Week 10

Thu, May 22  CW- image of work completed in class

Thu, May 22  HW – image of completed homework

no work left to do, will be working on woodworking box in class.

Tue, May 20  CW- image of work completed in class

I glued my pieces together in class today. We used wood glue and clamps for the most part but also used 2P-10 to glue the top pieces together. This was harder than I thought since it took a while to combine and match all of my pieces since they needed certain angles and stuff. But it worked out very well. I also placed some weights on the top-middle section since the wood was warping upwards and bending, which I didn’t want so I weighted it.

Tue, May 20  HW – image of completed homework

all work left completed in class

Week 9

Fri, May 16  CW- image of work completed in class

I didn’t have much work to do, so I chose to work on my wood working project. I steamed the tape off and I helping emily stain her wood pieces.

Fri, May 16  HW – image of completed homework

all work left to complete in class,

Wed, May 14  CW- image of work completed in class

I sanded and stained my two side pieces in class today (forgot to take a photo), and I spent the rest of my time helping Emily stain her pieces and I also sealed and glued my veneer project.

Wed, May 14  HW – image of completed homework

I laser-cutted my back and left side part during woodworking, I’ll be cutting the right side and sanding, and hopefully staining all of them in class today.

Mon, May 12  CW- image of work completed in class

Mon, May 12  HW – image of completed homework

all work left is to be completed in class.

Week 8

Thu, May 8  CW- image of work completed in class

I stained the wood into the color I wanted and spent some time on my woodworking project. It took longer than expected because during my staining the color turned out uneven and I had to re-stain some multiple times.

Thu, May 8  HW – image of completed homework

In woodworking I sanded all of my inner parts and glued my two boxes together. I think I’m going to start coloring them in class. It took a while to glue the boxes together since the rubber bands weren’t big enough but the clamps were too big so I had to find a middle solution, but it worked out eventually.

Tue, May 6  CW- image of work completed in class

I was waiting for the laser-cutter, which did not open up unfortunately. However I did mange to cut the dip for my slider with the help of Mr. Brodie. I did forget to take a photo, sorry. But it was a fun experience using the machine that cuts into the wood and makes a rounded dip.

Tue, May 6  HW – image of completed homework

All of my middle pieces have been cut out, and I’m only missing my etching and outside structure pieces. I also need to cut out the sliding notch for the slider. I did all of this during woodworking. I plan on sanding all of them, finishing the sliding mechanism and see if I have time for the outside pieces in class today.

Week 7

Fri, May 2  CW- image of work completed in class

I laser-cutted a majority of my middle pieces in class today. However I accidentally forgot to cut the top two pieces so I might do it in class with the rest of my pieces next class.

Fri, May 2  HW – image of completed homework

all work left to complete in class

Wed, Apr 30  CW- image of work completed in class

In class I finished the trial build of my desktop organizer with cardboard and started to plan out my laser placement for my pieces on illustrator. I used 3 sized 24’x18′ art-boards and I plan on using that size for laser cutting later on as well. I realized halfway through my uploading of dxf files that I made my boxes with a fillet tool on solid 3d modeling instead of jointing together the pieces. So, I spend a chunk of class-time sketching out the sides with their joints in fusion and then uploading it as dxf into illustrator.

I asked Mr.Brodie after class and realized that I didn’t need to put in my large pieces n the left, right, and back so I’ll be fixing that and re-organizing my layout for homework.

Wed, Apr 30  HW – image of completed homework

all work left to complete in class

Mon, Apr 28  CW- image of work completed in class

In class today I spent most of my time waiting for the laser cutter, but I did manage to make the slider. I also realized that the slider might have to thinned later on, since even the 0.16 cardboard could not fit perfectly in the dip I cut out with an X ACTO-knife. Since the part that stabilizes and allows fro the slide to move back n forth is thinner than 0.21, so I may not have the space to put in the slide as its own 0.21 plywood size. I may have to use the machine that like emits a lot of dust to sand down the thickness of the slider. I was also looking at my fusion model and saw that a lot of the slider’s mechanism is through small cuts that dip in, and I was thinking that this could be done through the saw machine; using the saw machine to cut a dip in but not all the way through and then using sand paper to clean it up.

Mon, Apr 28  HW – image of completed homework

all work left to complete in class

Week 6

Thu, Apr 24  CW- image of work completed in class

I cut out more cardboard pieces and started to compose them together. I just have to cut out the boxes and slide to complete the cardboard model.

Thu, Apr 24  HW – image of completed homework

all the work left is to be completed in class, since I have finished all of my fusion 3d modeling.

Tue, Apr 22  CW- image of work completed in class

I started to cut out my pieces on cardboard since I finished modeling on fusion, and I cut out the left, right, back, and small sections out already. I also fixed the contrast of all of my etching designs.

Tue, Apr 22  HW – image of completed homework

For homework I did some etching trials in woodworking and I also tried to fix the contrast for the left and right side so that they’ll look like the back side

Week 5

Thu,, Apr 17  CW- image of work completed in class

Trial etching for back and left, also spent most of the time downloading adobe photoshop. STarted fixing the contrast and colors for the right panel.

Thu, Apr 17  HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I spent some time of lifetime woodworking to do it. I re-graphed and designed the sides because I wanted them to match the back more, I also tried to etch the back in a small scale on a board in lifetime and it turned out really nice. For class I would like to start etching and laser-cutting today. I also make the sides have designs that change the boarders to look more fun.

Tue, Apr 15  CW- image of work completed in class

In class I reworked some of my designs since I didn’t like how they looked; I also changed the dimensions since I realized that my sketches were not real life scale so I had to adjust that.

Tue, Apr 15  HW – image of completed homework

I wasn’t very sure as too what I should do for homework, since I only wanted to etch the three sides facing out of the desktop organizer. So, unfortunately I didn’t do any homework but I would like to start laser-cutting in class! YAYYY!

Week 4

Fri, Apr 11  CW- image of work completed in class

For class today, I finished my back, right, and left board design. The problem from my homework was able to be solved in class with Mr. Brodie’s help. So all of my boards are of their original size in illustrator. However, I came across another problem in class today, which was that my eraser wouldn’t work. I looked on youtube for a solution.

The video was very helpful and then I started working on my designs for the organizer. My mom is someone who really like ancient chinese elements and we have a lot of traditional chinese furniture in our house; so I wanted to make the etchings full of tradition chinese elements

Fri, Apr 11  HW – image of completed homework

For homework, I tried to add imagine sketches to my other dxf files, however I had a very big problem with this. When I try to scale my art-board so that the dxf file’s size isn’t changed, for some reason, the dxf imported scales as well, and this has been a gigantic problem because then I can’t make the dxf sketch fit on the canvas without changing it’s size. I was very frustrated at the end so I actually only did like 20 minutes of work to be honest.

slideshow of before, during, and after scaling:

Wed, Apr 9  CW- image of work completed in class

for class, I saved all of my sketches as dxf files so I can decorate them in illustrator. I started working on my left side first and I plan on adding some sort of bamboo. I also went through my fusion model and fixed any small measurement errors and incase of things that do not match eachother.

Wed, Apr 9  HW – image of completed homework

for homework, I did some research and tried to see if I could model the engravings onto my fusion model. I watched two videos, and when I tried the first video, I realized that it doesn’t really match up with my fusion since I wanted to engrave pictures but the video is solely based on engraving text. I then watch a second video, but halfway through I thought about whether or not I can just like cut the material out first, then use illustrator to engrave it on later.

for class, I’ll probably work on the engravings in illustrator.

video 1: video 2:

Mon, Apr 7  CW- image of work completed in class

In class, I finished modeling the base of the desktop organizer; I added a slider and 2 boxes, Mr. Brodie brought up a really important problem about the sliding mechanism that was able to be solved before the end of class. For homework, I’ll probably research on how to add etching onto wood surfaces.

Mon, Apr 7  HW – image of completed homework

I was working on further modeling the desktop organizer’s base. Hopefully I can finish modeling the basics and move onto the graphics and appearance of the desktop organizer this class. For homework I created the separations and is still in the process of the boxes, however I did face a small problem with the box because they aren’t letting me shell it properly.

Week 3

Thu, Apr 3  CW- image of work completed in class

For class I started modeling the desktop organizer on fusion already, and I decided to add a lot of boxes and dividing sections since my mom is someone who needs everything to be really organized and put into sections. I also wanted to do something fun since my mom is a very creative person, so I decided that I’m going to add a sliding mechanism in the middle sections. To the right of the organizer, I added a 12×3 inch section for my mom to put her books and files, since she works on a lot of things at home. Over all this desktop organizer would be 12″x8″ with 8 sections for storage.

3d model: sketch for this design:

Thu, Apr 3  HW – image of completed homework

For homework I decided to ask my mom the questions I planned out for my desktop organizer and recorded her answers

1. Do they use a desktop organizer? – no
   1. If so, for what? (books, pens, crafts items, jewelry … etc.)
   2. If not, do they want one? – yes
      1. yes – great
      2. no – ok
2. Is there something special they want? – yes
   1. does it need to spin? – no
   2. a larger section for books/tall items? – yes, for her notebooks and files
   3. a flat top so you can place a computer on top? – maybe, she said its up to me
   4. many small sections for individual jewelry – no
   5. transparent section? – for the books section
   6. pulling mechanism? – yes, for pencils and pens
3. Is there a specific theme or color wanted?
   1. more cute? – no
   2. more sharp? – yes, minimalistic but have some things to decorate
   3. black? – sure, she also wants a gold lining for the edges
   4. blue? – no
   5. multicolor? – maybe
   6. no color? (transparent) – no
4. How tall should it be? – roughly the size of a medium flower pot, but she wants the book section to be bigger and taller
5. Do they want a big one or a small one? – medium
6. Do they want excess decorations that protrude out of the base organizer? – not protruding but she wants patterns/decoration on the sides
7. What material? – wood but also velvet (how do I do that?)

Tue, Apr 1  CW- image of work completed in class

First Falf – finished and perfected the phone stand, had approval to move on; I tried to add the fur in with canvas and insert component but for some reason it wouldn’t work, like the photo doesn’t grasp onto only the block I want it to grasp on.

Second Half – I started generating questions for the person I’m making this for, most of these questions are asking about interests and needs with the organizer. I wanted to ask these specific questions because gadgets such as : spinning wheel could be used for pens or larger section for binders, would be really helpful to my deigning and it also caters towards their needs. Questions 3-7 is more focused on just the appearance and presentation of the desktop organizer catering towards their liking. Specifically for question 7, I wanted to ask about material since different material I believe are more fit for different items; example isn that wood is more fit for like a jewelry organizer while plastic or metal is more fit for like book/stationary organizing.

QUESTIONS :

1. Do they use a desktop organizer?
   1. If so, for what? (books, pens, crafts items, jewelry … etc.)
   2. If not, do they want one?
      1. yes – if given organizer what would they use it for, is there any specific gadget needed
      2. no – ok
2. Is there something special they want?
   1. does it need to spin?
   2. a larger section for books/tall items?
   3. a flat top so you can place a computer on top?
   4. many small sections for individual jewelry
   5. transparent section?
   6. pulling mechanism?
3. Is there a specific theme or color wanted?
   1. more cute?
   2. more sharp?
   3. black?
   4. blue?
   5. multicolor?
   6. no color? (transparent)
4. How tall should it be?
5. Do they want a big one or a small one?
6. Do they want excess decorations that protrude out of the base organizer?
7. What material?

Tue, Apr 1  HW – image of completed homework

I finished coloring the phone stand and this actually took longer than expected since I was working on it last night and it crashed so I had to finished it during consult. But it worked out very nice, I currently have the kitty as a white one but I kind of want to change it into a Li-Hua type of cat, and I’ll see if there’s a way for me to add on patterns with the appearance thing

Week 2

Sat, Mar 29  CW – image of work completed in class

I finished decorating the phone stand with cat features and made the joints have screws. I can try to color the phone stand in fusion for homework. I made the feet, cat ears, cat face and whiskers, and tail.

what it looks like with my phone, there’s a small gap between because I rigid jointed the phone to the protruding nose.

Sat, Mar 29 HW – image of completed homework

I started working on the details / decoration things, and I wanted to know how to make a screw looking object in fusion 360 so I searched some videos up online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGWrFeu8Hv0)

started decorating, added a cat face, still have to add whiskers and ears and the car paws on joints.

Thur, Mar 27 CW – image of work completed in class

I started and finished the basics of the phone stand by the end of class; added the phone into the fusion model to better help visualize. There were some small problems and thing I learned throughout this such as I have to ground something for my revolting hinge to work, and by grounding one both rev. hinges can work well. This was fun since I basically replicated the whole off the top of my head (what I remembered from the video) and just the diagram sketch I made before.

(three photos showing how the hinges work and how many different viewing angles)

Next step is to start adding the cat / visual design onto my phone stand and make it feel cute. 🥳🥳🥳

Thur, Mar 27HW – image of completed homework

viewed these videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYDJLdOV_zE , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzF2QgMh6nw&t=70s , and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKszfFd9zUU&t=1310s

I’m probably going to use the last video’s hinge since it seems very stable and has supporting points. This is what a finished hinge should looks like according to the video, however I’m not so sure if I can completely replicate it since I’m adding the hinge to a different type of like base; like the video is using to boxes and I’m using just to platforms.

Tue, Mar 25  CW- image of work completed in class

I started working on a more precise and detailed version of the phone stand. However, the hinge might be too simple so I’ll do some research on my own as homework and try to find some more stable and intricate hinges to use on this design. I wanted to add little hints of cat paws around the hinges to reflect the cat feeling and keep a theme throughout my phone stand.

Tue, Mar 25  HW – image of completed homework

Took some time and thought of a little more phone stand ideas; was very brief cause I was only able to squeeze out like 10 minutes to do this. Plan on using the cat phone stand idea since it’s simple but very effective (in theory). It has a hinge as required and fits the fact that I want it to animal themed.

Week 1

Sat, Mar 22  CW- image of work completed in class

Started to create and generate designs for the phone stand. But I wasn’t able to complete much other than rough drafts since class was only 50 minutes. Most of my phone stands were with animal designs, but I might have to change some since the next stage is designing them to their actual ability to be used and the animals might get in the way.

Thu, Mar 20  CW- image of work completed in class

I finished 3d modeling my phone on Fusion 360, and want to customize it a little bit, so I decided to add some color and import my phone’s lock-screen onto the 3d model so that it feels like my own phone.

I actually also tried to import the pattern of my card-holder on as well, but for some reason fusion wouldn’t let me import the photo.

This actually took longer than expected, because my fusion crashed halfway and deleted parts of my phone; I assumed that this is because the downloading of colors was too much and my computer overheated. After I was able to re-open and remodel the whole back of my phone, along with the cardholder.

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