Week 2- Journal
Ideation
Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)
This week's task is to make a phone holder using plywood, and my idea is to make a multi-use unit where there is an organizer for pens, keys and sticky notes. The idea of ​​a phone holder depends on the presence of more than one size for the holder so that the user can adjust it according to his needs
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
plywood 3mm for laser machine
malky ML1930 CO2 manual laser cutter machine
fusion 360 program
RDWorks (software for laser machine)
Design/Preparation Process
Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?
1-I used the Fusion 360 program to draw the phone holder by drawing each part on the side and the direction assigned to it in the required size
2-Then I extruded all the parts to the thickness of the wood(3mm)
3-And then I put them together to make sure that the parts are drawn accurately and see how the final shape will be when cut on the laser machine.
4-After making sure, I issued the file with the extension DXF to be entered into the RDWORKS program
5- I made the settings for scaning and cutting,which are :
for cuttind power:65,speed 25
for scan power:30, speed 150
6-finally i saved the file in .RLD extension
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Development/Implementation Process
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
-After making sure that the file was saved in rd format
-I copied the RLD file to the memory card connected to the device,
-modified the values, and downloaded them to the device.
-I chose the file for PS from the machine control panel and ran it after checking the cutting frame
- then the machine started cutting the desired shape
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Overcoming Challenges
What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)
I had a problem exporting files from Fusion 360 in dxf format, but I searched for the solution to the problem on YouTube and found it through the link https://youtu.be/ji64aYVEK7c
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
During this week, we learned many skills that help us in the final project, where we learned to use the Fusion 360 program, which helps us to draw our ideas in an easy and fast way .We have also learned to make interlocks and t-slot so that we can present our project in the best shape and quality
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
Me and my partners Aya and AbdAllah made a small cool and comfortable chair and I had to design the side of the chair and despite its difficulty, I learned a lot from it and designed it well
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.
In the online lecture, we had to make a phone holder with cardboard, and even though I entered the lecture late and my electricity went out, I think I did a very great job only in 10 minutes
