Market Day 2025: Further Development

 

While our 2025 Market Day has been completed and will be revisited again in 2027 we are still working through some of the creations from the day.

In the case of one of the businesses, the iPad and iPhone stand group as we noted previously the entire run of products that they produced was sold prior to Market Day.

A number of people commented on the models when they were still available on the night and made additional orders, which the group has started processing.  The other unexpected development was that one of the students from another group saw the process, the product and wanted to adapt her own version of the stand, as a customised gift for a family member for Christmas.

The student who wanted to develop the design is a seven year old.  She was able to discuss the template for the other groups design, discuss the process of having the .stl file shared via an iPad and then begin the process of putting together a print.   The student again used 'Thingiverse' for the freely available coaster download and after some experiment was able to produce the 'Silver Fern' logo for the backing of the stand.   She then put a name on the reverse side and the design was completed.   She initially printed the version shown on the right, and when this had been completed she adapted the version shown left, which had larger dimensions and best suited the project.   As noted this is a seven year old.

Design One - The smaller stand.   This unit measures 50mm across was 60mm deep and had a 20mm base.  The back of the design was 65mm high.  This took one hour to print on the Bambu H2D.  It was a successful print just, in that it could hold a regular iPhone although the phone required some balance to ensure it worked as it could tip if the phone was placed too quickly.

As a result of this the student decided to increase the size of the stand, while all of the other details remained the same.   In Design Two - The larger stand measured 100mm wide was 70mm deep and had a 20mm base.   The back plate rose 65mm above the base of the unit.  This provided much more stability for the print and a phone was able to sit well on the stand.   In this version using also the Bambu H2D the print took just over two hours to complete.   As we have noted this could have been printed on one of the School Snapmaker machines however we would have expected double the print time and the finishing details around the logo and the letter would not be as detailed or precise.