
















Classwork 9/27/2022– I made an orthographic drawing of my phone to scale.







Classwork 10/4/2022– Today I was able to finish my phone by putting in the decal for the screen and jointing the ringer to the phone. Then I was able to print out and mostly assemble the base. The only thing I have left to do is screw in the arms to the base. I also put in all of the hardware for the lower and upper arms. Finally I was able to finish the design in Fusion for the lamp.




Homework 10/6/2022– Today for homework I made 4 different sketches of possible phone stands. In 2 of the sketches the phone is horizontal, and in 2 the phone is vertical. I like the first design the best, the third would be the hardest to build, and the fourth looks the most fun.


Classwork 10/7/2022- I finished my lamp, and started my phone stand.















Homework 10/27/2022- I created 4 designs for the lamp project. I really like the first one and think is will be fun but challenging to build.

Classwork 10/28/2022- I made the feet of the the dinosaur lamp. I don’t know if I will end up making a dinosaur, but making the feet is good for any animal. I had to remake the feet a couple times because the designs were not in the right place.

Homework 10/31/2022- I completed a lot of the body of the dinosaur. I have to figure out how to joint one of the legs to the foot and how to do the head.

Classwork 10/31/2022- I had a lot of trouble jointing one of the legs to the foot, but I was able to get it, then I started to put the screws into my design.

Classwork 11/1/2022- Today I made all of the holes for the hardware to be put into place. I also started making the head. In addition to the lamp, I plan on making the dinosaur hold a phone.

Homework 11/1/2022- I finished the head for the dinosaur. I just need to figure out why the whole in the top is not going all the way through.

Classwork 11/2/22- I finished the head. I took a while because the slot for the glass was in the wrong spot. I also just have to make the piece that is supposed to be glass, glass.

Homework 11/3/2022- I completed the head and the glass that goes along with it. I also finally fixed the uneven feet. Now I am in the process of putting in hardware in the correct places to that every piece can move.

Make-up Classwork 11/4/2022- I put in all of my hardware. All of the pieces are connected. I mostly used screws, but in the tail and neck there are standoffs so that screws from both sides could fit in. For the neck I used gusseted angle mounts, but kept the angle at zero so the screw would go straight in the head. These mounts will keep the head in place, but the screws will allow the other parts of the lamp to move.

Homework 11/6/2022- Today I fixed all of my joints to that everything can move. Although all of my joints are revolute joints, the arms and the neck cannot move. I need to fix this during class because the neck needs to move to adjust the camera. I also want to add the phone holder next class.

Classwork 11/7/2022- I started the phone holder and made all of the pieces wood.

Homework 11/8/2022- I finished my phone holder and attached it to the main body using a cylinder to connect the two arm extenders. Tomorrow in class I need to fix all of the movement. Some of the pieces of the body still don’t move properly and the ball joint is not moving how I want it to.

Classwork 11/9/2022- I fixed all of the joints so that each part can move. The only thing is that you need to move arm1 in order to move the arms. And in order to move the neck you need to move it from the right side (opposite side of arm1). I think what happened was that when I was first jointing everything together, I didn’t select the correct things first, so some of the joints are a little messed up. Even though some of them are a little messed up, they all still move if you move it from the correct side. I will try to fix this for homework, but I can’t figure out which joints are the ones messed up. I spent the rest of class trying to create a wire to show how it would come out of the back of the head, but I can’t get the splines to work properly. I can’t figure out how to get the wire to come out of the head and then bend to a side so that it doesn’t go through the tail. I tried to create different planes, but it still doesn’t work property. Also, my ball joint only rotates side to side and not up and down, so I have to fix that as well.

Homework 11/10/2022- Garrett explained to me how I can create a plane that would be diagonal, and by making a plane like this, I was able to make the wire so that it does not hit the tail. I was also able to fix my ball joint and the only joint that does not work now is arm 1. I tied deleting the joint and remaking it, but that did not work. The only thing that I am concerned about now is originality.

Classwork 11/11/2022- Personal Lamp Design Final Image. Today I completed the lamp entirely. The feet are now able to move if you want them to, but in reality, they wouldn’t be moving much so that it stands on the table without risk of falling. Every single piece is able to move. The legs, arms, arm extenders, neck, tail, and phone. The glass would also able to slide in and out of the head so that you can replace the light bulb with ease.