4/6/21

Bottle Opener #6

Bottle Opener #4

Bottle Opener #3

I was unable to reopen this project on my personal laptop, so I was unable to finish. I got as far as getting my construction lines laid out and almost finished the circles to create the curves needed for the final sketch, but had not trimmed them yet.

MAD Exercise #2

Component #1 – Rail

Component #2 – Slider

Component #3 – Pin

Components are assembled, joints installed, and item is painted. Components have full range of motion as represented in the multiple screenshots.

4/13

Mad Exercise #7

4/17

Smartphone Orthographic Drawing

Beginning of 3D model

4/20

Some of the few major takeaways is that when rapid prototyping, it is best to not ponder heavily over ideas and overthinking how to carry out certain things. The best way to find issues and benefits of ideas is to build a rough prototype utilizing anything on hand, adjusting and adapting while refining the prototype as the design is optimized. Another important thing is to make sure you are able to prototype as fast as you can think in order to maximize your efficiency and keep your thoughts flowing.

4/24

Wireless Charging Phone Stand

4/29

A huge part of the fourth industrial revolution is the combination of physical, mechanical, and biological processes and structures in order to optimize and strengthen our lives. As our lives become more efficient, we have begun to access the best parts of biological systems in our world, using new technologies such as 3d printing and other tech we use in class to unlock a new era of society where we can advance to new levels where tech is integrated into nature and vice versa, taking the best of both worlds and combining them. What we have gone over in this tech design class helps us prepare to grow up in this quickly changing world and hit the ground running, continuing this advancement of tech that will create more equitable growth in the world by providing immense assistance with issues that slow us down and advancing important tasks such as vaccine delivery, food growth, economics, and other core structures in our world.

5/4

Lamp Designs

5/6

Creating rough cardboard prototype to troubleshoot and estimate dimensions. I’ve begun to sketch and cut out the easier rectangle shapes for this design.

5/8

I cut out the circles for the mount of the arm and have begun to tape together the arm and stand at home so they are more solid components.

5/13

I glued together most of the lamp and have a solid amount of the lamp finished, but still need to add some more details, for example, the bulb mount.

5/15

At home I drew out some ideas for bulb mounts, trying to decide the best way to fix the lightbulb to the end of the arm.

5/18

I decided to use the first option in the case of my first prototype, but after making it I am realizing that it would be better to use the threaded rod to fix the bulb to the lamp instead, which I will do in the final prototype.

Final rough prototype

5/21

Begin working in Fusion 360 and design lamp base and stand in class and at home. The mount gave me trouble as I tried to ensure that the spacing of the magnet holes were even.

Spent class time working a bit in Fusion 360 and created the 3D model of the bulb, which I managed to finish for homework after struggling with the revolve tool for a while.

5/23

I added the arm to the stand and spent a lot of time ensuring that it would be relatively balanced, taking into account the weight of the lightbulb as well. I put a hole through the length of the arm for the wires to be fed through. I also added a hole on the side of the arm for the second magnet to be mounted within.

5/25

Spent class time thinking about options for methods to mount the lightbulb and first decided on using the lip of the bulb to seat it on the mount.

First Lamp Design

At home I redesigned the bulb mount in order to affix the bulb using the threaded rod instead

5/27

In class, I edited the lightbulb model and imported it into this project. I also added joints to ensure everything was aligned properly.

At home I adjusted the bulb a bit more in the mount and added a lampshade frame design.

5/30

I began to draw out and calculate the dimensions I would need for my final prototype, taking into account the thickness of the material.

6/2

I started to draft the pieces in Rhino and laser cut some out, beginning to assemble the base, however I realized that some dimensions were not accurate and needed to be recut.

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Due to the backup on the laser cutter, I was excused from needing to cut out the rest of the pieces for my final prototype. Below are the Rhino sketches.