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3d Printer Station

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Description

Computer station for 3d printing, running CNC and 3d scanning.

Use this link to see a livestream of the printers: https://www.youtube.com/makehavenorg/live

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Prusa 3D Printers

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Prusa 3D Printers

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Facilitators run badge checkouts and are also glad to help with project-specific advice, a refresher, or planning a build.

4 facilitators, 8 upcoming times in the next two weeks · Next: Sun Oct 18, 10:00am

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Facilitator schedule · 3d Printer Station

Facilitators run badge checkouts and are also glad to help with project-specific advice, a refresher, or planning a build.

Day Morning (before 12 PM) Afternoon (12 - 5 PM) Evening (after 5 PM)
Sunday
October 18, 2026
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With Nathan Rawling
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Sign in to schedule 3:00pm
With Lucas Harrison
 
Monday
October 19, 2026
   
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Sign in to schedule 8:00pm
With Darcy Canales
Wednesday
October 21, 2026
   
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Sign in to schedule 6:00pm
With Sean Bender
Sunday
October 25, 2026
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Sign in to schedule 10:00am
With Nathan Rawling
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Sign in to schedule 3:00pm
With Lucas Harrison
 
Monday
October 26, 2026
   
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Sign in to schedule 8:00pm
With Darcy Canales
Wednesday
October 28, 2026
   
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Sign in to schedule 6:00pm
With Sean Bender

Every facilitator, every tool: the full facilitator schedule.

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Instructions for Use

There are several key pieces of software installed on this compter or bookmarked in the browser.

Flat Design

  • Inkscape - Vector design and editing
  • Gimp - Bitmap / Raster editing

3d Design

  • Blender - Editing complex 3d models
  • meshmixer- 3D mashups and remixes.
  • 123d Make - 123D Make lets you turn 3D models into 2D build plans with animated assembly instructions.
  • Tinkercad.com - Simple web based CAD tool.
  • 123D Design - a free, powerful, yet simple 3D creation and editing tool which supports many new 3D printers.
  • thingiverse.com- Directory of models to download
  • Meshlab - repair your broken 3d models

CNC

  • easel.com/ for Simple 3d  (Arduino is COM03)
  • PYCam - Complex Code
  • OpenScam - Preview your Gcode
  • Universal G Code Sender

3d VIewing

  • Oculus Rift - Various demos

3d Printing

  • MakerWare Desktop - 3d slicer for preparing your model for print

3d Scaning

  • 123d Catch - Users many images of object to construct a model
  • Skanect - apturing a full color 3D model of an object, a person or a room wiht Kinect