Week 11
Thur, Nov 21 CW – image of work completed in class
Last day of Tech Design. Design critique.
Thur, Nov 21 HW – image of completed homework
No homework. Design completed.
Mon, Nov 18 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I completed the lamp design. Mr Brodie and I wired the lightbulb, spray painted the top stick to gold, and glued the top part on.
Mon, Nov 18 HW – image of completed homework
I worked during Saturday’s work block to almost complete my lamp design. I just need to glue the top to my whole lamp and fix in the wiring to complete it.
Week 10
Thur, Nov 14 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I built my design that I printed for homework, just to see it fail such that I had to remake it and rebuild it. I came in on Thursday afternoon to make up for these mistakes. I not only finished rebuilding the “Hong Kong” part, I also printed my new lamp shade and cut the shade paper out for further rebuilding.
Thur, Nov 14 HW – image of completed homework
I came in during Wednesday’s afternoon work block to print out the second last piece of my model which I modelled on Rhino the previous class. Then I folded it and will glue it next class.
Tue, Nov 12 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I glued together my parts, and laid out my new parts on Rhino.
Tue, Nov 12 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I came in on Sunday to continue the printing process of my lamp design. Mr Brodie kindly printed out the bottom for me and taught me how to model my design on Rhino. I printed out the square, the second layer from the bottom.
Week 9
Fri, Nov 8 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, Mr Brodie and I tried to use the Pepakura designer to lay my model into 2D and print it easier. However, that was not successful, and we began modelling it on Mr Brodie’s laptop using Rhino. We will continue on this on Sunday.
Fri, Nov 8 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, since my Fusion has been completed, and checked by Mr Brodie to confirm everything was fine, I went into consult and Mr Brodie helped me think of ways to fabricate my lamp design quicker. I saved a SDL file and Mr Brodie put it into a software in the school computer to try to lay it out flat however was unsuccessful. This is what Mr Brodie told me to put down as my homework, and we’ll keep working on this in class.
Wed, Nov 6 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I cut my shade paper out, glued it to each individual panel, and then attached the 4 panels together to form the first part of my lamp design.
Wed, Nov 6 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I came in during Consultation to finish my middle lamp design fabrication. In class, I will try to attach the lampshades and glue it together.
Mon, Nov 4 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I started fabricating the hardest part of my lamp design – the middle. I used the folding technique on my first three components.
Mon, Nov 4 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I created a hole in the bottom of my build, then changed all my dimensions for my lamp pole to the diameter of .375 after learning about the real dimensions. I will start modelling the nut to my design in class after I inspect it in class tomorrow to get the write dimensions for it.
Week 8
Thur, Oct 31 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I incorporated my lamp into my lamp design. I added the metal rod and made a design of how to incorporate the wire, the nut and the rod into my design with the help of Mr Brodie. I will continue the modelling of the nut for homework.
Thur, Oct 31 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I completed my Fusion 360 design of my lamp design. I began saving my faces as DXF files. However, I have to discuss with Mr Brodie tomorrow regarding strategies on how to print this fragile design in thin carboard.
Week 7
Fri, Oct 25 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, Mr Brodie taught me the Construct-Axis Perpendicular to Face at Point tool, which saved me a lot of time and allowed me to transport my extrusions into the four sides of my build. Now, I am ready to print, however, my build was intended to use 0.16 cardboard, but a change in plans means that I have to use 0.04 cardboard, which can only be printed after discussions with Mr Brodie.
Fri, Oct 25 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I created a sketch and extrusion for the top part of my build.
Thur, Oct 24 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I added three sketches onto my building, for homework, I’ll start on making the top.
Thur, Oct 24 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I did my first sketches on my new build, and extruded one side of my building.
Tue, Oct 22 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I crafted my full design for my lamp on Fusion thanks to Mr Brodie’s help with teaching me the skills of offset plane, loft, and shell.
Tue, Oct 22 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I completed my base for my lamp design. I tried to get started on the funnel-like shape above it, but was unsuccessful. I will try again in class tomorrow.
Week 6
Fri, Oct 18 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I updated all my concept sketches, and then sketched a full-scale model of my desired design on the brown paper with exact dimensions.
Fri, Oct 18 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I created four concept sketches for my lamp design. I will write my inspirations for each in the blog page instead of on paper.
- The SkyScraper
- My first thought about creating a concept sketch was from back home – for me, Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a fancy and busy city filled with many skyscrapers. For example, the International Commerce Center boasts a crazy 108 floors. A special element about these skyscrapers is that they emit a lot of lights and different patterns each time on the sides of the walls. My design builds up tall and high, has multiple patterns on the side depicting Hong Kong culture, at the same time having some reference to the luminary design that I was very proud of from last year.
- The StreetLamp
- Again, the StreetLamp is about Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a crazy city at night. One of the most notable things on the streets are the flashy LED light boards on the sides of the roads. They are unique to Hong Kong, and although do cause some side effects like light pollution, are absolutely spectacular at night. In my design, I will try to replicate these LED light boards.
- The Better StreetLight
- The better StreetLight is not only about Hong Kong, but about the whole world. At night, street lights look absolutely incredible. For example, movies love to use street lamps at night to make the most intimate scenes. However, the lamp poles themselves feel kind of boring. What if these poles became more artistic and interesting and held meaning to it? My design makes a more creative and artistic step in the creating of street lights, at the same time, the sketch also takes inspiration from some designs from my luminary design.
- The GlowingCube
- The GlowingCube is not really a cube but more like a multi-side (more than 4) object. When I was young I remember my obsession with glowing things, for example some glow-in-the-dark balls and toys. Although the GlowingCube cannot be used to play around and thrown around, it can illuminate in the dark. The good thing about the GlowingCube is that it illuminates the 360 degrees around it, covering all the places that require light. It would be a great addition to any table with the GlowingCube providing not only light, but more importantly a really cool aesthetic.
Wed, Oct 16 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, we worked on making the light bulb for the lamp design with Mr Brodie’s guidance.
Wed, Oct 16 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I read “An Introduction to Design Thinking: Process Guide” since the Rube Goldberg project was completed.
Mon, Oct 14 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, today we finally completed our Rube Goldberg project and presented it. Afterwards, we cleaned up and the site is now totally spotless.
Mon, Oct 14 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I came in on Sunday and firstly created a Fusion design for the ramp, then saved DXF files and finally printed it.
Week 5
Thur, Oct 10 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I worked with all my group mates in assembling our whole project and working on the final steps of our project. It’s shaping into something great!
Thur, Oct 10 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I just simply plotted everything that I have to do in class, since I already completed everything for homework, and just need key class time.
Tue, Oct 8 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I worked with Thomas in printing and glueing the box, and helped Selena in making the pendulum, completing the final steps of our project.
Tue, Oct 8 HW – image of completed homework
On Sunday, I came in to zip tie my wooden funnel onto the hand railings to make sure everything worked well. It worked fine and now our group just has to build everything together on Tuesday since we have all parts sorted out. The funnel which caused us many problems, is finally fixed after multiple prototypes.
Week 4
Fri, Oct 4 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I glued my funnel together to increase stability. I let the glue dry and cut the zipties from downstairs to prepare the installing of the funnel next class. I also assisted Selena in making her coil, which is a great idea but didn’t succeed due to the flimsiness of the wire.
Fri, Oct 4 HW – image of completed homework
I did not do homework since my 3D models are mostly completed. I will double check with my group mates to see if they are fine and in the right dimensions.
Wed, Oct 2 CW – image of work completed in class
In class today, our whole group worked on connecting our own parts. When testing, there was a flaw in my funnel which I had to fix, I then printed it out in wood which would hopefully be solid for the marble.
Wed, Sept Oct 2 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I constructed the model for the pendulum.
Mon, Sept 30 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, my group mates and I assembled our table with the ramp and extra parts. I also printed the walls that go on the ramp.
Mon, Sept 30 HW – image of work completed in class
As homework, I came in on Sunday to fabricate my funnel and connect both my funnel and my marble track to the railings of the stairs. A video shows the final result which shows that both the funnel and the track are both neatly attached to the railing and in five trials of me dropping the ball, they all landed in the same position, making it very predictable.
Week 3
Fri, Sept 27 CW – image of work completed in class
For classwork, Mr Brodie and I once again examined the surroundings of where I will eventually put the funnel and came up with a concise plan with exact dimensions. We would tie the funnel onto the hand rail. I then modelled this prototype and saved them all as DXFs, ready to be printed next time available.
Fri, Sept 27 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, after doing the prototype in class, this was my updated design for the funnel. It is enlarged, and I made sure the joints were the same as the one before since the one before was perfectly aligned.
Wed, Sept 25 CW – image of work completed in class
In a 50 minute period, I printed out a small/shortened prototype for my funnel. We found multiple engineering errors with this. I will continue to work on this to try to find a solution.
Wed, Sept 25 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I fixed my ramp, in which Mr Brodie told me to make all the parts printable and in 0.21 inches, instead of just a simple extrude. At the same time, I saved DXF files for the funnel to be ready to be printed in class.
Mon, Sept 23 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I added many elements to my Fusion design, including the spring which brings the marble up, the marble itself, dominoes, an accurate table and an accurate car ramp.
Mon, Sept 23 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I started my Fusion model of the full design of our group. There are still some undecided/unfinished parts at the end of our design, meaning I can’t complete this model. I will continue with discussions with my group mates tomorrow and come up with the final steps of our design. My pulley and dominos are on a separate design since I didn’t have enough time to move them into this design.
Week 2
Thur, Sept 19 CW – image of work completed in class
Today in class, I modified the funnel exit I made for homework into trapeziums thus makes it look more like a funnel. I struggled to joint it due to the weird angles. Afterwards, I started making a pulley with Noah Mondello’s help and will continue with that for homework.
Thur, Sept 19 HW – image of completed homework
I made a funnel base to address the issue about our funnel – that the base didn’t lead the marble go to precise angles and places. A block (outer 3×2), inner (3×1.58), will allow the marble to just about fit through and force the marble to land at the accurate spot. We will try to glue this onto our ongoing funnel design. At the same time, I did some research on how to make a pulley work to transport the marble onto the track. It will be difficult but with a growing understanding, our group hopes that we can make such a challenging concept work.
Tue, Sept 17 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, I made the marble track, which we trimmed down a bit afterwards, and a prototype funnel. The funnel is not final because it is too far down – and the drop of the marble is not accurate. The funnel will continue to be improved next time.
Tue, Sept 17 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, I started sketching my ideas of having a ramp onto my marble track sketch for the marble to bounce on before it enters the funnel. At the same time, I also made a few Dominos in Fusion 360 which will help at the start of our process.
Week 1
Sat, Sept 14 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, me and my group mates and Mr Brodie discussed modifications to our marble track. We also measured the accurate size of the marble for fabrication next class.
Update:
The marble has 1.5 inches diameter. We are making a 48 inch marble track along the handrail. One side of the handrail contains a wall, meaning we only need a base and a wall on the other side. A 3D sketch of this is provided below.
Sat, Sept 14 HW – image of completed homework
For homework, me and my group mates split the tasks and I made a marble track with the right dimensions of the height and the width. We still need a full dimension of the base and I will have to continue with this to try to make a marble to be able to get into a funnel. We are trying to make a upwards ramp which can fulfil the inclined plane requirement.
Thur, Sept 12 CW – image of work completed in class
In class today, my group mates and I decided on the location of our design and further improvised our design to suit the surroundings. We measured lengths for future modelling and are deciding on the final steps.
Thur, Sept 12 HW – image of completed homework
I remade my concept sketch but the idea didn’t change. My group mate will bring some things we need for our design tomorrow so we have a more clear thought of how to execute our plan. I can’t start my Fusion model yet since exact dimensions are yet to be decided by our group.
Tue, Sept 10 CW – image of work completed in class
In class, my group mates and I discussed a first design for out Rube Goldberg project. We incorporated four simple machines and eight steps. However, we would still like to add more steps to our project. This sketch is not final.