Week 3
An Elephant Pencil & Mobile Holder
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 assignment was to design a pen and pencil holder that may rest on a flat surface.
I chose an elephant pencil holder with a phone holder, the idea came to me by searching Google then I found a real product on Amazon
I mimicked it with some adjustments to the dimensions to hold my phone inn both portrait & landscape orientations.
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Fusion 360 software to design extrude, assemble all parts, and export .dxf files.
Screws and nuts for the assembly
El Malky ML149 CO2 Laser Cutter to read .rld file then cut or engrave or speed cut the plywood sheet
LaserWork V6 software for nesting objects, setting the suitable parameters & creating .rld file which compatible with laser cutting machine
Plywood sheet 3mm for all faces
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?
Design of all Faces on Fusion 360
The file was saved and a new component was created for each face
The base/ground face was designed to be a rectangle of 90 mm * 60 mm from the origin & fully defined.
60 mm as it’s the maximum length to hold my smartphone in the portrait position.
90 mm to be divided into one main cube of 60*60 to hold pens & another compartment of 60*30mm for sticky notes & small items.
Also, t-slots were added to the design to fit it on all faces as shown in the picture. Then, it extruded 3mm
The right side was designed on the plane of the corresponding slot on the ground face, and a hole of 3*3mm was created in the right position for the screw
Also, two tabs were added to fit this side on the front face, then extruded to 3mm
Mid-side was designed with a t-slot to be attached to the ground side & extra two tabs to fit with the front face, then extruded to 3mm
The left side was designed as the right side but with different dimensions as shown in the pictures, then extruded to 3mm
The front side (Elephant shape) was drawn from a picture and the lines were defined, and splines were locked. All fitting projects were settled
The back side was a copy of the front side
All Faces were fully defined, except for the splines in the front and back faces which were locked
All faces were assembled using joints and a suitable appearance was chosen
Finally, .dxf files were exported using “Export to DXF” extension
Preparation on LaserWork
All .dxf files were imported & nested
Only cut mode was used with a power of 65 & speed of 25
The final file was saved in .rld format
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?
- Firstly, the machine was turned on & the .rd file was imported
- The cut & speed cut parameters were checked, then the file was downloaded to the machine
- plywood sheet was inserted into the machine, the focus was checked using the focus block and the origin's position was adjusted by pressing the "origin" button
The proper file was selected, and the "TrachFrame" was run to check the used area, then we pressed "run". It spent 1min & 41 seconds.
for more details, click here!
Finally, screws & nuts were used to assemble all faces
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 found that the place for the nut was tight (lately, I discovered it was supposed to be 5.5*2.4mm, but I did it 5*2.4mm, which led to difficulty in inserting the nut). However, Nada told me that I could use a file to expand the place. It worked and I was able to insert the nut and assemble the pencil holder ^^
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
I learned how to create multiple components & assemble them together
WOW!
Our lovely Ramadan lamp :)