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| Derek's latest toy is a 3D printer kit He's been interested in the technology for a long time and, when he finally decided to pull the trigger, he tried to balance his desires with the fact he still had final exams to get through. He tried to time the order so that it would arrive after final exams, but it came earlier and he couldn't control himself. |
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| You can tell when Derek is overwhelmed with school and other things he doesn't really want to be doing. That's when he usually decides to take on a big personal project. This time it's making a motorized skateboard. A couple years ago it was a 3D printer. |
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| Adam's been doing track practice everyday after school, so a Saturday with nowhere to go is a perfect time to just fall asleep in the middle of the floor without a care in the world. |
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| The board so far - without the motorized components Derek spent many hours in the shop at school cutting, sanding, shaping, and staining. |
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| Helen decided she wanted a carrot cake for her birthday |
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| It would have been nice if we boys could have pulled it off by ourselves, but we needed the birthday girl to help us |
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| Some appetizers before dinner |
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| Derek was very pleased with Helen's entrée choice |
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| Yum |
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| Derek says now that he has a 3D printer that we'll all be getting 3D printed trinkets as gifts |
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| Derek built a quadruped robot over the summer He ordered most of the servo's and other electronics and then printed the connecting components on his 3D printer |
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| Working out the math - trigonometry comes in handy sometimes |
