October 28th, 2010

Today we will be finishing the x stage assembly. We should be done within the hour and then we will move onto the actual body. Things are moving quite fast and the three of us are really working well together. I personally am excited to not only finish this MakerBot but I am also excited to rework the instructions to make sure future students and MakerBot enthusiasts will have a smoother ride. Although the wiki instructions are not terrible they definitely could be improved and as a group I believe that we could not only make them clearer and more precise, but we could also make them more professional. I personally would like to add that to our list of goals to finish by quarter, or research group's, end.

End of October 16th

Working on the second section went well although we still did find some problems in the instructions. We haven't finished this section yet but will on Thursday. We are making notes as we go along on what should and could be improved. So far everyone is really excited. I know I especially am! Even just the few parts we have constructed look really cool. So far things are going very well and the only real trouble we have had is problems with the actual instructions. nothing major though.

Y Stage Assembly

The first section was completed. The Y stage assembly was completed today and did not really take much time at all. The information given on the MakerBot's website wiki was pretty good but we definitely found some instructions that could be improved for those who might not have as much build experience or knowledge about the product. We might go about putting a revised instruction manual on the wiki just so it is a little more clear. From now on we will be taking pictures and making revisions and edits to the instructions just to clear some it up. We are now starting the X Stage Assembly which says should take about 1 hour and a half. We will have to complete as much as possible today and finish whatever is left on Thursday. Things are moving well.

Procedure for October 26, 2010

-ran through parts and checked to make sure all pieces were there and accounted for
-checked makerBot homepage for any and all past mistakes posted by other makerBotters
-began construction on y assembly stage

MakerBot is here!

It's here! There is a general feeling of Christmas as we open up our makerbot! As we pull out the pieces we begin to realize how daunting of a task this will be, yet excitement is high. We placed a sticker on the wall if that is any indication of how excited we are. Next step is print the instructions and begin construction!

Project OMG! First Blog

We are Project Open-Source MakerBot Group (OMG)! The goal of this group is to document and learn from our experiences while building our MakerBot.

Today was our second meeting and will be our first blog post. We had a very productive day that started with Beth Kolko answering all of the questions we had about this project.