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Beginning Fab Academy

Posted in Miscellaneous on January 4th, 2010 by Anna France – Comments Off

Fab Academy LogoToday I began participating in pilot year of the Fab Academy program at AS220 Labs. The Fab Academy is based on the MIT course MAS.863 – How to Make (Almost) Anything and provides instruction in the mechanisms, applications, and implications of digital fabrication. I am starting a semester late, so I will be working on the current assignment while making up the first semester.

AS220 Labs Logo


3D Molding and Casting (The Current Assignment)
Project Ideas: TARDIS (Police Box Outside).


Computer Controlled Cutting (Make-up Assignment)
Press Fit Project Ideas: Lamp / Lamp Shade, Moose Head, Cube, T-rex. (I will see what is working)


Final Project: Some type of wearable augmented reality, details TBD.

Learning the Basics of the Roland MDX-20 Milling Machine
Roland MDX-20 milling machine

Machinable Wax Test