Fab Boot Camp
Fab Boot Camp Lyngen
January 16th – February 13th 2008
First Draft Schedule
Wednesday, January 16
Participants arrive in Tromso
Transport to Lygen/Solvik Gard
1800 Evening dinner/event to welcome participants
Thursday, January 17th
0800 Breakfast
1000 Welcome to Lyngen – Mayer Hans Karlsen,Lyngen commune.
1030 Welcome and Introduction—Haakon Karlsen,MIT-FabLab.
1100 Fab World—Neil Gershenfeld, MIT-CBA.
1130 Leader of Regional Education Department
1200 Minister of Education
1230 Lunch
1330 Overview:
Tools,Processes, Documentation (site-server) Neil Gershenfeld
1800 Dinner.
Friday, January 18th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Overview:
1000 Tools, Processes, Documentation (site-server) Neil Gershenfeld
1200 Lunch
1800 Dinner
Saturday,January 19th
0800 Breakfast
0900 2D design software (Kenny/Jørgen).
a. Inkscape, Gimp (Corel Draw for Windows)
b. Cam.py
c. Cad.py (2&3D)
1200 Lunch
1300 Team 1
Vinyl Cutter: tool, processes and project (Jørgen).
a. masks for T-shirts
b. antennas
c. flexible circuits
d. 3D projects
Team 2
Laser Cutter: tool, processes and project (Johann).
a. 3D press-fit structures
b. 2D engraving
c. 2D objects
d. 3D images
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document on the site server.
Document the tool and the projects and post online Feedback
Sunday,January 20th
0800 Breakfast
DAY OFF
1200 Lunch
DAY OFF
1800 Dinner
Monday,January 21st
0800 Breakfast
0900 Team 2
Vinyl Cutter: tool, processes and project (Jørgen).
a. masks for T-shirts
b. antennas
c. flexible circuits
d. 3D projects
Team 1
a. 3D press-fit structures
c. 2D objects
d. 3D images
1200 Lunch
0900 Team 2
Vinyl Cutter: tool, processes and project (Jørgen).
a. masks for T-shirts
b. antennas
c. flexible circuits
d. 3D projects
Team 1
Laser Cutter: tool, processes and project (Johann)
a. 3D press-fit structures
b. 2D engraving
c. 2D objects
d. 3D images
1800 Dinner
Eve: informal Fab Foundation discussion (Haakon/Andreas)
Homework: Document the tool and the projects and post online
Feedback
Tuesday, January 22nd
0800 Breakfast
0900 Modela circuit board milling, molding and casting tutorial (Kenny/Johann/Jørgen)
Team 1
Modela project
Molding and casting
Team 2
Circuit board
Stuff and program a circuit board
1200 Lunch
1300 Team 1
Modela project
Molding and casting
Team 2
Circuit board
Stuff and program a circuit board
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document the tool and the projects and post online
Feedback
Wednesday, January 23rd
0800 Breakfast
0900 Circuit design, board stuffing, programming intro (Kenny/Johann/Jørgen)
Team 2
Modela project
Molding and casting
Team 1
Circuit board
Stuff and program a circuit board
1200 Lunch
1300 Circuit design, board stuffing, programming intro (Kenny/Johann/Jørgen)
Team 2
Modela project
Molding and casting
Team 1
Circuit board
Stuff and program a circuit board
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document the tool and the projects and post online
Feedback
Thursday, January 24th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Programming (Dhananjay)
1200 Lunch
1300 Programming (Dhananjay)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document/write group tutorial and post online
Feedback
Friday, January 25th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Circuit Design and board fabrication (Kenny/Johann/Jørgen/ Dhananjay)
1200 Lunch
1300 Circuit Design and board fabrication
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document/write group tutorial and post online (Kenny/Johann/Jørgen/ Dhananjay)
Feedback
Saturday January 26th
0800 Breakfast
DAY OFF
1200 Lunch
DAY OFF
1800 Dinner
Sunday, January 27th
0800 Breakfast
DAY OFF
1200 Lunch
DAY OFF
1800 Dinner
Monday, January 28th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Integrated project #1 —short one and a half day project like make a music box with press fit structure and music circuit (Johann/Kenny)
1200 Lunch
1300 Integrated project #1 —short one and a half day project like make a music box with press fit structure and music circuit (Johan/ Kenny)
1600 International networking, web presence (Amy Sun via Polycom, Lassiter via Polycom)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Tuesday, January 29th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Integrated project—day 2 (Johan/Kenny)
1200 Lunch
1300 Integrated project—day 2 (Johan/Kenny)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Wednesday,January 30th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Lab observation, your lab planning
1200 Lunch
1300 Lab observation, your lab planning
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Thursday, January 31st
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Homework:
Friday, February 1th
0900 ShopBot: tool, processes and project
d. 3D press-fit structures
e. engraving
f. 3D images
1200 Lunch
1300 ShopBot: tool, processes and project
d. 3D press-fit structures
e. Engraving
f. 3D images
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document case study and post online
Feedback
Saturday, February 2nd
0800 Breakfast
0900 Lab administration and management
1200 Lunch
1300 Lab IT and networking, prepping computers with open source
Software and other processes (like scanner designs to machine)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document case study and post online
Feedback
Sunday, February 3rd
0800 Breakfast
DAY OFF
1200 Lunch
DAY OFF
1800 Dinner
Monday, February 4th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Team 1
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone 3. – 6. feb.)
Team 2
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
1200 Lunch
1300 Team 1
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
Team 2
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Tuesday, February 7th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Team 1
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
Team 2
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
1200 Lunch
1300 Team 1
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
Team 2
Build a Fab@Home 3-D printer (Evan Malone—via Polycom?)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Wednesday, February 6th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Advanced Modela day with Carl Scheffler.
1200 Lunch
1300 Advanced Modela day with Carl Scheffler.
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Thursday, February 7th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Advanced Modela day with Carl Scheffler.
1200 Lunch
1300 Advanced Modela day with Carl Scheffler.
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Friday, February 8th
0800 Breakfast
0900 School project (Tom Frode)
1200 Lunch
1300 Fab Value (Allan/)
1500 Break
1530 Fab Academy (Neil)
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Saturday, February 9th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Electronics bench tools: (Johann) a. Power Supply
b. Oscilloscope
d. Function Generator
Integrated project #1 —short one and half day project like make a music box with press fit structure and music circuit (Johan/Amy).
1200 Lunch.
1300 Design that matters… collaborative, community project (Johan, Amy).
1800 Dinner.
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Sunday, February 10th
0800 Breakfast
DAY OFF
1200 Lunch
DAY OFF
1800 Dinner
Monday, February 11th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Design that matters… collaborative project
1200 Lunch
1300 Design that matter… collaborative project
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Tuesday, February 12th
0800 Breakfast.
0900 Lab observation, your lab planning.
1200 Lunch.
1300 Lab observation, your lab planning.
1800 Dinner
Homework: Document project and post online
Feedback
Wednesday, February 13th
0800 Breakfast
0900 Final projects, final comments
1200 Lunch
1300 Final projects, final comments
1800 Celebration Dinner
What kind of projects and programs will we learn about?
Vinyl Cutter: tool, processes and project
a. Masks for T-shirts.
b. Antennas.
c. Flexible circuits.
d. 3D projects.
Modela: tool processes and project
a. Circuit boards.
b. Molding and casting.
c. 3D milling.
Electronics and Programming.
a. Stuff a circuit board.
b. Very basic Python programming.
c. Eagle circuit design.
d. Cad.py circuit design.
Electronics bench tools:
a. Power Supply.
b. Oscilloscope.
c. Function Generator.
Laser Cutter: tool, processes and project
a. 3D press-fit structures.
b. Engraving.
c. 3D images.
ShopBot: tool, processes and project
a. 3D press-fit structures engraving.
b. 3D images.
Education: Outreach to local schools, special projects (like robots, glacier tracking)
Lab IT and networking
FabLab International networking and documentation (site server, documentation in general and lab setup)
Lab management and administration
Fab Software:
a. Cad.py.
b. Blender.
c. Gimp.
d. Inkscape.
e. Scratch.
f. OpenOffice.
g. Cam.py.
h. Sketch-up
Additive technology:
a. 3D printing (Fab @ Home) (3 days- 2 teams)
Homework - Feedback QUESTIONS:
To what people, with what backgrounds, would you be teaching this material?
Did you have enough time to learn what you wanted to learn?
How would you ideally allocate time for this module?
More time on tool?
More time on process?
More time on project?
Was project relevant to your target population?
What projects would you like to develop to support the teaching of this tool/process?
What would you do differently? What’s missing?
