The first week I spent at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Jonathan Ward was helping the students there with various metal projects. I wanted to experiment with cutting copper on the ShopBot, so I created this sign for AS220 Labs / Providence, RI Fab Academy to be displayed at our booth at the upcoming AS220 Foo Fest.
Quave brought a photo of a previous glass piece to the Fab Lab at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. We extracted a heightfield from the photo using Rhino and then exported it as a .stl file. We then open the .stl file in PartWorks3D and created a toolpath. The resulting two molds were milled out of insulation foam and wood. The foam mold was then recast in plaster silica so Quave could cast glass in it. Work in progress.
While at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, I received some ShopBot training from Jonathan Ward. I then designed this decorative table in Inkscape, edited it in PartWorks and cut it out on the ShopBot. I ran into some .dxf exporting and resizing issues, I do not recommend using Inkscape to design files for the ShopBot. I cut two tables from AC and Birch plywood with slightly different table tops. I have not yet decided how to finish the table (stain or oil).
After Jie Qi’sTechnical Assistant presentation at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, many Haystackers were interested in making the LED dragon night kites she had presented in her slide talk. We assembled the interested parties after dinner and had an impromptu kite making workshop. We made many kites from balsa wood dowels, tissue paper and “happy birthday” banners (for the tails), then strung them together into a long chain.
Unfortunately, our night kite flying was foiled by a complete lack of wind. I feel that the disappointment we felt at the lack of wind was offset by the great time we had making the kites. You can see a video of what the kites would have looked like in action if we had wind.
