Hi,
#1 son is working with a team doing the first lego league competition. As
part of the competition they have to do a project. They are making a device
to hold multiple wires on a plug socket. They have a mock up made in
cardboard, but they really want to make a demo in plastic. I’ve no idea how
to even get started fabricating something in plastic. Can anyone point us
in the direction? Is this something you can do at fablab?
Thanks,
Dave
I’m no expert, but you can laser cut acrylic boards and glue them together
at the FabLab. Their 3D printer is also an option, but it’s pretty
expensive.
I’m sure others with more experience can suggest more things.On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Dave Potts dave@goopot.co.uk wrote:
Hi,
#1 son is working with a team doing the first lego league competition. As
part of the competition they have to do a project. They are making a device
to hold multiple wires on a plug socket. They have a mock up made in
cardboard, but they really want to make a demo in plastic. I’ve no idea how
to even get started fabricating something in plastic. Can anyone point us
in the direction? Is this something you can do at fablab?Thanks,
Dave
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Completely irrelevant to your question, but I am a part of a robotics team
at school. We compete in a competition called RoboCup Junior Soccer. I am
merely temporarily turning into a propaganda machine trying to sell it :-D.
We tried First Robotics, but found the rules a bit oppressive. In RCJ, all
you are limited by is the size, weight and game rules (must be able to
play, and be autonomous). The competition is typically entered (at least in
the UK) by predominantly Lego teams, but you can use whatever (we are going
with custom PCBs). The competition poses interesting design and software
problems, and goes into many disciplines (electronics, software, physical
stuff, mechanics.etc) The competition rules stay the same (with a few
revisions) each year, so you can develop your robots over a longer period
of time. The main advantage to RCJ is the ability to compete abroad. Our
team won the nationals 2 years ago for our age category, and went to
Istanbul (also with RoboCup Senior, so you can look at a lot of cool
stuff). We also won last year, but could not afford to go. But there are
only a few teams that compete in the UK, so any team has a very decent
hance of being able to compete in an international competition.
Just something you that “#1 son” might like to consider…
Hereth ends the propaganda…On 7 November 2012 22:03, Salman Aljammaz aljamms8@cs.man.ac.uk wrote:
I’m no expert, but you can laser cut acrylic boards and glue them together
at the FabLab. Their 3D printer is also an option, but it’s pretty
expensive.I’m sure others with more experience can suggest more things.
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Dave Potts dave@goopot.co.uk wrote:
Hi,
#1 son is working with a team doing the first lego league competition. As
part of the competition they have to do a project. They are making a device
to hold multiple wires on a plug socket. They have a mock up made in
cardboard, but they really want to make a demo in plastic. I’ve no idea how
to even get started fabricating something in plastic. Can anyone point us
in the direction? Is this something you can do at fablab?Thanks,
Dave
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If they can model it in a 3D cad program, we can print it out on the
Hackspace Mendelmax.On Nov 7, 2012 5:31 PM, “Dave Potts” dave@goopot.co.uk wrote:
Hi,
#1 son is working with a team doing the first lego league competition. As
part of the competition they have to do a project. They are making a device
to hold multiple wires on a plug socket. They have a mock up made in
cardboard, but they really want to make a demo in plastic. I’ve no idea how
to even get started fabricating something in plastic. Can anyone point us
in the direction? Is this something you can do at fablab?Thanks,
Dave
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We might be able to do something to model it in 3D. What’s the specs of
the software we need to meet? Something that Google Sketch-up or Blender
could handle?
Dave.On 7 November 2012 22:55, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:
If they can model it in a 3D cad program, we can print it out on the
Hackspace Mendelmax.
On Nov 7, 2012 5:31 PM, “Dave Potts” dave@goopot.co.uk wrote:Hi,
#1 son is working with a team doing the first lego league competition. As
part of the competition they have to do a project. They are making a device
to hold multiple wires on a plug socket. They have a mock up made in
cardboard, but they really want to make a demo in plastic. I’ve no idea how
to even get started fabricating something in plastic. Can anyone point us
in the direction? Is this something you can do at fablab?Thanks,
Dave
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