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Tech Ed, Music to my ears

5/18/2016

 

Compared to engineering, art and music are on the opposite side of the spectrum. This is part of the reason why they are can be so interesting together. So when I heard about the Hovalin my interest as immediately spiked. This is a 3D printed violin. A 3D PRINTED VIOLIN!  I haven't played and instrument (trumpet) since 5th grade and I think this is cool.  While there is no chance i could play this, it was not created in vain. 

I feel that my students need to open their minds - very deep, I know. So many of them just don't have experiences to pull from. This makes designing something unique or solving a problem even more challenging. So, I felt that I needed to show them that the 3D printer can do things that they never thought it could. It can do big things (breaking a full size part into multiple parts), It can make functioning things (not just light switches and small things), and it can make music.

​But not this kind :
This kind:
So the Hovalin is just one of a could of things I experiment with to show them what they might be able to do.

Here are some picture of the process and final product.
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Bottom part. It filled up nearly the entire print bet and took 15 hours with my settings.
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You can see how bit it is with my had holding it.
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The neck wouldn't fit so i had to float it from back right to top left corners. I had seen someone do this first but it worked out really well.
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Supports were everywhere. All of the small holes and channels were filled and took a while to clean out.
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All of the parts laid out.

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