Week 10
Thu, May 22 CW- image of work completed in class
I did a little math homework and then I left early.
Thu, May 22 HW – image of completed homework
N/A
Tue, May 20 CW- image of work completed in class
In class, I taught Yalong how to stain wood. Afterwards, I did some work for a different class, because I did not have anything to do. I except to start help people who are finishing up next class to glue.
Tue, May 20 HW – image of completed homework
N/A
Week 9
Fri, May 16 CW- image of work completed in class
Finally, I have completed this project. It has come along way- from working with Julius and making a race track design, to switching up the design entirely and working with my younger brother to create this organizer for his needs, and every little tweak in between, I’ve truly had fun making this project. Going back in the blog page, I noticed how far it has come. I’ve switched the divider sizes to be more practical, changed the etching styles, and stained the wood to be more appealing to the eye. If I had this organizer and went back in time to show the Fall term Max this, I don’t think he would have believed he was capable of making this. I hope my little brother will enjoy the organizer as much as I have enjoyed making it, and I hope to continue this class next year.
Fri, May 16 HW – image of completed homework
I don’t have anything to do for homework. All my parts are drying, and I am excited to see the finished product tomorrow durning class.
Wed, May 14 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I finished glueing all my pieces. Due to all the different angled joints, it was hard to glue everything at once, but I managed to, and I am expecting an organizer with all the parts glued together when I get to class next. All that is left is to put the drawers into place, and the organizer will be set. Here are photos of the work I did:
Here is the middle layer being glued and clamped down. In order to glue this level, I had help first connecting the middle layer to each of the side pieces (that were glued during consultation on Sunday) and set them on glue on the base layer. This was the hardest layer to glue because of the planning that went into glueing it.
This top layer was simple. First I glued the divider, and then I put glue along it and the other sides and clamped it down, to prevent it from coming up.
I know I said that the middle layer was the hardest layer to glue, but this might have been as well. I is a small drawer, so I decided I could do it alone. That was not the case, so mid-way through I called for help. Lucky, I was able to hold it together and put clamps on it. Because it’s so skinny, it was hard to whip the excess glue off from the middle, so I wrapped the wet rag around the scrapper tool (pictured below). As you can probably tell, the drawer front is the only thing stained, and that is because it is the only part that will be on the exterior that needs to blend it.
This is the rag wrapped around the scrapper tool I mentioned in the paragraph above. All in all, it proved very useful. I would not have been able to get some of the glue off that I did without it.
Wed, May 14 HW – image of completed homework
Because I have all my parts printed out and they just need glueing, there is sadly nothing that I can do for homework.
Mon, May 12 CW- image of work completed in class
I did a couple things during class today. I first stained the wood that I had forgot to yesterday, and set it out to dry. I next began glueing some more parts together. For this, I was assisted by Paul and Arav, who were stuck in the queue for printing their parts out. The parts I used yesterday in consult dried effectively, and the only problem I ran into was mixing the sides up when I went to put the box together. I was able to leave class early today, because there was nothing else I could have done to progress drying of the parts (I used that free time to study for my Spanish quiz next period).
These are the parts I set out to dry. I will be able to glue it together next class because the other side does not require staining because it will be facing inward and not being seen at all.
This is the main drawer, glued and clamped. This was particularly hard to clamp because there needs to be pressure on each angle. Arav helped me put this together.
The part with the clamp on it is the part being glued. The other parts are there for support. It was important to not get glue on the top or bottom, because it would then stick to the sides. Paul helped me plan and glue these parts together.
Mon, May 12 HW – image of completed homework
I came into consult on Sunday and I began glueing. The process for glueing is harder than it may seem- you need to set everything up meticulously before you glue, so you have a plan. It is important to not use to much glue, but also not to use to little or else it won’t stick. I was only able to glue the side pieces today, but tomorrow in class I will continue.
The clamps and tape are used so the pieces won’t separate while they are drying. The sections are not glued to the base because we will need to lift them up later to continue with the assembly. As I am typing this now, I realize that I forgot to stain the back and the front of the secret drawer. I am doing this because it will blend in more. Since the back will be pushed up against the wall, a design is not needed on it.
Week 8
Thu, May 8 CW- image of work completed in class
In class, I redesigned the front drawer and etched it. As more and more people are ready to cut the designs out, the laser cutters are getting more and more busy. I am proud and glad that I came over the weekend to print and etch before it got so crowded.
This is mid etch with Paul. Etching takes a long time, so he was mad that I was hogging the machine.
These are all my parts printed out and etched. The line around the letters did not print out, but I can always draw it in. I will start glue next class, or come into consult on Sunday if I’m not lazy.
Thu, May 8 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I played around with the drawer design a bit- I’m thinking I want to change the sizing of the letters of it- they came out morphed. I’m deciding not to do a design on the back piece because it will not be seen, but I am still deciding on that.
I hope to create this design on both sides, but I’m gonna need Mr. Brodies help for that.
Tue, May 6 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I worked on etching the side pieces and front drawer. I wasted wood over the weekend, because I thought that we needed the parts cut our before we etched, not that the macheine would cut them out after.
Pre-sanding pic with Paul admiring my work.
Post sanding pic without Paul. It was super scary sanding because of how little the symbols were etched into the wood. To much pressure with the sander and symbols would just fade, as seen slightly in some of the dividers.
Tue, May 6 HW – image of completed homework
I went into consult on Sunday to get some work done. The stained wood had dried, so I began to assemble. Before I could assemble, I had to print out the pencil divider pieces, so Mr. Brodie cut me the wood and I printed them out. I didn’t stain them before I assembled the organizer, but I actually like the two-tone outcome, so I am not planning to stain it. Here are the pictures of the organizer fully assembled:
It was hard fitting all the pieces together because the joints are so good that it makes the assembly troublesome. I don’t know how I will manage to take it all apart to glue and to etch the sides.
The drawer goes in the empty bottom section. I printed both the regular and the secret drawer out already, and they are partly shown in a image farther down.
These joints specifically gave me the most trouble, when some where in others were getting pressed down in weird angles. It took me at least twenty minutes to assemble the whole organizer.
The etching in the wood the what will be on each of the lighter pieces. The front drawer is also shown in this picture, held together by tape. I will also need to etch the drawer faces before the organizer will be complete, but I would say that I am 90% there to completion.
Week 7
Fri, May 2 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I stained the other side of my wood and set it aside to dry. The USB I sent all my DXF File to keeps disappearing, so I sent the to a different one and measured how big the wood would need to be to hold it all.
This is the other side of the wood, stained and drying.
I sized the pieces to fit on a piece of wood 19×10, which I will get and print on next class.
Fri, May 2 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I worked more on the etch design of the desktop organizer. I found an image that I liked, and I put it on the drawer face, but I can’t seem to make room for the handle, and the drawing it not being erased when I want it to.
Wed, Apr 30 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I began the staining of my wood. I choose the color “Esspresso,” and while it is turning out a little darker then I would have hoped, I will make the best of it. In order to stain wood, you must first sand it, which I did last class. I printed out two more pieces of wood which I immediately sanded and got right to work with the staining. The staining process is rather simple- just did the brush in the stain and apply light pressure and coat the wood entirely. It is important to not use to much stain, because it could go to the other side of the wood and cause it to be layered (which would not look good).
My pieces are on the left side.
Up close picture.
Wed, Apr 30 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I decided to change around my design for the etching. When I was in class yesterday, I saw the different stains, and one color reminded me of the brand “Louis Vuitton,” which inspired me change in etch choice.
This new design fits the theme of luxury, and I am excited to see how it will look on the panels.
Mon, Apr 28 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I worked on sanding my printed out parts are converting sizing parts for pieces of wood because it is important not to waste wood. One of my favorite parts is sanding because it is so satisfying.
This is a photo I took during the sanding process. The pieces on the right are un sanded and the ones on the left are sanded.
Here is me putting all the parts together to make sure they fit.
Mon, Apr 28 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I went in to GCAD and worked on printing my parts out off wood. I still need to import the design for the exterior, so I wasn’t able to print some parts, but I got a good number printed out. Before I could print, I had to redo a joint on the drawer, because the front and the bottom were lacking joints to the base.
Here are the parts I printed out today.
The name of the game was to waste as little wood as possible.
Week 6
Thu, Apr 24 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I was able to print out and build the organizer. Since this is a thinner material (cardboard is 0.16 in. where as wood is 0.21 in.), the places where there are joints stick out a little bit because they are too big. Here are photos of the cardboard prototype:
I ran into a little problem with this drawer. I didn’t joint it properly, so before I print it out again I need to make a joint in the front and the back.
Thu, Apr 24 HW – image of completed homework
For homework I worked using the Adobe Illustrator to design the sides of the organizer. I want it to be alligator skin textured, so I continued with the image I had made last time. I cropped the image of the skin with the eraser tool, but I still need to trim it a little more. I made sure each piece was the same length apart, which represents the .21 difference there will be due to the other part of the pencil divider.
Tue, Apr 22 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I worked on converting my parts to DXF files and printing. After I had converted 36 separate components, I began to print. Before I use wood, I will first use cardboard to make sure all the joints are good and everything fits together the way I want it too. Obviously, the cardboard will not be able to hold a desktop, which is why this is only to see if the design will work outside of Fusion. The first couple prints were failures, due to the laser cutter not cutting through the cardboard all the way. But after Mr. Brodie did some tweaking it began to print.
Not all pieces are printed, I only got up to the side dividers. I will try to get to class early next time to be printing first because it will take a while to print the next things.
Tue, Apr 22 HW – image of completed homework
I did my homework during the consultation period today. I finished up my entire stand. The final step was resizing the secret drawer, because it stuck out way to much the first time I did this.
This is how much the drawer stuck out. I measured incorrectly which is why it did this.
In order for me to resize, I had to change the size of the sides and the bottom. This is the screenshot I took of the side.
This is the final desktop organize. I already begun creating DFX files to make the cardboard copy in class today.
Week 5
Thu,, Apr 17 CW- image of work completed in class
N/A (missed class because of a crew regatta)
Thu, Apr 17 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I finally completed my box. I made the secret drawer, but it took me a couple tries to get it to fit the dimensions. I think next time I do this I will create the drawer before I make the extrusions, because I didn’t plan out the dimension before hand.
I think I made the drawer the right width and the handle the correct size that is inconspicuous but functional.
Tue, Apr 15 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, we were introduced to the Adobe Illustrator. I had trouble downloading it so I was at the IT department for a bit, but once we got it settled I was able to start creating. I think I am going to put crocodile skin texture around the box, then a designers logo in the front, because my client wants it to look luxurious.
Tue, Apr 15 HW – image of completed homework
I spent over two hours on my organizer over the course of two days. I got carried away designing it because I am having so much fun with this project. I came into consult on Sunday, worked last night, and did more work during lunch and during this night. Here are the results:
I used many many many joints and the combine tool for each separate component. In total, there are over 30 components and still counting.
I finally made the main drawer. I hope that it has enough room on each side to slide easily in and out, but has a little bit of resistance.
Because this will support the iMac, I choose to extend the roof so the pencil dividers would meet it at the ends and add extra support. I am excited to work on the secret drawer tomorrow in class.
Week 4
Fri, Apr 11 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I worked on making the back, base, side divider, and jointing them all together. I used the joint tool a lot, and also the combine tool.
This is a sketch of the divider. There are four on each side.
This is the sketch of the back. It was difficult jointing this, but I solved it by drawing guide lines.
This is what it looks like. I need to still need to add the drawer and the sides and the secret compartment. I will start this for hoemwork.
Fri, Apr 11 HW – image of completed homework
For homework tonight, I sketched my new desktop organizer and got to work. This new organizer will be for my younger brother, who has an iMac on his desk back home, and needs this organizer to raise the monitor and for desk organization. Also, he wants there to be a secret compartment for his wallet, so I will add that too.
This is my sketch. The pencils will go on the outside holders, while the mouse and keyboard will go in the middle section while he isn’t using them. The monitor will sit on the top of the organizer.
This is an image of one of the sides. I used many of the same tools (combine, dimension, joint, ect.) as I did in the previous desktop organizer that we did.
Here is what I was able to complete in one hour. The middle compartments are complete, so I will need to do the drawer and the side compartments and the secret compartment tomorrow.
Wed, Apr 9 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I found out that my design will not be practical. It is too big and does not meet the assignment’s criteria. I will switch the person I am working with to my brother because he will not be as hard to please. Below are some of the sketches I worked on in an attempt to make a better design.
Wed, Apr 9 HW – image of completed homework
For homework tonight, I worked on continuing the blueprint of the racetrack. I based it off an image on the internet, and I eyeballed the dimensions, but the are pretty accurate.
The image above is me working to find the dimensions. I made many guiding lines, so there was a lot of use of the trimming tool involved.
This is pretty close the the completed blueprint. It was tough getting the dimensions correct.
Update after upload: I went to Julius to talk about the project, and I brought up the dimensions I had. I told him that it would not be directly to scale, but he said he did not care what the dimensions were. Because of this, I am going to change the whole design tomorrow during class.
Mon, Apr 7 CW- image of work completed in class
In class today, I worked on sketching potential designs for the desktop organizer. I created 4, but I liked the last one the best.
This is the design I choose. It is based on my clients favorite raceway in NASCAR.
If I did it to the scale of the matchbox cars, it would be over 100 inches in length.
I started modeling the track on Fusion.
Mon, Apr 7 HW – image of completed homework
For homework tonight, I finished up my model phone. I still need to add the logos of the brand, but other than that the model of the phone is complete. I spent a lot of time adding details tonight, as you will see in the pictures below.
Above is me adding the holes for the speakers. It was tricky getting all the holes to be the equal length until I found the right formula.
This is the left side of the phone. I had trouble separating each sound adjuster button.
This is the 95% completed phone.
Week 3
Thu, Apr 3 CW- image of work completed in class
In class, I worked on brainstorming questions for the desktop organizer. I am planning to work to design Julius the organizer. Here are the questions:
Questions
-What is the messy part of your desk?
-How much room do you have for an organizer?
-Any specific needs you have? (Ex. space for reading glasses)
-Any addition features you want the organizer to have? (Ex. secret compartment)
Questions if he wants a car organizer:
-What is your favorite NASCAR team?
-Do you want the car to be able to roll?
Questions if he wants a race track organizer:
-What is your favorite track in NASCAR?
Also during class, I worked on the charging ports for my phone.
Thu, Apr 3 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I worked on adding grooves to my handle in the phone stand. I think the grooves are needed for added grip, which is why I spent so long on the math the sketches of them.
Most of the sides where not “nice” numbers, so I had to calculate the length for each individual grove on the side.
Here are all of the grooves on the handle. I still need to do the top most and bottom most side, but that math can wait until class.
Tue, Apr 1 CW- image of work completed in class
During class, I worked on modeling my phone. I spent a lot of time getting the exact proportion of my phone, and I am proud of how it is turning out.
Above is my camera before I extruded it.
Here is the right side of my phone and the buttons I made.
Here is my phone. I still need to work on the left side buttons then it will be complete.
Tue, Apr 1 Consultation- images of work completed during consultation
During consultation, I made the head of the screw and started work on my phone.
Tue, Apr 1 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I continued working on my phone stand. I started with making the cylinder I created last class into a screw. Once I did that, I started working on designing a handle. At first, I wanted to make the handle a circle, but I realized it wouldn’t be enough grip, so I instead opted for an octangular design. I will created edges for additional grip in class tomorrow. After I completed the octagon, I wanted to start the head of the screw, but I need guiding on how to make it a rounded tip. I ended up just moving the screw and jointing it to the base.
The image above is the sketch of the octagon before I extruded it.
The image above shows the screw in jointed to the base along with the timestamps.
Week 2
Sat, Mar 29 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I worked on making a hole for the screw to go into with my Discovery Day buddy. I showed him the way Fusion works (the basics of course). I need to figure out how to make the handle and how I will get grooves into the cylinder for easy and fast rotation.
Sat, Mar 29 HW – image of completed homework
The image displays minimal work completed during homework – 75%.
For homework, I continued to work on my stand. I am still not sure about hoe I will make the screw, but I know how to interlock the upright section to the base.
Thur, Mar 27 CW – image of work completed in class
The image and written description demonstrate satisfactory work completed during the 80-minute class, earning a score of 95%.
In class today, I started making my model of the phone stand into Fusion. I have the base and the upright part set, but I need to figure out how to make the screw.
Thur, Mar 27HW – image of completed homework
Your postings should discuss each step in the design process in detail and provide examples – 65%.
For homework, I tweaked some parts of my design. Instead of using.a hinge to adjust the angkle of my phone, I will use a screw mechanism that when you screw in and out the angle of the phone will change. The handle for the screw will be very big so the screw will turn much quicker. The contact point of where the phone and the screw touch will be rounded in order for there to be stability at any angle the phone is at. Fusion is down currently. but when it gets back up I will start working on putting the design into Fusion.
Tue, Mar 25 CW- image of work completed in class
Your postings should discuss each step in the design process in detail and provide examples – 65%.
For homework, I worked on more designs for my phone stand, but I want to use the ones I fabricated in class.
Tue, Mar 25 HW – image of completed homework
Edit: Tuesday, April 1 – I’ve had the drawings completed for a while, but I haven’t uploaded them. Here they are:
Concept sketches of four different designs are required but have not yet been completed and posted on the blog page. The homework for Tuesday, March 25, was to finish the concept sketches; then, on a separate sheet of paper, choose your best design and develop it further. The post below appears to be the work you completed in class. Additionally, the required actionable problem statement should be typed on your blog page. – 75%
In class today, I started sketching phone stands ideas. I am trying to make a phone stand that solves the problem of not being able to adjust viewing angle and not being able to charge while in the stand. Here are my two sketches:
Week 1
Sat, Mar 22 CW- image of work completed in class
Homework and in-class work assignments not submitted on time will receive a grade of 0.
Thu, Mar 20 CW- image of work completed in class
Your postings should discuss each step in the design process in detail and provide examples – 65%.
In class, I finalized my sketch of my phone and completed a quiz based on the reading we did in class.