This week the Freshmen Brendan, Lucas, Dylan, Daniel, Caterina, and Myles took their first steps into the machine shop and helped put together our giant Tetris rig. The rig itself measures 9' x 6' and has 35 LED panels, with each panel having about 100 LEDs. They are really bright! We also measured all the …
Week in Review 3/4 – 3/8
Some big projects in the works this week as our shop looks to create some self promotion pieces for the school. By far our largest new project is our giant LED Tetris game. The shop had 35 10"x10" LED squares donated, and we've been wondering what to do with them for some time. After a …
Week in Review 2/11-2/15
This week in the Robotics and Engineering shop we are in a transition period, as many of the sophomores have finished their LED Acrylic signs and are working on our Electronics and Programming guide to prepare for the Sumo Bot project which will be introduced after the February break. Yep, February break is upon us …
Week in Review 1/28-2/1
Towards the middle of the week our Sophomores had a show and tell of their completed Acrylic LED signs. This was their first full project, and they learned many new techniques from CAD to coding. Below is a combination of photos and videos of the finished projects. Next up for the Sophomores is some circuitry …
Week in Review 1/21 – 1/25
A slight departure from the normal discussion of class activities this week, as Engineering teacher Mr. Lewkowitz discusses his recent trip to Tormach in Waunakee, Wisconsin. Tormach makes CNC mills and lathes, and our shop has two of their machines, the PCNC 770, and PCNC 1100. Mr. Lewkowitz took a week long workshop at Tormach …
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