During the third week of the FabAcademy our focues is on Computer-Controlled Cutting and our exercise is design, make and document a press-fit construction kit
During Friday lab session we discussed and analized some software tips and design tecniques for lasercutting. We also installed and tried the Roland GX-24 on ubuntu with the FabModules. We also made it work with an inkscape extension: Inkcut. The process to install an run it wasn't smooth. I didn't find the time to dig in it and try to replicate the issue.
On Saturday together with Massimo Bianchini we designed and cut some sample to test tolerances of the process.
On March 28th WeMake will host one of the many Arduino Day happening around the world. We're praparing a resident project for that day: an indoor vegetable garden. One of the elements will be some shelves with hydroponics vases.
Following this sketch I used SketchUp to design e refine the idea. It's a very fast tool to do this kind of process.