Week 10

Mon, Nov 18 CW – image of work completed in class

I couldn’t do much in class today since my lamp was already complete.

Thur, Nov 14 HW – image of completed homework

I completed the lamp by going to the GCAD hours on Sunday.

Thur, Nov 14 CW – image of work completed in class

Today, I attatched the luminary paper onto my wooden component using paste. I really like the texture of the luminary paper and I’m excited to see the lamp with the light on 🙂

Thur, Nov 14 HW – image of completed homework

I went to GCAD during the afternoon to complete the wooden structure. I glued down all the pieces together.

Tue, Nov 12  CW – image of work completed in class

I began joining the vertical and horizontal pieces. Although it was a struggle in the beginning, I eventually managed to join all the pieces. However, I forgot to put glue on half of the pieces so I would have to be doing that next class.

Tue, Nov 12  HW – image of completed homework

On Sunday, I went to GCAD hours to get all my wood pieces stained. I used american chestnut since I wanted my wood to be a rather dark color that can contrast the light.

Week 9

Fri, Nov 8 CW – image of work completed in class

I printed out all horizontal components with wood in class today.

Fri, Nov 8 HW –  image of completed homework

For homework, I just saved some more DXF files to print in class and consult. I believe that I can finish the wooden parts of it next class.

Wed, Nov 6 CW – image of work completed in class

In class today, I started printing my components. I ended up completing all fifteen of my vertical pieces so I plan on completing the horizontal pieces next class.

Wed, Nov 6 HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I worked on my second lamp and visited during consultation to start printing. The below is the status quo of my second lamp! Although I want to make this lamp out of wood as well, I may have to use the 3d printer instead but I will be asking Mr. Brodie in class.

Mon,  Nov 4    CW – image of work completed in class

During class, I figured out how I was going to place my light bulb and socket. Also, I saved my dxf files and now I am ready to print! However I couldn’t start due to the lack of time.

Mon, Nov 4  HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I started designing another lamp that goes along with my theme of korean culture. I was planning on completing the roof for homework, but

Week 8

Thur, Oct 31 CW – image of work completed in class

Since the structure of the lamp is completed, I just had to figure out where the lightbulb goes and a structure that could hold up the light bulb.

Thur, Oct 31 HW – image of completed homework

I completed the joints for homework, and now I just have to make a device to hold my light.

Week 7

Fri, Oct 25 CW – image of work completed in class

In class today, I explained my design to my parents, worked on the joints and figured out how to do it. The below is the general vision of what the joint will look like:

Fri, Oct 25 HW – image of completed homework

I used extrude and circular pattern to make the general model of the lamp. I plan to make the joints in class.

Thur, Oct 24 CW – image of work completed in class

In class today, I created a side profile of the vertical axis for my lamp.

Thur, Oct 24 HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I created the sketch to my horizontal axis for the lamp.

Tue, Oct 22  CW – image of work completed in class

Unfortunately, I decided to change my design since the design I currently have is more focused on illustrator, while I want my final project to be more focused on fusion and woodcraft. It will be mushroom themed 🙂

Tue, Oct 22  HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I started the fusion model of the lamp, and I made the general model of what the structure would be. I will be adding the intricate details through illustrator.

Week 6

Fri, Oct 18 CW – image of work completed in class

In class, I made my final decision on what to make, and drew out the details of he design on a larger sheet of paper.

Fri, Oct 18 HW –  image of completed homework

For homework, I came up with a few concept sketches as stated below:

Wed, Oct 16 CW – image of work completed in class

In class, we created a light bulb to inset into the final fusion model of the lamp.

Wed, Oct 16 HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I re-read the “Introduction to Design thinking: process guide” in preparation of the lamp project.

Mon,  Oct 14    CW – image of work completed in class

Today, I set up our Rube Goldberg project again and had a few more trials. Unfortunately, they were all unsuccessful. However, I feel as though we made a huge progress considering that everything we used in our project was fabricated ourselves (except the marble and books, of course).

I created six simple machines for this project: a lever, pulley, screw, funnel, and two inclined planes (one with the hexagonal designs and the other with the speed regulators). Although I could not use two of them in the final project (the lever and pulley) since we made some adjustments due to time restraints, the four machines worked consistently in all our trials. The screw, however, despite working well on the first day, was not operating well on the second day. When examining for variables I missed, I later noticed that the string used for the screw had loosened due to the many trials we had. This must have been a variable that I did not take into account in the trials today.

Overall, I learned a lot from this project, especially regarding time management, planning, and teamwork. I spent a lot of my time on things we ended up not using in our final project (Fusion model of screw, funnel// lever// pulley). I should have had a more thorough plan of the project before actually making anything. Also, by the end of the Rube Goldberg project, my teammates and I started to fall behind schedule, and this caused us to cut off a portion of our original design. I feel like we should have made a more tangible, simple concept sketch before starting to fabricate our machines instead of overestimating our abilities. I hope to use this lesson on the upcoming lamp project!! 🙂

Mon, Oct 14  HW – image of completed homework

I couldn’t do much for homework today since all I have to do now is to assemble the fabricated components and get it to work. Since we tested until the last step and made sure everything worked last class, all we have to do is to complete the last step 🙂

Week 5

Thur, Oct 10 CW – image of work completed in class

I started out by making the screw and funnel today(images shown below). Our main job today was to set up the Rube Goldberg Machine and have our first trial. We did make some final adjustments, so we took out some steps including the second lever, the second pulley, and the third inclined plane. Moreover we replaced the dominos with another mousetrap since we ran out of time and we couldn’t get the dominos to work. We succeeded until the last step, so I think we can finally complete our project next class by making small adjustments! The video of the trial is as shown below(will be added later):

Thur, Oct 10 HW – image of completed homework

I came to consultation to fabricate the pulley. Since I already had my rhino files saved, I just had to print out the elements and glue them together. I checked if it worked, and it did! In class, I plan to fabricate the screw and funnel, hopefully even set up the whole project all together.

Tue, Oct 8  CW – image of work completed in class

I did save my rhino file for my pulley, but I couldn’t print since none of the printers were available. Also, I decided to fabricate my pulley using a sturdy piece of paper instead. I have my sketch saved on Rhino but I couldn’t print today. Also, we tested our mousetrap, and it seems to work great! Our group put together the components we have complete, and below is what it looks like right now.

Tue, Oct 8  HW – image of completed homework

I went to class over the weekends and consultation. I currently have two inclined planes and a lever completed, and I plan to work on the screw and pulley for class.

Week 4

Fri, Oct 4 CW – image of work completed in class

I sanded all my fabricated pieces and glued together my inclined plane. I couldn’t get to printing today since I didn’t have enough time due to early departure.

Fri, Oct 4 HW –  image of completed homework

I saved extra DXF files for the stuff to do in class. I couldn’t do much since all I need to do now is to fabricate my designs.

Wed, Oct 2 CW – image of work completed in class

I printed out the two other components of the color change inclined plane using the 3D printer and also printed out the wooden components for the hexagon and luminary inclined plane.

Wed, Oct 2 HW – image of completed homework

Since I just need to print everything I currently have in class/consult I tried drawing out an image of our goldberg project again since we did make a few adjustments to certain steps. Moreover, Christian and I briefly discussed adding a bowling ball for the last step, so I plan to finalize that discussion tomorrow in class.

Mon, Sept 30  CW – image of work completed in class

In class, I printed out one out of three components of the color change marble inc plane using the 3d printer. I also imported my dxf files on fusion and saved them as a rhino file on a USB. I could not print, however, due to the lack of time.

Wed, Sept 30 HW – image of completed homework

I read “Introduction to Design thinking: process guide” as noted in the syllabus. I also though of brief ideas for the lamp. I plan to make a mobile of geometric shapes, more specifically regular polyhedrons under the theme of solar system. Each polyhedron will be depicted as a different planet or star. Moreover I visited the IT department to get my computer to read USBs properly again.

Week 3

Fri, Sept 27 CW –  image of work completed in class

Today, I imported two out of five of my models into rhino (luminary inc plane and hexagon inc plane) and asked mr. Brodie to make the pieces of wood I need for these two machines.

Fri, Sept 27 HW –  image of completed homework

For homework, I made a list of things I need externally (in other words, things I can’t fabricate) and finished my design of the screw. Our team needs to buy marbles(different sizes)and a mousetrap. Christian decided to put in the amazon order for things we need externally!

Wed, Sept 25 CW – image of work completed in class

Unfortunately, I could not work on printing in class since all the printers were taken. However, I did work on rescaling a few items, solving any issues that were accompanied in doing so, and resaved their DXF files. Additionally, since I couldn’t work on fabricating, I worked on my fusion models, fixing any errors and jointing all elements with each other. (Most were originally just built in place).

Wed, Sept 25 HW – image of completed homework

For homework today, I saved some dxf files so that I can print out my work next class.

Mon, Sept 23  CW – image of work completed in class

I created some designs to print out on my fabricated elements (Alice in wonderland themed). I also added my simple machines to the stairs model document. During class me and my teammates also placed pieces of tape on the stairs to make a mental checklist of what needs to be completed and what is completed. We are currently at a stage where we just need to fabricate everything and purchase a mousetrap, and some marbles.

Mon, Sept 23  HW – image of completed homework

For homework today, I added designs to my lever and inclined plane.

Week 2

Thur, Sept 19 CW – image of work completed in class

Since I couldn’t print out anything today, I just created a fusion model of our location, the stairs, started on another device, the little car, and completed the inclined plane.

Thur, Sept 19 HW – image of completed homework

I almost completed the inclined plane, and I made some touchups on the pulley since it wasn’t working properly. I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out the joints for this inclined plane so I couldn’t get much done. I plan on printing some of my things out next class.

Tue, Sept 17  CW – image of work completed in class

Today, I completed the design of my marble color-change inclined plane. The above photo is the general idea, and I plan to execute this using the 3d printer and the laser cutter.

Tue, Sept 17  HW – image of completed homework

I designed a lever and added components to the inclined plane. I had some issues trying parameters, but I managed to fix the problems eventually. Currently, there are no parameter errors. Also, I decided on theming my devices using trump cards and the concept of Alice in Wonderland. For now, I have designed an inclined plane (for which I plan to use illustrator to add different designs to each hexagon), a lever (which I similarly plan to design the specifics later), and a screw device (designed with a medieval castle theme. The string should be green). In class I will be working mainly with illustrator for specific designs.

Week 1

Sat, Sept 14 CW – image of work completed in class

For class today, I completed a pulley. I plan to use small metal stick with diameter .24 in for the joint. Other than this simple pulley, our design may also require a complex pulley so I plan to design that as well.

Sat, Sept 14 HW – image of completed homework

I completed the funnel and the inclined plane. I used parameters for the inclined plane.

Thur, Sept 12  CW – image of work completed in class

We finalized our plan for our device. It did take us slightly longer than expected but we started fabricating our elements. I planned to create the first element of our goldberg device: the funnel. However, I learned that I would need supports if the degree of my funnel was beneath 45 degrees. I plan to finalize that for homwork.

Thur, Sept 12  HW – image of completed homework

I edited my concept sketch as stated in my plan. Also, we made a group chat and started selecting the ideas. We plan to select our location and specific placing of elements in class. We are considering using a lever, pulley, or a motor for the final step. Also, I designed a few elements on paper before designing it in fusion. We also decided on using a mouse trap (in a safe way) in our design.

Tue, Sept 10  HW – image of work completed in class

Today, I completed my first draft of the concept sketch. For the final draft, I plan to discuss with my teammates and select certain devices that we prefer to merge our concept sketches. I tried to defy gravity using the wheel and axel, lever, and pulley. However, I do feel like my current design relies too much on the pulley, and so I plan to develop this part as time passes by. Our group decided to plan our Rube Goldberg project with the objective “set off a part popper.”