Limits Of 3D printing

thingiverse

This project is a engineers prospective of what a 3d printer can and can not do. It shows where the printer will fail and where it is strong . Project Objectives The student will be expected to learn what a 3D printer is capable of. The student will see what the 3D printer will fail at. They will also see what the printers strong points are. Audiences The age for this project would be 12 and up. The skill required is almost none, but the student must be able to understand what they are learning. Preparation The student needs to know almost nothing it just depends on how easily they can understand what they are learning. The only thing you will need to start this project is a 3D printer and plastic for the printer. You may want to put a camera on the 3D printer so that if you dont have a one hour class. You can show the class a time laps of it printing the next day. Steps Download the Thing File. Put the Thing File into your printer. Watch it print fail and accomplish its goal for your class. Show the class what has happened to the print. It will utterly fail on the left side. It will be droopy in the front under the shaft. and under the curve on the right. Results The student will be expected to tell the teacher where it failed and where it is strong. The student could also make a model, 3D print it and the teacher could grade the 3D printed object. The object should look clean and fine.