OSE Chapter Training Calendar

Application

The time until beginning of training can be between 6-12 weeks, depending on pace of progress. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The weekly schedule may look like:

1. Video of Interest
2. Interview 1 - Basic Interview
3. Interview 2 - Expectations and Risk Assessment Meeting
4. Sponsor is identified for funding the Chapter, and funding is secured. This step can take several weeks.
5. Enterprise mentor is recruited
6. Workshop space is secured for 2 years, about 100 square meters minimum.
7. Payment is made to OSE
8. Kickoff meeting - program beginning.

Work

Work focuses on hands-on development, with prior reading materials reviewed before the meeting. Each meeting starts with a 5 minute assessment or exam of last week's learnings, discussion of that work's week, and ends with a preview to next week's content. Work focuses on FreeCAD design followed by build for any of the development items. Typically, we work with existing designs in FreeCAD, we redesign/upgrade them, and prototype the new design. At all times, we decide on where to freeze the design vs make improvements.

There will be ample time throughout the 1-2 years to engage in collaborative design activity where collaborators gain significant exposure to large-scale, collaborative development protocols. The intended outcome is that the collaborator becomes comfortable with leading design and development work - guiding others in learning the process.

The weekly technical learning schdudule is as follows. Each week will involve work on different steps of the OSE Collaboration Protocol, while learning to build things in real life.

1. Work plan - creating an editable, updatable work plan with milestones based on a Critical Path template.
2. Collaborative literacy - how to collaborate on a large scale by publishing early and often, and what tools to use
3. FreeCAD design and merge workflow. Part library creation.
4. Machine Design Basics - Frames, precision axes, rotary axes, rotors, bearings, geardowns, stepper motors, stepper drivers, and heater elements
5. 3D printer build - Universal
6. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Frames
7. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Axes
8. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Heat Bed
9. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Extruder
10. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of High Temp Heat Bed
11. 3D Printer Build - Pro Build
12. 3D Printer Build - Pro 2 Build
13. 3D Printer Build - Pro 3 Build
14. 3D Printer Build - High Temperature Build Chamber Design
15. CNC Torch Table - Design Upgrade
16. CNC Torch Table - Build Frame
17. CNC Torch Table - Build Frame
18. Plastic Shredder - Design. Source parts.
19. Plastic Shredder - Build Geardowns
20. Plastic Shredder - CNC Blade Cutting
21. Plastic Shredder - throughput data collection week
22. Plastic Shredder - Design Improvements 1
23. Plastic Shredder - Design Improvements 2
24. Filament Maker - Design
25. Filament Maker - Build Frame and mechanical
26. Filament Maker - Build electronics
27. Filament Maker - Data Collection on throughput, quality
28. Data Collection on Extrusion Rates and Their Maximization with up to 1.6 mm nozzles
29. 3D Printer Extruder Development - scaled heater blocks with clamp design
30. 3D Printer Extruder Development - building prototypes
31. 3D Printer Extruder Development - Making upgrades
32. 500 Modules - introduction to generating the entire technosphere
33. Large 3D printer for Construction Materials
34. Large 3D printer: Multiple-Head 3D printers
35. From here on, this is the track that is done only if we have completed all of the above. CNC Cicuit Mill - design
36. CNC Circuit Mill - build
37. TB6600 milling
38. The last 3 months are dedicated to a final development project, based on agreed-upon priorities for achieving success as a Chapter. This may be a technology prototyping or a documentation/edu-marketing project
39. Weeks 40-50 are discressionary - covering any time overruns on other weeks