Maker Annex is a maker space for kids at the Children's Museum of Houston. Kids have access to a 3D printer and a laser cutter, as well as traditional hand tools. They can also learn to hand solder to make electronic projects. Respiratory project is provided by Sentry Air fume extractors.
2. Inside and outside,
the museum is one
big invitation to
explore and make
stuff.
Recently, the
museum opened a
maker space for
kids.
They call it the
Maker Annex.
3. Knowing how to solder is a necessity for any kid who wants to
design something that runs on electricity. The Annex has two
soldering stations. The station on the right is served by
our Model 100 Stainless Steel Winged Sentry Solder Fume
Extractor. The second solder station is served by our Model 100
Stainless Steel Floor Fume Extractor.
Solder stations
4. Maker kids will have access to traditional
hand tools. This layout makes many a home
workshop user more than a tad envious.
Hand tools
5. Maker kids will also learn to use contemporary tools, like
this laser cutter, to cut a variety of materials from paper
to plastics. Fumes produced by the laser cutter are
pulled into filters in our Model 300 Portable Floor
Sentry before they can spread throughout the Annex.
Laser cutter
6. Maker Annex has benevolent
overlord
Brent is also the creator of the fume extractor port hack
at the end of this presentation.
Benevolent Overlord
7. The Maker Annex is
fully equipped and
designed to offer a
multitude of
opportunities for
kids to tinker and
to build.
We are pleased to
play a role in
keeping the air the
kids breathe clean.
Maker Annex
8. At Sentry Air, we’re excited about the possibilities inherent in the Maker Annex.
One reason we feel a kinship with the Annex and the kids who will use it is because
the air purifiers we donated are designed by our president, Bryan Rossnagel.
Early in the company’s history, he turned the family garage into a ‘maker space’
to design and prototype the company’s first products.
Today, Sentry Air’s product lines are used in many workplaces and homes,
including welding shops, pharmacies, universities, technical schools, medical
offices, CNC shops and – proudly – maker spaces: Portland, Houston.
Find the museum at the following links
Twitter:
@cmhouston
Website:
www.cmhouston.org
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cmhouston
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/childrensmuseumhou
Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/cmhouston
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/childrensmuseumhouston/
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9. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer
3D printers produce fumes and
ultra fine particles.
Hooking up your printer to a fume
extractor is a healthy thing to do.
1. Use the collar [Sentry Air
component] as a template to mark
its hole pattern on the transparent
side panel you removed from the
Replicator.
2. Select a drill bit appropriate
for the rivets you will use.
10. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer, page 2
3. Drill the hole pattern you marked
on the printer side panel.
4. Rivet the collar to the transparent
side panel – a sub-assembly!
11. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer, page 3
5. Measure the width, length,
depth of the sub-assembly,
including the diameter of the
opening in the collar.
6. Use the measurements you
made to set up the laser cutter.
12. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer, page 4
7. Cut circular hole in the side
panel.
8. To attach the sub-assembly to
the printer, drill holes through the
side panel and the printer frame.
13. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer, page 5
9. Use rivets to attach the sub-
assembly to the printer frame.
10. Woot! – a fume exhaust port for
the Replicator. This photo shows a
ring of PVC pipe around the collar
to make a tight fit to the fume
extraction hose.
14. Fume exhaust port for
3D printer, page 6
11. Attach fume extraction hose to
sub-assembly with a hose clamp.
12. Replicator with exhaust port
on left side panel.
15. We hope you have an
opportunity to visit the Maker
Annex at the Children’s
Museum of Houston.