Another great day down at Xerocraft. Steve was working on his beer can handle that he was printing on the Ultimaker 3-D printer.
He and Alex have been doing a lot of work on the Makerbot that Robbie had brought in to get it running the way it was supposed to. Steve was able to get the Makerbot to run out some test cubes that weren’t quite what we wanted to see but they were close enough to show that the machine is now functioning and we are down to fine-tuning, calibrations, and figuring out the quirks in the Thingaverse software. The new 3-D printer has a smaller bed but has a heated bed that allows it to run ABS plastic that our current Ultimaker won’t. Good job guys!
David’s Woodworking workshop had a large turnout of folks that wanted to find out more about using power woodworking tools safely and a few folks stayed to work on the days project, an end-grain cutting board. Here’s a photo of one the workshop participants checking his hand plane before starting final finishing on his project.
This is a blog on the Comings and goings at Xerocraft as we gear-up for our move to the new Steinfeld Warehouse location near 6th St. and Church. Our new address will be 101 W. 6th St but we will not be there for a few months yet. We are working with the City of Tucson to get a Certificate of Occupancy and this requires some significant upgrade to the water, sewer and Building electrical system. At this time we are demolishing some of the stuff we know needs to come out and salvaging materials that can be re-used for the new utilities.
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