Medford Vocational Technical High School Engineering Shop
Freshmen pushed forward again this week with the Tetris rig. We did a lot of wiring for each of the LED panels, which allowed our newest shop members to practice their soldering skills. They all did a great job! Senior Rob has been working on a LED light board to display information. His design is …
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 …
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 …
Star Wars Droid - Matt Sheehan Senior Matt has taken over an older project that attempted to recreate the motion of the BB-8 Star Wars Droid. Matt has redesigned the internal mechanics and is looking to get a rolling sphere with magnetic head attached. He is very close to getting the mechanism to work. Binary …
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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