This vessels are ready for their first firing. The students and I transitioned from a 2mm nozzle to a 4mm nozzle and began printing cups...

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This red stoneware cube was the first successful test of the clay pump and auger extruder. I began designing parts about a year ago, but...

I did some testing, but the clay consistency just wasn't right. It was too wet and mushy. I think it should be more of a paste. When I...

This funnel-shaped cap is not meant to leak like that. Will have to strengthen the model and reprint with more infill and thicker walls....

This pump is made up of 3D printed components, an aluminum extrusion, and a very powerful stepper motor. As the motor turns, the lead...

These are various iterations of a paste extruder for printing pastes with an existing printer. Each time I print a component, I find some...

The paste extruder is working nicely with the 3D printer, but it needs to push just a little faster. After swapping the lead screw with a...

John W., a current student and Fab Lab assistant, helped to wire-in and test a paste extruder with our stock Monoprice Mini V2. John...

This is an updated design of a clay extruder. I made some changes to the auger and the portion of the frame that will attach to extruder...

Assembly begins! 2020 aluminum extrusions, 3D printed components, stepper motor, & belt. I will eventually post a full bill of materials...

I think the auger needs fairly aggressive threads in order to push clay, so it's getting a redesign. This should work better. #3Dprinting...

This is the first prototype of an extruder made specifically for clay. A stepper motor will mount above the extruder and will couple with...

3D printed housing for the Arduino and CNC shield/stepper drivers. I remixed this design from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2379541/f...

I have begun to 3D print components for a CNC pen plotter. If all goes well, it will be able to create a drawing up to approximately 25 x...

An Arduino board seems to be a pretty straightforward, affordable option for driving the plotter. For this build, I am using a Keyestudio...