Today Mr. Terpak's freshmen class came up to the ELAB and Max and I showed them the CNC cutter downstairs. We showed them the computer program we use, the different bits, and we talked about the different parts of the cutter and how they work. We made the machine cut out an outline of the Hawaiian islands and we answered some of their questions. We also talked a bit about automated machining and how we use the different automated cutters and builders around the ELAB and how they differ from normal hand tools. After they left, Max and I started trying to cut out a 3d elevation map of Hawaii island with the cutter. We decided to get the elevation by splitting the map into multiple layers of different thicknesses and overlaying them on each other.
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