Music 250a -- Lecture 9

Digital Fabrication (3D Printing)

Romain Michon and Mike Mulshine (TA)

What is Digital Fabrication?

The Advent of DIY Culture

3D Printing

Important Printing Parameters

  • Infill
  • Walls Thickness
  • Printing Speed

3d Printing Musical Instruments

Olaf Diegel's Electric Guitars

Scott Summit's 3D Printed Acoustic Guitar

Hovalin: an Open Source 3D Printable Violin

The 3D Varius

Amit Zoran's 3D Printed Flute

3D Printed Microtonal Flute

John Granzow and Marlo Kohn's Pretzl Flute

John Granzow's Daxophone with 3D Printed Tongues

Augmenting/Recycling: John Granzow's Javalele

Exploring Mouthpiece Shapes

Hybrid Saxophone Experiments: Active Control on a Reed

VoxVoxel by John Granzow and Fernando Lopez Lezcano

Laser Cutting

  • Laser cutters usually work like printers
  • 2D drawings can be done using Inkscape (Free and Open Source) or Illustrator
  • Not all materials can be cut with a laser cutter
  • Maximum cutting thickness of the laser cutter in the garage: 1/4"
  • Can be used for engraving too
  • Very practical to make boxes: 2018 Music 250a Lab 4
  • If you wanna learn how to use the laser cutter in the garage, just get in touch with Romain