an Apollo Astronaut printed for his Year 10 STEM class.


One of our tech guys wanted a Baby Yoda printed off.

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We also experimented a bit with Pi Cookie Cutters. I love the idea of kids designing their own cookie cutters and then using them as part of a food tech project.


I am putting links to 3D Printing resources up on my Library Makerspace Libguides page.

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