Day 12: (Mon Feb 23, Week 7) Bonding Workshop¶
Notes for 2026-02-23.
New Assignments¶
New assignment due Wednesday: design a small part to print directly from TPU which includes flexure movement freedoms. Please design it to print without support: one flat face with reasonable area for adhesion, no overhangs steeper than 45 degrees. Cavities can be created using a vaulted ceiling. Small-diameter horizontal holes are fine (i.e. 5 mm or smaller). Please submit STL preview files to Exercise 10 Shared Folder for review. We’ll submit them in mass for printing on the Bambu Labs printers. Please follow up with photo and video documentation in the same folder.
Agenda¶
Review ongoing results of Exercise: 3D Printed Mold Design Workshop.
Hands-on experimentation with silicone bonding.
Comments on Part B: Means and Methods and the winnowing process of pair formation on Wednesday.
Discuss the TPU assignment, look at a few sample models.
Practical discussion of pneumatics.
Towards end: live pneumatic testing.