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Boise State Maker Projects

 

The Boise State Maker Projects collection highlights the creations of students, staff and faculty using The Albertsons Library RepRap 3D printer and other Maker Movement technology. The collection includes projects from a variety of disciplines and showcases the ingenuity of the Boise State University community.

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  • Idaho, First Chair Lift Ornament by Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione, and Leslie Madsen-Brooks

    Idaho, First Chair Lift Ornament

    Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione, and Leslie Madsen-Brooks

    Albertsons Library at Boise State University (ID) is supporting a maker movement on campus. We recently acquired a RepRap 3D printer, and saw the 2014 3D Printed Ornament Challenge as a good reason to jump into learning 3D design. Being new to 3D design, the team decided to use Tinkercad, as it is fairly intuitive, and definitely easy to use.

    We wanted our design to be specific to our state, and since the maker movement is all about innovation, we wanted to highlight an Idaho invention. A conversation with a faculty member from the history department made us aware that the world's first chair lift was installed in Idaho at Sun Valley. This was specific to our state, highlighted an innovation, and was winter themed. We had our concept!

    To see step by step instructions see our Instructables page.

    Settings we used to print:

    Layer height: 0.2mm Solid infill: Top/ bottom 3 layers Infill: 35mm/s Solid infill: 40mm/s External perimeters, top and bottom layers: 70% speed No support material was needed Extruder temp: 185 Bed temp: 75 Time to Print: 53:66 Filament: 3mm PLA from Citizen Scientific Workshop.

  • Albertsons Library Fountain 1968 by Jim Duran

    Albertsons Library Fountain 1968

    Jim Duran

    In 2014 the Albertsons Library was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of Boise State University’s first library building. In 1968 the veteran students of Boise State College raised funds to build a War Memorial Mall at the entrance of the library. The water fountain was a highlight of campus for many decades. To commemorate the fountain and the original library, I designed a 3D model of both structures.

    I started with historic maps of campus that included locations of sidewalks and building footprints. Those drawings were converted to .STL files and uploaded to TinkerCad. Then, I scanned a 1st level floorplan of the Library from the 1960s and converted the digital file to .STL. After rescaling both files, I merged them into a single object. That object is viewable in Tinkercad (https://tinkercad.com/things/fe2FKfKK9Zm)

    This object was on display in the Special Collections and Archives exhibit windows in an exhibit that commemorates some of the tributes to Boise State University’s military community that served in combat overseas (Spring 2015).

  • Salute by Jim D. Duran

    Salute

    Jim D. Duran

    This object is a 3D interpretation and model of the art installation “Salute” by Kay Kirkpatrick, on the Boise State University campus near the Student Union Building. The 3D object was created using Tinkercad and used digital camera photos to render the shape of the piece. To allow for 3D printing, Salute was split into three objects. Each part was printed individually, then mounted to mat board.

    This object was on display in the Special Collections and Archives exhibit windows in an exhibit that commemorates some of the tributes to Boise State University’s military community that served in combat overseas (Spring 2015).

 
 
 

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