Week 6: Refining Process

After having printed the cube and my other block, my boss prompted me to make a thinner, more complex plate. So…

Week 1: Getting the “OK”

I’ve been working in the digital lab, surrounded by all kinds of beautiful printers, just trying to get my bearings. I figured my job was mainly about assisting students who need to use the large digital printer, and maybe get to tinker around with the 3D printer in the mean time…

Week 12: Little Factory

Since last week, things have been much more relaxed. I tried printing out the G letter block again. They were pretty…

Week 3,4: Finally Testing

I’ve been slow to get around to discussing week 3, as not much research happened. There were a fair amount of students throught the week digital printing, so I had to work the printer. I was so lost on Tuesday; it was a perfect storm in which my boss was busy all day, and I was…

Week 5: Full Picture

I started this week by using the vinyl cutter to cut a sheet of 6 squares, with four squares in the middle cut out. I had…

Week 11: Real Letters!

My boss brought in the digital caliber, and I was able to accurately measure the letterpress blocks. I got all the dimensions, and got to printing another G. The next goal is to print all the letters in the alphabet, I think I’m sticking with all caps for now.

Week 8+9: Letters!

A student came in to use the 3D printer! They were printing off pre-made D’n’D characters, but hey, they seem really keen, so…

Week 2: Things Are Heating Up

In this past recent week, a number of successes were made!

I found that there was no easy solution to my pdf-in-Autocad predicament. Therefor, the only viable option was to trace the lines with the polyline tool, which is a lot like the pen tool in…

Week 13: Compiling and Exploring

This week has been pretty alright. I’ve had midterms, and it’s been snowing a lot, so it’s been a bit of a topsy-turvy beginning of the week.

Wednesday I just cleaned up the studio, which was actually relaxing. The next day, I worked on a guide…

Week 10: In Charge?

Much of the week was spent helping people digital print, and doing things around the studio. On Friday, though, my boss was sick, so it was just me and a prof in the studio, running things.