11/9/23 Today in class, we continued working on our cardboard pencil box. Today the glue that I used to hold the box together had completely dried, so my box could stand on its own without rubber bands and was fully completed.
11/8/23 Today for homework I did not make any progress since I had already finished making the cardboard box. Way ahead of you Mr. Brodie!
11/7/23 Today in class we began our cardboard pencil box. We started off by making measurements of examples made by other classes and made a sketch on Fusion 360. I then put all of the sides, bottom and inner flaps together using the joint command to make sure it all fit. I then created downloaded dxf files for all of the sketches and then uploaded those downloads to Rhino. I then used the laser cutter to cut out all of the sides I needed and then put them together. I then used rubber bands to hold them in place.
11/6 Today for homework, I finished my DIY dinosaur lamp. I created the head for the dinosaur by sketching it from a photo that I put into Fusion 360 and then extruding and filleting it to make it less blocky. I then made a copy of the lightbulb (that goes into the head) and enlarged it and then combined the enlarged bulb and the head, making a bulb shaped cutout. This allowed the normal sized bulb to have more room within the head and shine brighter. I then created teeth for the dinosaur using the pipe tool and also created a small peg to attach the head to the body. I then created a cutout within the body that will allow the wire from the lightbulb to travel down the dinosaur and come out at the hips.
11/6 Today in class, we continued working on our DIY lamps. Today I worked on scaling my dinosaur to fit the light bulb that we created in class. I also had to recreate the tail as it would not scale with the rest of the body. I also then attached the bulb and the case to it to the rest of the body. This does not really match the rest of the body, so tonight for homework I will try to make a dinosaur head and then put the light bulb in the mouth so that the head matches the rest of the design.
11/2/23 Today in class, we continued working on our DIY lamps. Today I worked on creating my claws as well as finishing my lightbulb sketch that we began last week. For the claws I made a single design and then copy and pasted that design to both arms so that each arm had 3 claws. After that I finished my lightbulb and imported it into my lamp design. Once doing this, I realized that it is not to scale and the dinosaur is too small, so next I will scale the dinosaur up to match the lightbulb.
11/1/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my DIY dinosaur lamp. Today, I worked on creating arms for the dinosaur and adding claws. I filleted the arms in order to make their shape fit the design of the rest of the dinosaur and less blocky. I was not able to figure out how to make the claws work yet with my design and I will continue to brainstorm how to make it work next class.
10/31/23 Today in class, we continued working on our DIY lamps. Today I worked on connecting the main body that I created yesterday for homework to the rest of my design. To do this, I created two more cylindrical parts that go around the small pipe between the two legs and then combined two pegs into the two cylinders. I then attached the main body to the two pegs. I also re-designed the feet so that they fit the rest of the body and weren’t as blocky.
10/30/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my DIY dinosaur lamp. I continued working on the tail I created in class and eventually joined it to the rotating cylinder between the two legs, I also attached it to a cylinder with a hole in it so that the tail can go up and down. Next I began to brainstorm and work on the body, so far I have a kind of bulky body, but will continue to work on it in class tomorrow.
10/30/23 Today in class, we continued working on our DIY lamps. Today I continued working on the snake like tail design that I came up with last night, but after tinkering around with it, I realized that I wasn’t going to work. Instead I created a normal dinosaur tail that starts out as thick at the top and thins out. I used the pipe command to create this sort of tail. I will then attach the tail to the small pipe going through the two legs.
10/29/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my DIY dinosaur lamp. I continued to work on the legs and feet by making them more round to create a more organic look to the previous block shapes they were. I also began working on my sketch of the tail. As of now it looks like a little snake, but tomorrow I will add parts extruding out of the side to make it seem like a sort of spiky wave.
10/26/23 Today in class we began to work on the bulb that will go onto our DIY lamp. We started by importing Mr. Brodie’s sketch of the bulb on paper and then created lines to outline the bulb on Fusion 360. We then worked on getting correct dimensions and diameters that were specified on the outline.
10/25/23 Today for homework, I started working on my Fusion 360 model for my DIY lamp. I decided on trying to create the dinosaur lamp that I sketched out yesterday for homework. Today I created both of the feet and legs for the dinosaur and I then used the joint command to attach them together. I also created a hole at the top of both of the legs so that later on the lamp will be able to bend at the dinosaur’s hips.
10/24/23 Today for homework, I continued to work on sketches for my DIY lamp. I created three more sketches/ideas for what I could do. My first one would be a dinosaur/monster type figure, where the head would be the bulb and you would be able to bend the legs and neck to adjust the angle of the light. My second was a simple pineapple shape. My third was a hockey themed design where I would cutout an intricate design on the front with hockey sticks, a helmet, and words that say “Lville Puck” that would illuminate when you turned the light on in the back.
10/24/23 Today in class I finished my 3-D lamp and began to work on sketches for my own lamp design. For the lamp, I finished soldering together the wires and putting an electrical sleeve over top to make them secure. I then glued the lamp to the base plate, as well as the bottom plate to the base plate, making the design complete. I then began to create sketches of what I could make for the next lamp project.
10/23/19 Today in class we worked on putting our lamp together and finished our cell phone stand. For the lamp, I sanded the outside of bottom block and then worked on connecting the wires from the switch to the wires on the LED strip. I connected the wires and then put an electrical sleeve, which I used a heat gun on to make it fit snuggly, over to wires to secure them together and hide the live wires. I finished my Fusion 360 cell phone model before class.
10/19/23 Today in class, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I added holes in the shape of triangles to the phone holder to reduce weight and create a more industrial design. I also fixed the faulty ball joint that I created yesterday, allowing the user to pivot the phone holder, so that the user to orient the screen however they want.
10/18/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I added holes to the hooks meant to hold the phone in place to make a more industrial looking design and to reduce the total weight. I also figured out how to correctly add a ball joint, allowing 360 degree rotation for the phone holder, allowing the user to orient the screen however they want.
10/17/23 Today in class, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I filleted and made the base part that will hold the phone thicker by extruding it. I then used the joint command to fix the phone holder to the rest of the stand. I also created more revolute joints so that the stand is more adjustable for the user. Next, I will create the ball joint and make the design of the phone holder more appealing.
10/16/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I created the base for what will hold the phone and then created a hook and made two more copies of the hook. These three hooks will keep the phone in place and the missing fourth hook will allow the user to slide the phone into place. I will then attach my phone holder to the ball joint that I created yesterday.
10/12/23 Today in class, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I created a single upper arm that I attached to the smaller horizontal cylinder using the joint command. I then started to make the ball joint on top of the upper arm which will allow the user of the phone stand to adjust the angle of viewing as well as the orientation of the phone(sideways/upright).
10/11/23 Today for homework, I continued working on my Fusion 360 model for my cell phone stand. I created a lower arm, made a copy and then attached the two to the horizontal cylinder I made earlier. I then created another horizontal cylinder at the top of the lower arms so that I will be able to create a second hinge later on.
10/11/23 Today in class, I continued working on my Fusion 360 design for my cell phone stand. I tinkered around with the mechanism at the bottom, which will allow the user to change the angle of viewing. I added a horizontal cylinder with a small peg inside of it, allowing it to rotate. Next I will add the lower arms and attach them to the horizontal cylinder.
10/10/23 Today for homework, I started my sketch on Fusion 360 for the cell phone stand design I chose in class. I created a base plate, two cylinders (one fits snuggly inside the other) and then a cap to secure the smaller cylinder. The smaller cylinder will be free to rotate, allowing the user to rotate the view.
10/10/23 Today in class we created four different designs for a phone stand where you can adjust the angle of the screen and the way it sits (sideways or upright). I then picked one design and made a more detailed sketch and started it on Fusion 360.
10/4/23 Today for homework, I put a picture of an iPhone screen on top on the front of my 3-D model. I finished the work due Friday, so that was all I did tonight.
10/3/23 Today in class, we continued putting together our lamp and working on our 3-D phone model. For the lamp, we screwed the lower arm to the base and the upper arm to the lower arm. We then screwed in the stand offs into the lower arm in order to run the wire from the LED strip, that we attached to the upper, to the base plate. We also added the switch to the hole on the base plate. For the 3-D model of my phone, I added the volume up and down notches as well as the on/off notch. I also added the hole in the case for the ringer and indent on the front of the phone from the case.
10/2/23 Today for homework I continued working on my 3-D model of my cell phone. For my 3-D model I created a sketch of the 2 cameras on the back of my phone and then extruded both of them out.
10/2/23 Today in class I continued working on my 3-D model of my cell phone and glued the side verticals into the base plate using wood glue. For my 3-D phone model, I extruded out the pocket on the back of my phone, and created 5 points which I connected to create the curved part and then mirrored the curved half that I had.
10/1/23 Today for home I continued working on my 3-D model of my cell phone. I continued to make edits on the small parts of my phone, specifically the holes in my phone case where sound comes out and where you can plug in the charger.
9/28/23 Today in class we glued the middle part of the lower and upper arms together with the side pieces. We then made a cutout of the base plate and the side verticals with the laser cutter. After that we glued large metal plates to both of the side verticals.
9/27/23 Today for homework I began the 3-D model for my cell phone using the orthographic sketches that we made during class yesterday. I began by making the phone a box and plan to make edits to this box so that it fits the sketch that I made. I also started the pocket on the back of my phone, which extrudes out, as well as my camera.
9/26/23 Today in class, we made an orthographic view of our cell phones with the cases on of the front. back, right and left side, and bottom part of the phone. We made precise measurements so that we can eventually create a 3-D model in Fusion 360.
9/21/23 Today in class, we attached the base to the rest of the lamp in Fusion 360. We also glued in the small magnets to the holes in the lower arms as well as attaching the small metal plates to the inside of the lower arms.
9/20/23 Today for homework, I made a copy of the base vertical and attached both of them to the lower arms, then created a midpoint using 2 lines. Using this midpoint, I then attached the base plate to it using the joint command. After that, I created a new design and made the model of the base, using projection and extrusion to make the cutouts inside and on the bottom
9/19/23 Today in class, we fit small magnets inside of the holes in the upper arm using epoxy glue, making them flush with the outside. We then cut out the two lower arms and lower horizontal using the laser cutter and then sanded them down.
9/18/23 Today for homework, I created the base plate and the two circles, making notches on the larger circle. We then extruded it to give it thickness. I then created the base verticals with a central circle, which we will connect to the lower arm.
9/18/23 Today in class, we extruded the lower horizontal part between the two lower arms to eventually connect them when we cut them out. We then created the holes and cutouts on the lower horizontal.
9/14/23 Today in class, we extruded the lower arm to give it thickness and made a copy. We then used then made a copy of the small metal plate and used the joint command to attach it to the upper arm. We then attached the two lower arms to the upper arms and small metal plate using the joint command.
9/13/23 Today for homework, we created the lower arm and the two small disks.
9/12/23 Today in class we used a laser cutter in order to cut out the parts for the upper arm and then sanded each part down.
9/11/23 Today in class we created and extruded the upper horizontal and used the combine tool to join the two arms.
9/10/23 Today for homework, we extruded the arm to give it width and made a copy of the side component using the joint command.
9/7/23 Today in class we worked on making rectangular cutouts in the arm and circular cutouts on the larger circle at the end of the arm.
9/6/23 For homework, I watched a video made by Mr. Brodie where we made two different sized circles and attached them with tangent lines to create the arm of our lamp.
9/5/23 Today in class we made a box with a lid that will not slide off using Fusion 360 software.
