3D Printer Club: BOM Team Update
[sc:3dclub-intro] After the holiday, I wanted to get the kids back into the swing of things and provide each team with a concrete list of things they could work on. There’s a bit more attrition as well, but also a…
[sc:3dclub-intro] After the holiday, I wanted to get the kids back into the swing of things and provide each team with a concrete list of things they could work on. There’s a bit more attrition as well, but also a…
[sc:3dclub-intro] Today the blog team lead announced to all club members that the team website is now online. It’s at — go check it out!
[sc:3dclub-intro] During the break, I wanted to set up email lists for each team so they could better communicate: (redacted) Hello [membership team leads], I hope you’re having a good break so far! I have a couple things I hope…
[sc:3dclub-intro] The kids at this school are on a year-round schedule, and they get several weeks off between quarters. We placed our first real order after the last meeting of the quarter, and this is the email I sent to…
[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…