Chip Bollendonk

14 posts

Reflections and Plans for the Living Room 3D Printer

May 4, 2016

Aesthetics Project Reflections As previously mentioned, this project really started out as an aesthetics challenge: how can I make something that inherently has many wires, motors, rods, and fasteners look like it belongs in a living room? This was the first project that I’ve ever done which focused more on aesthetics than pure functionality, and…

A Living Room 3D Printer: Final Design Report

April 20, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work, Update Weds April 20 2016

3D printer, aesthetics, postmodern, prusa i3

Introduction Additive manufacturing very well may be the future of making “things” and the advancement of 3D printers will revolutionize the way that everyday people get parts and products for use in their homes. The most common type of 3D printing on the consumer market currently is Fusion Deposition Modeling (FDM), which basically melts…

Update: Mechanical Assembly

April 13, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Student Work

This update is pretty quick, as I’ve been swamped with all of my other classes. I’m putting the whole thing together this weekend (hopefully), and just have a few more parts to make sure will work together before I can be ready for expo. I’m certainly not going to be ready to demonstrate a functional…

3D Printer Update and Impacts of 20th Century Aesthetic Movements

April 4, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Impact of 20th Century design movements plus update Weds March 30 2016

This post will discuss progress on my 3D printer since Spring Break, as well as discuss how my aesthetic has been shaped by 20th Century design movements. The timing of this post’s discussion is appropriate because I’ve started constructing the stand which the printer will sit on/in, and am really working on honing in on my…

3D Printer Progress

March 27, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Student Work, Update Weds March 16, 2016

I spent most of my spring break making progress on this project (yippee), and while it wasn’t an exceedingly fun week, I’m satisfied by the project’s status. As a reminder, I’m working on a 3D printer that won’t look like crap sitting in the corner of my living room. Most DIY printers and kits (i.e. affordable…

Living Room 3D Printer: Top Constraints

March 9, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2016, ZZ 2016

As I’ve started ordering parts and designing my project, I’ve identified the following constraints that I’ll need to work within over the rest of the project: Time – time is ticking, and I’m very cognizant of my limited time resources as the semester winds down. I’m planning on spending several days over spring break working…

Design Review: A Living Room 3D Printer

March 2, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Main Project Design Review 2016, Student Work

Introduction Over the next few weeks, I will be designing* and constructing a 3D printer, focusing on an aesthetic which will fit in my living room or even kitchen. So many home-built 3D printers and printer kits are bare skeletons of extruded aluminum and rods, with tangles of wire harnesses and exposed components. While this is typically the…

Project Inspirations

February 25, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Main Project Inspirations 2016

This post will be brief and not cohesive because I’m not yet sure what my project will be! I have a few ideas that I’m not thrilled about, and am kind of worried about the time that some of these projects would demand. Regardless, here are my thoughts: Robotics and control: I’d like to do…

Chip’s Engineering Aspirations

February 17, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Aspirations 2016, Student Work

As a second semester senior, I’m hoping to stay afloat. In all seriousness, the past couple of weeks have been very difficult with balancing school (predominantly senior design and advanced product design) and part-time work (I intern at LASP), in addition to trying to be a functional human being. It’s been difficult to be exposed to…

Chip’s Abbreviated Skill-set Resume

February 10, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Skill Sets 2016, Student Work

Thanks for checking out my brief credentials to work on your team. I’m a senior studying Mechanical Engineering (like teammate Ethan) and pursuing a Master’s degree concurrently with an emphasis on design. I have considerable experience with mechanical design and enjoy elegantly solving complex problems. See below for a semi-detailed skill-set: CAD Modeling: 1000+ hours…

Hundreds of Packing Peanuts – Report

February 6, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016

Material Selection When starting our “upcycling” assignment, I decided that it would be important for me to source materials that are truly being reused, rather than thrown away. Moreover, I set a goal that I didn’t want to purchase anything for this project (I thought it would be bending the theme of upcycling a bit). When…

The Classic Design Loop – Ethan, Kenzy, Chip

February 3, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Design Loops 2016, Student Work

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We drew a pretty traditional design loop, as we’ve seen in several of our engineering classes. Each phase connects to each other, because the loop is very iterative and can start anywhere.

Hundreds of Packing Peanuts

January 28, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Upcycle Progress 2016

I came across a whole bunch of packing peanuts, which I thought would be a really cool medium for this first project. Even better, I learned that they can be “glued” to each other using only water! If the packing peanut is the type made out of corn starch, they ordinarily dissolve in water (probably…

Ski Town Aesthetic

January 19, 2016

Chip Bollendonk

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

alpine, architecture, austria, chalet, ski town, vail

After spending the weekend skiing at Vail (a rare and lucky treat), I’ve been thinking about the quintessential “ski town” aesthetic that the town has established. From your first turn off of I-70, you know that you’re in a special kind of mountain town, one that certainly emphasizes aesthetics and experience over economy or accessibility. In addition to the world-class…