Fab LabM s . H o o s o n g ( Fa b L a b )

What is Fab Lab?

What is Fab Lab?

• A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication.

• A fab lab is generally equipped with an array of flexible computer-controlled tools that cover several different length scales and various materials, with the aim to make “almost anything”.

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What happens in the Fab Lab?In the Fab Lab students…

• Express their creativity through 3D Printing, CNC Router, Vinyl Applications, Casting & Molding and more!

• Take a project through the design process all the way from the initial design to the final finishing touches.

• Learn and practice skills and how to safely use hand tools, power tools, and computer-assisted tools.

• Learn and practice how to work with a group to produce a tangible product.

We also provide services to the community and parents.

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THE FABLAB PROCESS

What fabrication tools are available in the Fab Lab?

CNC Router

• A computer numerical control router (CNC) is a computer-controlled cutting machine related to the hand-held router used for cutting various hard materials, such as wood, composites, aluminum, steel, plastics, glass, and foams.

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3D Printing

• The 3D printing process builds a three-dimensional object from a computer-aided design (CAD) model, usually by successively adding material layer by layer, which is why it is also called additive manufacturing.

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Vinyl Cutting

• Vinyl cutters are mainly used to make signs, banners and advertisements. Advertisements seen on automobiles and vans are often made with vinyl cut letters.

• While these machines were designed for cutting vinyl, they can also cut through computer and specialty papers, as well as thicker items like thin sheets of magnet.

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Laser Cutting

• Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to cut materials, and is typically used for industrial manufacturing applications, but is also starting to be used by schools, small businesses, and hobbyists.

• Laser cutting works by directing the output of a high-power laser most commonly through optics.

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T-shirt Screen Printing

• Screen Printing, which is also known as Silk Screening, is a great method of printing graphics on a t-shirt using thick inks that lay on top of the shirt rather than soaking into the shirt.

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• USB Drive / Pen Drive

• Journals / Composition Notebook

• Tissue paper (Kleenex)

• Disinfectant wipes

• Personal hand sanitizer (optional)

FA B L A B R E Q U E S T S :

Ms. Hoosong’s

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• Ms. Hoosong (FabLab)• marsha.hoosong@polk-fl.net

• Room #2-125

Contact Info:

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