Making

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  Sanding Gyrobifastigia

  July 21, 2012 Tom Armstrong
  Using sandpaper and acetone to smooth out the 26th Johnson Solid models printed in multiple colors from our MakerBot. More »
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  Long-Exposure Photographs of iRobot Creates Dancing

  July 21, 2012 Tom Armstrong
  Watching iRobot Create robots square dance while carrying glow sticks! More »
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  Recycling Power Mac G5 Chassis

  July 21, 2012 Tom Armstrong
  It debuted in 2003 and the case is still a thing of beauty. More »
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  Printing Johnson Solids

  July 21, 2012 Tom Armstrong
  Norman Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics here at Wheaton, identified a collection of polyhedra that are convex and have non-uniform regular polygonal faces: the Johnson Solids. There are 92 in total -- we're printing out all of them! More »
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  Gothic Cathedral Printing

  July 17, 2012 Tom Armstrong
  We printed a copy of Michael Curry's Gothic Cathedral model from Thingiverse. See MakerBot's time-lapse video from printing their own copy. More »
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  Machine Building in COMP 299

  May 2, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  There's nothing like rolling up your sleeves and learning to make things. So, in the spring of 2012, COMP 299 built some machines. More »