Tag Archives: 3D Printing

Last month we demonstrated how 3D printing could be used in your garden to make useful items or create entire aquaponics setups. This month Mandy Stultz is going to show us how 3D printing can be incorporated with traditional crafts. From fiber arts to water colors, numerous tools can be easily created with your 3D printer to help unleash your craftiness.

This event as always is free and open to the public. We will be meeting in Ocean State Maker Mills new expanded space on the first floor (80 Fountain Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Unit 113). Come around back near the corner of Middle and Blackstone, and look for the signs on the door near the fire escape to get in. The event will kick off at 7pm on Wednesday April 12th.

March 2017 Meeting: Gardening With 3D Printing

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March 8, 2017

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Photo by Sergio D’Afflitto

Spring is upon us and it’s time to start planning your garden. Like many other areas where 3D printing can help you out, the garden and 3D printing are a great couple. We’ll present a few ways you can help your green thumb grow a bumper crop this season and see if we can find a few more solutions that others haven’t come up with yet.

This event is free and open to everyone just like every month! Ocean State Maker Mill will be our host and the doors will open at 7pm at 80 Fountain Street, Pawtucket. This is a great meeting for first timers and veterans alike.

May 2016 Meeting: 3D Printing Pens

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May 10, 2016

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3D printing pens can be useful tools and creative outlets. Broken prints can be fixed, objects can be drawn, two parts can be welded together, or art can be transformed from 2D into 3D. Just like there are different types of 3D printers, there are also different types of 3D printing pens. This month, we are going to have some fun exploring the potential of 3D printing pens. Join us Wednesday, May 11th at Ocean State Maker Mill at 7pm to draw like you’ve never drawn before. This event, like always, is free and open to the public. We will have a variety of different pens available for everyone to try out, including the 3Doodler and CreoPop.

January 2016 Meeting: Kick Out The Jams

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January 12, 2016

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Over the past few months, the 3DPPVD and OSMM crew have been having a lot of fun 3D printing Ukuleles and some other musical instruments. 3D printing gives us the possibility to not only create playable instruments in a cost effective fashion, but also to be able to push the boundaries of what classic instruments are capable of. The range of available designs currently on the market offers tons of possibilities from string instruments to trumpets, percussion to bagpipes, you could print a pretty rocking band.

Come join us this Wednesday (1/13/16) starting at 7pm at Ocean State Maker Mill to try out a few 3D printed musical instruments, as well as explore what else is out there. Who knows, maybe we can come up with the next big thing! This event is free and open to everyone.

November 2014 Meeting: 3D Scanning

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November 10, 2014

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The holidays are coming and personalized presents make great gifts for family and loved ones. This month we are going to talk about 3D scanning technology that you could use to help make the perfect DIY present for a special someone in your life this holiday season.

We will have a 3D Systems Sense scanner on-hand to scan in attendees, and we will also show other tools you can use at home. If you have a scanning solution – either handheld or desktop – that you would like to show to the group, please be sure to bring it along.

This month, we are also going to start what we hope will be a regular event at our meetings: 3D print show-and-tell. If you have created something or even downloaded a cool model from Youmagine, Thingiverse, or elsewhere that you would like to share with the group, please bring it along for everyone to see.

We will be meeting this month again at the Focus Vision Media studio (80 Fountain Street, Pawtucket, RI) on Wednesday November 12th at 7PM. Feel free to bring snacks, beer, or your favorite beverage (or nothing at all is fine by us too, we just want you there).

We also have a ***big surprise*** that we are going to be unveiling to our community this month, so this is not a meeting to miss.

A 3D Printing Pen?

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February 19, 2013

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New on Kickstarter is the 3Doodler, a 3D printing pen. This item is essentially a hand held extruder that allows users to draw their designs in 2D or 3D space. I think the novelty of this will appeal to many users but I think there are hidden benefits to the device also. The pen should also be able to be used as a welder to attach two prints together or to fix cracks that may have occurred in your prints. This option alone could be worth the early bird $75 entry price but I feel like there will also be lots of fun 3D doodles in our future.