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Fab Lab – The Machines

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Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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giarc wrote: post #6
janka102 wrote: post #2

I made this mainly the summer after my junior year in high school. I kinda consider it one of my very first "real" projects I've done. We got handouts of every machine we had in the shop and had to take a test on the parts and what they did, so from those handouts I made this site hoping it would make it easier for people to study.

How long ago did you make this? The design style is fairly current (in my opinion), you may have designing on the cutting edge. Great work, you should develop this into a Clever app.

I started summer of 2013 and was using Bootstrap 2.3. And I've never seen Clever before, do schools have to sign up to it or how does it work?

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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danso wrote: post #3
janka102 wrote: post #2

I made this mainly the summer after my junior year in high school. I kinda consider it one of my very first "real" projects I've done. We got handouts of every machine we had in the shop and had to take a test on the parts and what they did, so from those handouts I made this site hoping it would make it easier for people to study.

This is very very nice . If it doesn't hit the front page, you should consider resubmitting as a "Show HN", which typically gets more votes. This is great work, and kudos to you...both for making a polished, professional website and for doing so in the service of education.

Hey, thanks! That means a lot and it's cool to know other people like it

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by janka102 »

epberry wrote: post #7
janka102 wrote: post #2

I made this mainly the summer after my junior year in high school. I kinda consider it one of my very first "real" projects I've done. We got handouts of every machine we had in the shop and had to take a test on the parts and what they did, so from those handouts I made this site hoping it would make it easier for people to study.

Really well done! I actually worked in a shop similar to this (we were more focused on CNC machines but we had all the fab equipment too) during my freshmen year in college. Not only do I think the site is nice in general but it would have actually been useful to have a place people could quickly look on their phones to see which buttons to press and which levers to pull to operate the machines.

Yeah I thought it was a neat idea, but unfortunately I'm pretty sure not many people in my class used it

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by sholanozie »

janka102 wrote: post #10
cvburgess wrote: post #4

This is insane for a high school web project. Kudos and props to the author. Be sure to put this on your resume!

Thanks! For some reason I never thought of putting it on a resume, but I will now.

Put everything interesting you do on your resume! Every opportunity I've been offered has been due to my side projects or non-programming experiences. Your formal education is still important, but, in my experience in the software world, people value the results of your work more than they value your education.

This app you've made is an amazing demonstration of your skills and understanding of web development. It's worth so much more than your GPA.

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by janka102 »

jaywunder wrote: post #5
janka102 wrote: post #2

I made this mainly the summer after my junior year in high school. I kinda consider it one of my very first "real" projects I've done. We got handouts of every machine we had in the shop and had to take a test on the parts and what they did, so from those handouts I made this site hoping it would make it easier for people to study.

I agree with danso, this is really good work, and it's really cool too.

Thanks! Glad you like it

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by janka102 »

mariusz79 wrote: post #9

Honestly, I would pay for a website like this but with even more stuff. English is my second language, but I currently reside in an English speaking country, and sometimes when I need something specific for some machine, car, dryer etc. I have to spend just too much time trying to learn names of parts needed to fix stuff.

That sounds like a cool idea where people could collaboratively add and edit pictures of things and add the names of parts

Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by mhb »

janka102 wrote: post #18
mariusz79 wrote: post #9

Honestly, I would pay for a website like this but with even more stuff. English is my second language, but I currently reside in an English speaking country, and sometimes when I need something specific for some machine, car, dryer etc. I have to spend just too much time trying to learn names of parts needed to fix stuff.

That sounds like a cool idea where people could collaboratively add and edit pictures of things and add the names of parts

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Re: Fab Lab – The Machines

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Post by tomkinstinch »

mariusz79 wrote: post #9

Honestly, I would pay for a website like this but with even more stuff. English is my second language, but I currently reside in an English speaking country, and sometimes when I need something specific for some machine, car, dryer etc. I have to spend just too much time trying to learn names of parts needed to fix stuff.

I made a (free) site pretty similar to what you describe:

https://www.takeitapart.com

TakeItApart lets anyone can see or share annotated photo-based disassembly guides, to find part numbers, names, and required tools. We're tying to make the website the community-contributed disassembly encyclopedia of the web--so anyone can take things apart, virtually, without picking up a screwdriver. It's also super easy to add a new guide--just bulk upload a set of photos and click "next" a few times.

It's a way to share engineering and industrial design know-how. For example, I've learned to consider in-board strain relief[1] for cables and spray-on ground shielding[2] from taking things apart.

1. https://www.takeitapart.com/guide/51#step-4

2. https://www.takeitapart.com/guide/25#step-11

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