It was a beautiful Wednesday morning in Santa Clara when I stepped into the convention center. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. For those of you who haven’t been to the convention center, it’s quite large. It can hold many different events in its long halls.
At 8:40 AM, things were still pretty quiet. All booths were being set up and I even made quick friends with the gentleman next door. He had candy, so that helped. I was the first to arrive and didn’t realize that the large square object in the corner of our booth was the ProJet MJP 2500. It was HUGE. We would later use it for 3D printing live demos.
I took a few moments to get set up, and as our lovely Hawks began filtering in, we set up our swag and brochures to entice customers in. While the booth was relatively small, we had lots of 3D printed examples in our glass case. And there were eight of us. Needless to say…it was cramped.
One of the cool samples we had was the 3D printed legs given to Derby the Husky. On the far left, you can see the actual 3D printed leg given to the dog. In the middle shows his progression from no legs, to a sort of backpack of wheels and then his new legs!
Once 9AM hit and we were all set, customer began pouring in. Because we were at the rear of the trade show floor, it took some time for them to come to us, but when they did, we impressed them with using the ProJet 2500. We decided to print a wrench and an X-wing from Star Wars. While the print took seven hours, it was amazing to see the printer in action. Our customers agreed.
All in all, we had a great turn out the first day! Of course, having our genius Riley and smart guy Kevin helped a little.
Say cheese!
To see the video on the Design 2 Part trade show, check out our YouTube channel!