As we enter our busy season towards the end of the semester, please note that due to the small scale of our service, we cannot guarantee deadlines. If you have a project due in two days, we’ll try to accommodate you, but we make no promises. […]
Category: Tips & Tricks
Happy holidays!
Congratulations on what was hopefully a successful end of semester. We hope you all have a happy holiday season. If you come up with a great idea for something to print, make sure to drop us a line! […]
Designing Moving Parts
A little while ago, a student contacted me for help with designing things with moving parts such as hinges. I thought I’d put some of the links in my reply here, for some light Thanksgiving reading: == Designing 3D printed pin hinges, no assembly required: This person unfortunately doesn’t seem to mention the type of […]
The Makerbot’s Back!
Just in time for busy season, the Makerbot’s been repaired and you should be able to see it at work in the glass cage by the printers in the Science & Engineering Library. […]
Back to School!
Welcome back, students! We had a rather quiet summer in the library but we’re going to hit the ground running in the Fall semester. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay informed of all the cool stuff we’ll be offering this year. In the meantime, you may have noticed the Makerbot has been inactive lately. We’re […]
Summer, summer, summertime
Updates will be few and far between over the summer, but rest assured we are still here, prototyping your models and making your artwork come to life! Visit our Getting Started page and review our Policies and submit a model today! […]
Safety Concerns
A concerned citizen pointed us to this 2013 ZDnet post in which the potential dangers of 3D printing are highlighted. The ZDnet post mostly cites a Phys.org post which cites the original article by Stephens et al. (2013), and as is usually the case with most scientific reporting these days, a lot of nuance gets […]
Filament Rivets
We don’t have a hot glue gun around the library, but if you’re reading this and have access to the necessary items, this video shows a pretty simple way to build some articulation in your models. Please visit our Getting Started page! […]
3D printers and safety
tl;dr: maybe you should avoid having a 3D printer in your dorm room firing off ABS models. Azimi, P., Zhao, D., Pouzet, C., Crain, N. E., and Stephens, B. (2016). Emissions of ultrafine particles and volatile organic compounds from commercially available desktop three-dimensional printers with multiple filaments. Environ Sci Technol, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04983. Previous research has […]
Hello world!
Welcome to the new homepage of the Digital Science Center’s 3D printing service. The old page functioned as a repository of submitted designs, but it was largely a faceless entity; we hope to make this new version of it a bit more lively. If you’re reading this particular post after clicking on the ‘Tips and […]