[sc:3dclub-intro] Great news, everyone: The BOM team has successfully sourced a large number of hardware-related parts, and has found some great prices at a company called McMaster-Carr. After working with the accounting team, it looks like all the hardware is going…
[sc:3dclub-intro] One of the kids worked with his mother outside of the meeting time to develop a logo idea, as well as a tagline, mission, and vision. It’s the kids like this — the ones who really step up to…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This email was sent to the entire team the weekend before the next Friday meeting, which will be the last meeting of the calendar year (due to holiday breaks). Greetings, fellow makers! We missed the fifth graders at the…
It’s not easy to find metric drill bits in the United States. For a lot of applications, letter, fractional, or wire gauge drill bits are accurate enough, are more commonly available, and are much more reasonably priced. This tables shows…
[sc:3dclub-intro] The older kids were out on a field trip and weren’t able to attend Friday’s meeting, so we set it up as an extension of the previous meeting, this essentially the same goals. This gave us the opportunity to…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This all-team email went out three days before the third club meeting. In this case, the older club members (and most of the primary leads) were going to be on an out-of-town field trip, causing them to miss the…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This email went out to all team members four days after the second all-team meeting. Their science notebooks had been collected for the weekend after the last meeting, but were returned on Monday. Greetings fellow Makers! School is out…
[sc:3dclub-intro] Keeping a science notebook can be a lot of fun. It’s not very difficult to do, and if it’s done well, it’s something you will be proud of for years to come. (The first science notebook I saw when…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This post is the (redacted) email that was sent to team members after the second meeting. Greetings Fellow Makers! Our meeting this past Friday was a complete success, and I’m very proud of everyone I saw who was working…
[sc:3dclub-intro] With the 3D printer club now in full swing, we’ve already discovered that we need some supplies. I’ll describe how that process can work, using the very real example of what came up yesterday. This type of process can…