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This little kit proved to be perfect as cover work for my Design & Technology lessons - sharing the ...

When generating the templates, I got students to create sundials for different locations around the ...

You're very welcome - don't forget to share a photo of your finished project!

I heard about this via email.Terrible news.

This is really cool - I'll be sharing it with students in September!

I was trying not to make this personal, Randy.That link is good to have, but it is far from useful hiding out here in a forum topic. That's the sort of thing that needs to be somewhere obvious and logical.Anyhoo, three points to be moving on with.> Do you have some sort of timeline on "next"?> Can you please make sure you talk to others whilst "figuring out". For your your first call, talk to the old Community Team. We're all still out there on a single email.(In my mind, there are specific questions that need addressed: Does Instructables want an Instructables Community to actually exist as an entity? "Where" should that community exist? What should the community be about? Who do you want to "own" or "guide" the community?)> Re...

I was trying not to make this personal, Randy.That link is good to have, but it is far from useful hiding out here in a forum topic. That's the sort of thing that needs to be somewhere obvious and logical.Anyhoo, three points to be moving on with.> Do you have some sort of timeline on "next"?> Can you please make sure you talk to others whilst "figuring out". For your your first call, talk to the old Community Team. We're all still out there on a single email.(In my mind, there are specific questions that need addressed: Does Instructables want an Instructables Community to actually exist as an entity? "Where" should that community exist? What should the community be about? Who do you want to "own" or "guide" the community?)> Remember how I used to nag everybody from Eric down to spend just a few minutes each day on the forums? And how the forums were a much more positive place when staff remembered to do that? Yeh, that.

A little engagement from staff would be nice, but, three days, and not a peep...

Thanks for the reply, Randy, really, but this is an issue we've been bringing up for a long time now, and we've made our feelings clear by different channels many times, and generally been ignored or reassured that the changes are good. "You" (whoever's is making the decisions these days) clearly think an active community is a good selling point, else why paste it in big letters on the front page?May I suggest a happy medium?Put all the forum categories back together into one central place, with a clear and obvious link from somewhere logical. Either that, or scrap the forums entirely. They're an embarrassment compared to the rest of the site, so start using social media to build AND INTERACT WITH a community. I look at the FB page, it's entirely made of Instagram posts. No di...

Thanks for the reply, Randy, really, but this is an issue we've been bringing up for a long time now, and we've made our feelings clear by different channels many times, and generally been ignored or reassured that the changes are good. "You" (whoever's is making the decisions these days) clearly think an active community is a good selling point, else why paste it in big letters on the front page?May I suggest a happy medium?Put all the forum categories back together into one central place, with a clear and obvious link from somewhere logical. Either that, or scrap the forums entirely. They're an embarrassment compared to the rest of the site, so start using social media to build AND INTERACT WITH a community. I look at the FB page, it's entirely made of Instagram posts. No discussion, no chat from members. Instagram & Twitter aren't right for building a community, not when you have to hunt for hashtags amongst the noise.We're not asking for a leap back ten years, we're not asking for a cash investment, we're asking The Powers That Be to remember that their entire income rises on the back of members putting the effort into becoming authors, the best (and cheapest) way to keep authors publishing is to make them feel like they belong to something, and the best way to do that is to have an active community.

With no response from staff, I fear you may be right...

Sad to see that others agree with me...

Best fix I have at the moment is to log out and in occasionally.Inconvenient, I know.

Hi,Sorry it too so long to answer - the fibres you need are in the stem, and the leaves just boil down to mush and goo that clogs things up. You can experiment with leaving leaves in, though; nettles are basically free.

First preference is by Key Stage, since that matches the exam system (main assessment is based on KS4 work), primary schools often have mixed year-group classes, and some high schools start KS4 work in Year 9 to get a head start on the exam work).

Yes.Varies: primary schools (KS1 & 2) do a bit, but not with a name. High schools (KS3&4) have it as a range of subjects. Small schools (like mine) have "D&T" as a class. Larger schools have a D&T department, split into various mixes of Resistant Materials ("RM" - woodwork, metalwork, plastics), Textiles, Food, Graphics, Control Technology (microcontrollers etc), Engineering and sometimes ICT falls within their remit.Unfortunately, D&T is not well supported, nationally. It's an expensive subject to maintain, is not compulsory, and doesn't always contribute to the government-defined measures of progress.Traditionally, D&T has been the preferred subject of many disaffected and/or less able students, but recent changes have made the subject now c...

Yes.Varies: primary schools (KS1 & 2) do a bit, but not with a name. High schools (KS3&4) have it as a range of subjects. Small schools (like mine) have "D&T" as a class. Larger schools have a D&T department, split into various mixes of Resistant Materials ("RM" - woodwork, metalwork, plastics), Textiles, Food, Graphics, Control Technology (microcontrollers etc), Engineering and sometimes ICT falls within their remit.Unfortunately, D&T is not well supported, nationally. It's an expensive subject to maintain, is not compulsory, and doesn't always contribute to the government-defined measures of progress.Traditionally, D&T has been the preferred subject of many disaffected and/or less able students, but recent changes have made the subject now called "Design & Technology" much more theory-based, so much so that students could go months without picking up a tool, and still end up with a much lower grade than previously, reducing the value of the subject to the school. Some schools are now closing D&T departments entirely.Others are taking the same route as my school is, and switching to "3D Design", a portfolio-based subject in a similar vein to Art; researching specific designers and then producing pieces on a given theme, influenced by the work of the designers.There is no specific national curriculum we follow, schools tend to shop around to find an examination board with a course that matches the needs of the students, the equipment available, and the skill-set of the staff (hence the drift towards subjects like 3D Design):https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcs...

The vast majority of schools will buy pre-built laser cutters, with all the associated ventilation built in or provided.Biggest mistakes I've seen teachers make are cutting PVC (and venting the fumes directly into a class of 11 year old kids!), and cutting mirrored acrylic with the shiny side up, melting the lid of the cutter.Never leave the cutter running unattended, and keep a CO2 fire extinguisher or powder extinguisher within reach.As well as cleaning the optics, you need to make a routine of cleaning inside the cutter as well - small scraps and offcuts can accumulate in hard-to-reach places, presenting a real fire-hazard.A networked cutter is a luxury most schools cannot afford (we only have a cutter at all because a charity stepped in). I find it easier to keep the cutter safe &am...

The vast majority of schools will buy pre-built laser cutters, with all the associated ventilation built in or provided.Biggest mistakes I've seen teachers make are cutting PVC (and venting the fumes directly into a class of 11 year old kids!), and cutting mirrored acrylic with the shiny side up, melting the lid of the cutter.Never leave the cutter running unattended, and keep a CO2 fire extinguisher or powder extinguisher within reach.As well as cleaning the optics, you need to make a routine of cleaning inside the cutter as well - small scraps and offcuts can accumulate in hard-to-reach places, presenting a real fire-hazard.A networked cutter is a luxury most schools cannot afford (we only have a cutter at all because a charity stepped in). I find it easier to keep the cutter safe & controlled by funnelling the cutting jobs through my laptop - students create files on low-spec laptops using InkScape, email them to me, then I turn them into files for the cutter with propriety software, load them onto a pen drive and the drive goes into the cutter. This means I also get to monitor settings and material use more easily.

Number one tip: let the students see you play.You won't properly know what the cutter can do if you don't try things out, so why not try them in class? If the class is busy doing something else, let them see you try a new material or range of settings. Let them see you be excited about a success, but happy to fail.Tip Two: use junk.Collect scrap (corrugated) card and other scrap materials for test cuts.

In the UK, "Grade 6-8" is the first part of High School, also known as Key Stage 3.

High school D&T teacher here, UK-based

Still happening on both my Windows/Firefox laptop and I just had to clear cookies & cache on my Android/Chrome phone to be able to post this reply.

I'm using Firefox (up to date).I get no error messages, I just click on discussions, drafts, inbox etc and get sent directly to the front page.Interesting update: my browser automatically updated a few minutes ago, and this is the first time in weeks that I haven't had to delete my cache & cookies to reply to a comment.

Will you also be fixing the bugs that currently mean I have to clear my cache and cookies *every* time I want to look at almost any part of the site?

It's getting (getting?) annoying, having to clear my cache & cookies every time I visit the site.

These are wonderful pieces - bravo!

...and the bug is back...:-(

Seems to be fixed now?

Not so far, no.

Oops, "museum" was a predictive text error!

Like I said, this is just my opinion, but I might want to hear how it sounds, and that it really works.There are at least four videos of me blowing different noise-makers, but there are at least two "whistles" I have made from good-looking online instructions that didn't actually work

Could you, please?

I got the email alert for your PM, but this redirecting bug is stopping me looking at my actual inbox.Those standards are *old*, and very basic - three steps plus pictures has been the minimum for... years. You asked "why would I need images showing how I designed it?"My personal answer would be "because that's interesting". I love to see the "creative journey" people take. If there are pencil sketches before the digital design, I like to see those, and see how the final product differs from the original thoughts.Other folk might like to see whether your approach was worth adopting, or adapting.Putting my teacher or contest judge hat on, I'd like to see evidence that the idea is *yours*, and the best evidence for that is to see the design process.That's not...

I got the email alert for your PM, but this redirecting bug is stopping me looking at my actual inbox.Those standards are *old*, and very basic - three steps plus pictures has been the minimum for... years. You asked "why would I need images showing how I designed it?"My personal answer would be "because that's interesting". I love to see the "creative journey" people take. If there are pencil sketches before the digital design, I like to see those, and see how the final product differs from the original thoughts.Other folk might like to see whether your approach was worth adopting, or adapting.Putting my teacher or contest judge hat on, I'd like to see evidence that the idea is *yours*, and the best evidence for that is to see the design process.That's not an official answer, just mine, but I hope it makes sense.Regarding the editing and formatting issues, I totally agree.

Please poke them - this is a major useability issue for the people creating your content.

Do you remember, ages ago, the contest to create projects with specific titles?That's how I ended up writing my highest-viewed project, so maybe we could try that again?

At the museum moment, ibles are only source material, but I hope to start the kids publishing this coming term.

Hey, Jess,I'm a teacher. I've been here a while, but I'm now in a position to deliberately push students to the site as part of their homework, and I will soon be getting them to sign up and create teir own instructables of projects we do in class.

It's the same for me on all devices.I saw the site was down for a while yesterday, I thought that was folk fixing stuff, but I'm now unable to get to my draft projects!Any idea when it's going to be fixed?

Huh?Where are these "standards"? I haven't seen them...?

I didn't use a template. I just started with three lines drawn 120 degrees around a point, and built out from there. I you want a "proper" template, check out the link in step two.

:-(

Don't feel bad: https://xkcd.com/1053/

You're welcome!

You're very welcome!

I'm sure every image interests somebody, but I'm personally interested in Tower Bridge.

Oh, very cool.Is there a chance you could upload the files for the actual cards?

How did you paint him?

I've passed this on to the bug-stompers.

Any specific links?

"Thou Shalt Post!"

That's entirely up to you! We did a lot of hand-waving and holding lumps of metal at the right height while the other person sketched directly onto the metal.

As they say; google is your friend.Alternatively, rulers and tape measures can be bought with both imperial and metric measurements.For example: https://amzn.to/2GBabce or https://amzn.to/2E0jQ8h

Thank you!

Thank you!

Ugh, seeing it online, I realise the proportions of the lid are all wrong... :-(

Yes it is still a thing, yes there is a list, but, no, you can't see it (it's secret to stop spammers circumventing it).

Oh, that's awesome!

I think that sounds like a brilliant idea! Let me know how it goes, eh?

As I said elsewhere, I clean forgot to add it - I was working from a photo of a print, not from the original build, and spent so long remaking it to be laser-cut, it simply slipped my mind to go back and hunt for the source of the photo.The link is now added.

Because I forgot - I spent so long making and remaking it into a version that worked as a laser-kit kit, I clean forgot about the source (I have a pile of failed versions sitting by my laser).Thanks for including the link now.

CC-BY-NC-SA is the default setting here.It should be changed now...

Oh, that's very cool!

I see it there.

Try it, let me know how it works out?

By "edge on", I meant that the edge with the hole in would cast its shadow onto the inside of the opposite side of the ring.I haven't been back to this project (the maths hurt my brain), but your point about hanging is interesting - thinking back, I don't think I made allowances for the missing mass of the hole the light shines through. Maybe that side was "light", and tipped upwards?

Sorry, that comment was to somebody who had a free account, several years ago.The advice is similar, though - drop an email to support@instructables.com, using the email address associated with your instructables account.They will sort things out for you.

The thread is to turn the gauze into a bag.This bag contains the biomass, and fits over the end of the rubber bung.The rubber bung has a hole all the way through it (if you're looking in a lab supply catalogue, look for "drilled bung") - the steam goes up fro the water, through the gauze, through the biomass, and then through the hole in the bung and the tube.Hope that makes things clearer?

Oh, good catch - there were hiccups when I published, but I've added the file now.

The files are now up - remember to post a photo of your build, but please do not sell kits or finished versions of the shade.

Done - see the final step!

A hobby... or a PhD?

Awesome - have fun!

Sort of.It was supposed to be hidden from view, sent only to people who had already bought the parts, but I accidentally shared it, and now people are reading it...

Thank you!

I totally get that, and I invite you to browse the rest of my 265 projects and see that for almost every single one I share the files.I actually wrote this instructable well over a year ago, but had it set to "private", and only shared it with people who bought the parts, but I have had a number of requests to see the instructions public, so here they are.

Thank you!

Shhhh!Actually, I have been selling stuff for several years, and the only time I've had an objection was from Fox TV.

Actually, I've decided to share the files, but I need to re-draw them into a format that is more user-friendly. Give it a few days, then come back and see...

Hehe, in Spring & Summer I sell these as "sun catchers", in the Autumn and Winter I sell them as Christmas ornaments. and gifts.

You are very welcome - that is the point of the site, after all!