How a 3D printer actually works
The hot glue gun explanation, with pass-around prints (see 3D Printing 101).
Talks and class visits
Invite Joseph to speak
Inspiration for your kids, from a kid.
The most common thing grown-ups say when they see the Lab is "my kid needs to see this." So: I do talks. Short ones, with props. I bring toys, I bring Printer Poop, and if the venue allows it we run a live print while I talk.
What I talk about
Three talks, each with pass-around props
From idea to business
How a drawing became a stall, a shop, and a Printer Ranch.
Robots and AI are tools
How I use the Imaginator and Norman, the Lab's used Dell server, and why the ideas still have to come from you.
Where this works
Kid audiences, grown-up hosts
- Class visits and school STEM days (my favorite)
- Libraries, maker spaces, scout groups and clubs
- Entrepreneurship days and family events
Book a talk
One email is all it takes
Email joseph@texastoylab.com with your school or group, audience age, dates and location.
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The grown-up details
Joseph speaks with a parent present, during school-friendly hours, within the greater Austin area (Austin, Leander, Cedar Park, Round Rock). School class visits are free when the calendar allows; bigger events, let's talk. He is a kid: sessions run 15–30 minutes, and we schedule around school first.
- Where
- Austin, Texas
- Made at
- The Printer Ranch, the Lab’s own printers
- Run by
- Joseph, the inventor, and his dad
- Company
- Crabtree Ventures LLC
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