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Product Design and Manufacture (Toys!)

Designing and making actual products is this month's topic. The founder and owner of Just Think Toys, Doug Mackey, will discuss computer aided product design, materials and getting his products manufactured. 

This is an informal talk with lots of time for Q&A. This talk has in mind our growing Fusion 360 community and aspiring and current makers of actual products.

Bring your questions. Here are some possible topics up for discussion.

• how you do design ... CAD? pencil and paper? Both?
• what CAD software you use?
• associated challenges, surprises, interesting stories?
• how do you pick final product materials?
• how do you make prototypes?
• what have you learned about design for manufacturing?

About the Speaker
Doug Mackey is founder and owner of Just Think Toys. For 15 years, he worked as a consultant to Plan Toys, a Thai company that is one of the world's leading wooden toy manufacturers. The Plan Toys dollhouse shown in the picture was developed with his input, which focused on enhancing play value by simplifying the design and giving kids access from all sides.

Check out his company's website https://www.just-think-toys.com/ to see more examples.

Free to All, Public Warmly Welcome  Tech Talks are free and open to the public. Registration is requested but not required. It's just so we can do a better job of setting up. Share a link to this talk with someone who might be interested. https://bainbridgebarn.wildapricot.org/event-3238880

Questions? Direct any questions to Annette Walker, ETA Studio Lead at eta.lead@bainbridgebarn.org

About ETA Sunday Tech Talks
Mark your calendar for the second Sunday of each month when ETA holds a free tech talk. Topics are wide-ranging by design. Free for members and non-members. Contact eta.lead@bainbridgebarn.org to volunteer for a future talk or to share your ideas for an interesting topic.

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