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3D Printing & Design Summer Camp in Portland, OR

Parents in Portland, OR book summer in February and regret it in July. The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has about 2,542,282 residents, ranking 26th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 9-14 · For families · Oregon · West

3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Portland, OR
3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Portland, OR

What the week actually is

3D printing teaches patience in a way nothing else does: the model is wrong, the print takes four hours, and the fix has to be found before the next run. Children learn to check their work before spending time, which is a life skill disguised as a hobby.

Day by day

  1. Design in CAD, badly, on purpose
  2. First print, first failure
  3. Tolerance and why it matters
  4. Redesign and reprint
  5. Showcase: the part that fits

Portland, OR — what applies locally

  • The Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has about 2,542,282 residents, ranking 26th in the country.
  • Metro area: Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • State: Oregon · Region: West

Questions we get from Portland, OR

Do they design their own models?
Yes, from the first day, in beginner CAD.
What if a print fails?
It will, and diagnosing why is half the week.
Do they keep what they print?
Yes.

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