Week 5: 3D Scanning and Printing

Research

When I had first heard of Fab Labs, I though the only thing they do is use 3D printers, which I found to be very limiting for a maker space.

Probably everyone in their youth has plaied with construction toys like Lego or similar. It has been something I have always found a lot of attrection to, whether its simplicity, sleek design, high quality, or timeless and ageless presence. But Legos also have their drawback of being limited in shapes, and builds, despite having other tech-product series.

So my inital expectation of Fab Labs being limited to 3D printers was shifted, as a maker I can build any

What are Legos made of?

How to achieve a more translucent body?

Group Assignment

Individual Assignment

To me, transparent filaments are quite applealing! So for my individual assignment, I wa

It’s important to me efficient with my resources, and not waste much material. For this case, I decided to use transparent PLA, and tested its transparency.

To test the translucency, the test object was a 40x40mm cube, split into 4 10mm layers varying in their speed. The specimen doesn’t have top or bottom layers, neither outer walls — pure 100% infill.

To support this experiment I found one resear