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5 Ways to Use a 3D Carving Machine in the Classroom

September 12, 2017 Comments are off

We love the tabletop 3D carving machines, like the Carvey from Inventables, because they are fun and easy to use. The Carvey can make projects faster than a 3D printer with less expensive materials, making it a great introductory machine for your new lab or a great addition to a lab full of 3D printers […]
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How to Choose a CNC Machine for Education and Training, Part 1

September 27, 2016 9 Comments

Oftentimes I’ll visit a university and see big industrial machine tools sitting on a shop floor completely unused. Why is this? This is a classic example of purchasing the wrong piece of equipment for teaching purposes. Training machinists is one thing (and I’ll get to that in Part 2 of this blog series) – but […]
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