New "Product Prototyping 101" class at Deezmaker 10/21

I'll be coordinating a new class at Deezmaker on Tuesday the 21st from 7-9 PM - "Product Prototyping 101." More info and registration here:

http://deezmaker.com/product-prototyping-101-new-class-tues-7-9-pm-1021-with-innovate-pasadena/

New ONLINE 3D printing classes from Pasadena City College Extension.

Pasadena City College Extension will be offering an online, advanced open-source 3D printing class starting October 2nd.  This will be a case-study focused class intended for people who are trying to use their open-source 3D printer for substantial projects. Participants will be sharing their design issues for their own projects and learning collaboratively.  The class assumes that participants know the basics of slicing and loading a file but want to learn more.The class is entirely online but has a live interactive session for four Thursdays from 7-9 PM starting October 2nd.

Then the entire beginning-intermediate-advanced sequence of classes will be repeated starting in November. 

Dates and details at:

http://pcclearn.org/makertech/

I will be teaching all of the online classes. Meanwhile, if you want to learn on your own,  my book is now available at the Deezmaker online store here and we will have a book signing at our next monthly meeting at Deezmaker (290 N. Hill Ave, Pasadena)  on Sunday, Oct. 5 from noon-5 PM.  Come on by!

Signing at New York Makerfaire

I will be signing "Mastering 3D Printing" at New York Makerfaire from 2-2:30 PM at the Apress booth in the Maker Pavilion. Drop by and say hello!

Nice Hackaday piece about making maps for blind students

This summer Deezmaker advised a project at Pasadena City College to come up with ways to use 3D printing to teach blind students math and science. Here's a link to the Hackaday piece.

http://hackaday.com/2014/08/13/hackerspace-tours-pasadena-city-college/
 

3D printing classes - some openings next week!

The Intermediate 3D Printing class starts online (through Pasadena City College Extension) on Thursday August 21st. It's entirely online, but with synchronous meetings 7-9 PM on Thursdays for four weeks. If you know what an STL file is and have some idea how to slice one to create G code, you will be fine in the intermediate class. Sign up here.

The Advanced class starts October 2nd. General information on all the Makertech classes at PCC can be found here.

And of course check out the in-store workshops at Deezmaker! Current list is here.

My new book- Mastering 3D Printing - Schedules of signings

I have a new book coming out - should start to go on sale next week. It's called Mastering 3D Printing, from Apress. I've intended it to be the book that I really would have wanted when I got into 3D printing last year - a comprehensive how-to guide that teaches the reader how to really use a printer, from zero on to real projects.

Buying the book

The book will be available all the usual places, but particularly  I'd like to encourage you of course to buy them at  Deezmaker through the online store (and at the Deezmaker Pasadena retail store, when they come in. )

Book signings

I'll post new ones on the blog as they come in, but for now here are the first ones:

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21,  World Makerfaire New York, at the Apress booth
Sunday, Oct. 5, noon - 5 PM, Deezmaker (290 N. Hill Ave, Pasadena, CA)  


More info about the contents

The publisher's page has the table of contents and all that good stuff.

And some thanks-

This book would have been impossible without the input of the many people in the 3D printing community in general and the good folks at Deezmaker in particular who helped teach me about the field. Rich Cameron (aka Whosawhatsis) was the technical reviewer for the book. I hope it gets a lot more folks into the field!

New classes in 3D printing

Hello everyone- I'm now back online - my new mission is to teach everyone 3D printing. National University is one of the largest preparers of teachers in California. Their National University Community Research Institute (NUCRI) is going to be starting to offer professional development courses in 3D printing. Deezmaker will be providing printing and some other support services for some of the planned courses. They will be offering two online options to introduce 3-D Printing: a quick 10 day mini-course, and a 4-week-long in-depth course. All courses are held entirely online. The 10-day course (PDX1960X) is intended for those who just want to understand the end to end process of using a Rep-Rap style printer. This course does not include any remote printing of individual projects. If you have purchased, or soon will purchase a 3-D printer and want to know how to use it effectively, this course is for you. The 10-day course does not grant CEU credit. On the other hand, the 4-week-long course (PDX1860X) is the first course in the planned certificate 3-D Printing for Educators and is a prerequisite for the subsequent courses in the certificate. This first course will go into depth on the history of 3-D printing, and its application in various fields, and includes remote printing of students’ projects. If you will be developing 3-D printing curriculum for your institution, or are evaluating whether your institution can support this technology, the more in-depth course would better serve your needs. This course is offered for up to 5.0 CEU credits. Class projects will be printed at Deezmaker remotely (or in person for people who are local.) PDX 3-D Printing Online Classes Registration for the first two classes is now open at http://nucri.nu.edu/pdxonline/ Oct. 14 – PDX 1860X Intro to 3-D Printing – 4 weeks online ($395, plus $100 materials fee) Nov. 11 – PDX 1960X Basics of Using a 3-D Printer- 10 days online ($95, Intended for 3-D Printer owners) Jan. 6 – PDX 1861X Making Science History – 4 weeks online ($395, part of certificate program) Feb. 3 – PDX 1960X Basics of Using a 3-D Printer – 10 days online ($95, Intended for 3-D Printer owners)