{"id":1930,"date":"2021-10-27T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2021-10-27T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T16:35:41","slug":"3d-printed-custom-lego-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1930","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Custom LEGO Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>High school students are making robotic fish feeders that help fish owners when they go away for the weekend or for vacation.\u00a0 This is a Tufts <a href=\"https:\/\/ceeo.tufts.edu\/\">Center for Engineering Education and Outreach <\/a>(CEEO) project that we use in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ceeo.tufts.edu\/programs-study\/programs-k-12-educators\">Teaching Engineering Education Program<\/a> (TEEP) program that I adapted for high school studdents.  For these projects, students are either using all LEGO or are combining LEGO and  3D printed, laser cut, or hand crafted parts.\u00a0 Many of the student fish feeders have 3D printed dispensers glued to a LEGO axle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855-1024x632.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855-1024x632.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855-768x474.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4855.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One my Engineering Design 2 students went a step further and made a very sophisticated custom LEGO piece a the hear of his fish feeder.\u00a0 He designed it in TinkerCad, sliced in Cura, and printed on an Ultimaker 2+ 3D printer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4877-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4877-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4877-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4877-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4877-1.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4879-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High school students are making robotic fish feeders that help fish owners when they go away for the weekend or for vacation.\u00a0 This is a Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) project that we use in the Teaching &hellip; 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