Paste Extruder

The custom, data-controlled (CNC) Paste Extruder, designed and built by the makerspace team, serves as a medium of engagement with local materiality. It also offers a platform for learning, teaching, and experimenting. It’s 1st task: 3D printing clay. Local and visiting collaborators helped bring this task to fruition during the “Turning the Wheel” event (11-23 May 2022). Build details with some initial parameters can be found at https://wikifactory.com/@kh/turning-the-wheel Future aims consist of acquiring more expertise surrounding additive manufacturing; bigger and better ceramic prints, possible organic paste recipes and large format (recycling plastics) pellet extrusion.

TMS Team contribution.

Marios constantinides Planinng, overview, Drive

Stratis Pandelides & Alexis Charalambous on programing and electronics

Marios Charalambous on Modeling, buildup and laser cutting

Giorgos Dimoglou Documentation

Special THanks to Joelle Bitton and Kevin Hinz

Ecperimenting With a Photogrametry model of Aphrodite collected from the Cyprus archeological, Helinistic collection. Contemplaiting potentials in conservation and reconstruction posibilities in archeological finds.

Playing around with layer hight and width but also speed of extrusion, with custom desing, while imagining possibilities for pasive aircooling, insulation and packaging.

TMS Workshop Turning the Wheel. The premise for the extruders creation

Kevin Hinz & Joelle Bitton as visiting researchers,

Stella Taousiani organizing this amazing trip of a workshop.

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