Author: Chris Hurd
I currently teach Technology and Engineering at Cazenovia HS in CNY. I also teach summers at the college level for PLTW in Oregon, Ohio, Florida, California, Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, and NY.
Written by Chris Hurd.
on Tuesday, 28 July 2015.
BRADY FLANNERY PARTNERS WITH ROBOTSHOP
Brady Flannery, a student in Cazenovia High School’s PLTW program recently came up with an idea to make a project in his CIM class easier. His teacher, Chris Hurd thought it was a good idea, and asked him to pursue it to use...
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Written by Chris Hurd.
MAKING IT REAL AT CIM CTI UK
Teachers at CIM CTI @ UK have designed containers in CAD, brought them into CAM software, simulated them on a computer, then manufactured them on a CNC Milling machine.
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Written by Chris Hurd.
Step by step, how do you make a container in Inventor? These four videos show you how! Be sure to download the PDF “Cheat Sheets” that go with them. Just click on the link below and a zip file with the four pdfs will be downloaded!
Inventor Container Cheat Sheets
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Written by Chris Hurd.
This week the CIM students in my class took the time to rebuild our Lynxmotion Arms, some of which have been running since 2009, without an problems. The screws were starting to come loose, and some of the servos were a little twitchy, so we used some grant money to get some new upgrades from The...
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Written by Chris Hurd.
on Saturday, 28 March 2015.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR OUR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MANUFACTURING?
So now our students are ready to graduate with a taste for what manufacturing is all about. How many of your students are interested in manufacturing? How many even know what jobs are out there and what...
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Written by Chris Hurd.
on Tuesday, 24 March 2015.
MARQUARDT CELL MAKES IT TO THE CLASS ROOM… IN PIECES….
Students in the EDD class have spent the last 3 weeks planning, labelling, and dismantling the Cell donated by Marquardt. Today, March 23rd, 2015, all of the parts were brought up to room 231.
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Written by Chris Hurd.
on Sunday, 15 March 2015.
THE APPLE WATCH: HOW IT’S MADE
This article was written by Greg Koenig, and reposted here with terms highlighted for high school manufacturing students. This is an excellent article that tries to fill in the blanks on how the Apple watch is manufactured. More about...
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Written by Chris Hurd.
on Wednesday, 25 February 2015.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
So you know about the cell that Marquardt Switches donated to Cazenovia High School, right? There’s a little more info here.
Scott Hansen, The engineer who designed and built the cell that manufactures power tool switches came to school to...
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Written by Chris Hurd.
on Tuesday, 03 February 2015.
PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMPANY GETS AUTOMATION FOR THE CLASSROOM
Marquardt Switches, in Cazenovia NY, donated an automated switch manufacturing cell to Caz HS Tech Labs, and it arrived on a truck today. Marquardt makes switches internationally for automakers such...
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