2nd Quarter Calendar

WEDNESDAY, 1/31/18

Objective: Students will be able to use both Solidworks and Mastercam as design tools.
Students complete the Solidworks practical quiz (see the link to the right).
When finished with the quiz, students worked to prepare code to mill out their first CNC project as described in the General Instructions for Using Mastercam -- Pockets and Contours project located on either the Techno Davinci CNC Router or the Forest Scientific CNC Router pages of the CV Safety Page. Here is a link to the Drawing of the Simple Circle Part you are to create in Solidworks in order to complete this assignment.
Students were given the rest of the period, after the quiz, to work on this next project.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Solidworks Quiz (DUE TODAY, completed in class)

MONDAY, 1/29/18

Objective: Students will be able to use the circular pattern and flex tools in Solidworks to generate items on the 3D printers.
Objective: Students will be able to utilize Mastercam to run the school's CNC routers.
Announcement: Students will be given a practical test on Solidworks on Wednesday. If you have been doing the assignments, you should be able to complete the test just fine. The instructors wish to verify that everyone understands how to use the basic tools of extrude, revolve, loft, and sweep.
Students finished with their Blowin' In The Wind Project are asked to complete the project described in the General Instructions for Using Mastercam -- Pockets and Contours project located on either the Techno Davinci CNC Router or the Forest Scientific CNC Router pages of the CV Safety Page.
Students were given the period in class to work on their wind spinners.

ASSIGNED WORK:

General Instruction for Using Mastercam -- Pockets and Contours, ready to mill (DUE 2/7)

WEDNESDAY, 1/24/18

Objective: Students will be able to use the circular pattern and flex tools in Solidworks to generate items on the 3D printers.
Students were told that once they complete their Solidworks design for their wind spinner, they are to look at the instructions for preparing their 3D print file using Z-Suite that are located on the 3D printer page of the CV Safety Page.
Reminders: in order for instructors to consider rounding a student's final semester grade, there must be no "Z's" in Pinnacle. All work must be submitted. Work submitted late and completed with minimal effort will not warrant the removal of the "Z". The absence of Z's in Pinnacle DOES NOT guarantee rounding -- it guarantee's that the instructors will at least consider it. There is a significant difference here.
Contract opportunity for next quarter: students without "Z's" in the grade book and who are within three percentage points of the next letter grade may pursue a contract for next semester, completing a project requested by some customer. The instructors will assign the project. To earn the next grade, the project must meet all quality expectations. Students must also, to some degree, attempt to pursue the project on an independent basis.
Students were given the period in class to work on their wind spinners.

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MONDAY, 1/22/18

Objective: Students will be able to use the circular pattern and flex tools in Solidworks to generate items on the 3D printers.
Mr. K demonstrated the flex and the circular pattern tool. Additionally, Mr. K demonstrated how he modeled his wind spinner in Solidworks.
Students were given the period in class to work on their wind spinners.

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WEDNESDAY, 1/17/18

Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks to generate items on the 3D printers.
A journal check was performed today -- students were asked to produce their graded Riser Drawings. If you are gone today, you are expected to produce this and show your instructors upon your return to class.
The next assignment, the Blowin' in the Wind Assignment, was introduced. The instructions for printing on the 3D printers, located on the CV Safety page for the 3D printers, was introduces and discussed.
Class Notes on 3D Printing and the Wind Spinner Assignment.
Students were given the period in class to work on their Solidworks assignments.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Blowin' In The Wind Assignment -- five thumbnail sketches (DUE 1/22)
Blowin' In The Wind Assignment -- a single detailed sketch with list of Solidwork steps (DUE 1/24)
Blowin' In The Wind Assignment -- a dimensioned Solidworks drawing & a print file in the 3D printer queue (DUE 1/29)
Blowin' In The Wind Assignment -- the final spinner hanging in the room (DUE 2/9)

FRIDAY, 1/12/18

Objective: Students will be able to modify their Solidworks files, as well as utilize revolve, lofts, and sweeps features within their parts.
Objective: Students will be introduced to the schools 3D printers.
3D printers were briefly discussed. They have their limitations.
Students were given this Zortrax 3D Printer Introduction Assignment, intended to introduce them to the school's 3D printers. This assignment must be completed before a student is allowed to use the 3D printers. If you are needing all the class time to complete Solidworks assignments, this is one assignment that could easily be completed outside of class.
Students were given the period in class to work on their Solidworks assignments..

ASSIGNED WORK:

Zortrax 3D Printer Introduction Assignment (DUE 1/17)

WEDNESDAY, 1/10/18

Objective: Students will be able to modify their Solidworks files, as well as utilize revolve, lofts, and sweeps features within their parts.
Students were given the period in class to work on their Solidworks assignments..

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MONDAY, 1/8/18

Objective: Students will be able to modify their Solidworks files, as well as utilize revolve, lofts, and sweeps features within their parts.
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: There is a group in Corvallis attempting to create a maker space for the general Corvallis area community. "Make Corvallis" is the current name they are going by. They are asking for possible logo designs and would love to see the final design they select be created by an area student. Students may submit logo designs by 1/25 for some extra credit. Credit will be awarded based on logo originality, creative endeavor, artistic appeal, and effort extended. Students should create their logo using Adobe Illustrator, save their file in PDF form, and submit their PDF version to Showbie by the end of the day on 1/25. Specific questions, should you have them, can be sent to Kim Conolly at jason.a.conolly@gmail.com .
Reminders:

Drawings for the Step Block, Wedge Block, and Linkage are due on 1/10. Be sure to use feedback from your Riser Drawing. Additionally, look out for the use of centerlines and center marks (on the linkage drawing), as well as making sure the three orthographic views are displayed using "hidden lines visible". Finally, NEVER place dimensions on top of a part in any view.
The drawing templates have been altered. There are now four of them -- two for each size paper, one for inches, and one for millimeters. This should eliminate the extra page of printing.
Be sure to turn in your final Timewise worksheet/reflection. It is due now, at the start of class.

Students were shown how to do the following in Solidworks:

How to go back and edit either a sketch or a feature.
The importance of selecting snaps for dimensions so extension lines don't cross over objects.
Create a new plane (to sketch on).
Use the revolve feature (both thin and solid).
Use the sweep feature.
Use the loft feature.

Class Notes On Solidworks -- Revolves, Lofts, and Sweeps.
The next Solidworks assignment forces students to utilize these new tools: Virtual SculptorAssignment.
Students were given the remainder of the period in class to work on their Solidworks assignments..

ASSIGNED WORK:

Virtual Sculptor Assignment (DUE 1/17)
Make Corvallis Logo (Extra Credit) (DUE 1/25)

THURSDAY, 12/21/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Prof. Eseonu returned to class today and debriefed the Timewise project. Normally many more rounds of simulation would be completed in which a series of LEAN manufacturing techniques would be introduced. Some of these techniques student groups introduced and employed during their second rounds. Prof. Eseonu's Wrap-Up Presentation.
As homework, students were asked to complete this Concepts Revisited Worksheet which is intended to help students reflect on the Timewise experience and Industrial Engineering. Be prepared to turn this in at the beginning of class on Monday when we return to school.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Concepts Revisited Worksheet (DUE 1/8 at the beginning of the period)

WEDNESDAY, 12/20/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to create drawings of parts modeled in Solidworks.
Group #3 completed Timewise Round #2 today. In this round, student groups implemented their changes intended to improve the efficiency of their factory.
After each round, Prof. Eseonu led a wrap-up that included data collection. This Round #2 Worksheet was handed out and used to collect data for this round. This worksheet should be completed and turned in next class period. Your score on this depends upon the thoughtfulness and completeness with which the worksheet is completed.
Solidworks drawings will be graded with some short-hand notations. For the first drawings .2 points will be deducted for each of the following errors. Here is the key to use to interpret the feedback on your drawings:
PES -- printed extra sheet (did not print only the current sheet of the old template)
BT -- dimensions placed between views
C -- text is not all in CAPS
R -- redundant, unnecessary dimension
SE -- view is not shown with "shaded with edges" -- the ortho view should be set to this
HL -- view does not show hidden lines
VO -- view orientation is wrong
S -- the views are not adequately scaled to fill the page -- they are either too small or not big enough to fill most of the page
OB -- objects placed beyond the border of the template -- never do this!
A -- view is not aligned to another view as it should be
MD -- missing dimension needed to build the part correctly
X -- part constructed improperly (may be more than a .2 deduction)
Students not participating in Timewise rounds worked within one of the two computer labs on the new Solidworks drawing assignments. Past assignments should now be completed outside of class.

ASSIGNED WORK:

MONDAY, 12/18/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to create drawings of parts modeled in Solidworks.
Group #1 and Group #2 completed Timewise Round #2 today. In this round, student groups implemented their changes intended to improve the efficiency of their factory.
After each round, Prof. Eseonu led a wrap-up that included data collection. This Round #2 Worksheet was handed out and used to collect data for this round. This worksheet should be completed and turned in next class period. Your score on this depends upon the thoughtfulness and completeness with which the worksheet is completed.
All students received some instruction on producing drawings and dimensioning their drawings of parts they make in Solidworks. NOTES THAT STEP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING A DRAWING IN SOLIDWORKS ARE LOCATED ON THE RESOURCES PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE. When making drawings of each of the four parts you have made in Solidworks, you should:

Use ALL CAPS for all text.
Include enough dimensions so that all features of the object are both dimensioned and fully located. Someone else should be able to build your part with only your drawing.
Avoid including redundant dimensions. If the dimension of something on your drawing can be determined in more than one way given the dimensions provided, you have some redundant dimensions.
Do not put any dimensions between views unless absolutely necessary for clarity. This is usually only required for very complex parts.
Include centerlines / center marks for all round features. Center lines should be used for round features depicted by straight lines, while center marks should located the center of round features that look round in the view. Both centerlines and center marks should extend past the object a little ways.
Choose a scale so that the views of your part fill (but still fit) on your paper. Do not have anything beyond the drawing's border.
Drawing views must be aligned. View appearance should comply with the posted instructions.
Orient the views properly (i.e. front should be front).

For your next four assignments, you are to produce a drawing (properly dimensioned) for each of the shapes you have modeled in Solidworks (Riser, Step Block, Wedge Block, Linkage). To create the drawings, follow the instructions posted on the IDEA Resource Page on this website. The drawing templates mentioned here are also located on the IDEA Resource Page.
Be sure to always only print "current page" when printing your drawing. You will loose points on your drawing if a) you print it more than once -- use the preview, and b) if you print the extra blank page that prints when using this template.
Turn in the first drawing and be sure to look at feedback you receive on it BEFORE you submit your other drawings so that you can avoid repeating the same errors on subsequent drawings and therefore losing more points.
Students not participating in Timewise rounds and after hearing the lecture worked within one of the two computer labs on the new Solidworks drawing assignments. Past assignments should now be completed outside of class.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Timewise Round #2 Worksheet (DUE 12/20)
Riser Drawing (DUE 12/21)
Step Block Drawing (DUE 1/10)
Wedge Block Drawing (DUE 1/10)
Linkage Drawing (DUE 1/10)

WEDNESDAY, 12/13/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
As needed, Group #3 completed their factory redesign assignment.
Students not participating in Timewise rounds and after completing the group re-design worked within one of the two computer labs continuing work on their Holiday Ornament Design and Solidworks assignments.

ASSIGNED WORK:

MONDAY, 12/11/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
Group #3 completed the Timewise Round #1 today (and completed this Round #1 Worksheet. This completed sheet should be turned in at the end of class.
All groups were asked to design changes to their factory design so that they produce more clocks in Round #2 by role playing Industrial Engineers, reflecting on their Round #1 experience.. Students are free to make whatever changes they wish using these guidelines:

The factory layout may be changed.
Tasks can be reassigned and distributed to different people.
The order by which tasks are completed may change.
Positions may be eliminated, however all of the original tasks / functions must still be completed.
Paperwork, product design, and customer orders CANNOT be changed. How these things are completed can be modified, but for the sake of this activity, assume all of the paperwork must still be completed in some fashion, the product design cannot be modified, and the customer orders must remain constant.
A material handler MUST be used to transport material from one table to another whenever tables are not directly adjacent to one another. If two tables are adjacent and touching, then no material handler is necessary.

Each group is to take this Round #1 Timewise Factory Layout and modify it as necessary to reflect the layout they wish to use for Round #2 which will occur next Monday. In addition to this, groups are to list ALL of the changes they will make to try and improve the performance of their factory. This layout and list must be turned in as a hardcopy.
If the above link does not work, try this Round #1 Timewise Factory Layout.
Students not participating in Timewise rounds and after completing the group re-design worked within one of the two computer labs continuing work on their Holiday Ornament Design and Solidworks assignments.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Group Factory Layout Redesign for Round #2 (DUE TODAY)

FRIDAY, 12/8/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
Each class was divided into three groups of students: TIMEWISE GROUPS . These groups will complete the Timewise rounds individually. Group #1 and Group #2 completed Round #1 today.
After each round, Prof. Eseonu led a wrap-up that included data collection. This Round #1 Worksheet was handed out and used to collect data for this round.
Students not participating in Timewise rounds today were within one of the two computer labs continuing work on their Holiday Ornament Design and Solidworks assignments.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Round #1 Worksheet (DUE 12/11)

WEDNESDAY, 12/6/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
The Holiday Ornament design is now due on Monday, 12/11.
Today Prof. Chinweike Eseonu with OSU's Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department within OSU's College of Engineering was here to introduce Industrial Engineering and the next class activity -- the TimeWise Project. This activity has three primary purposes:

Introduce students to LEAN manufacturing concepts.
Introduce students to the discipline of Industrial Engineering.
Serves as a context to practice group problem solving and team building.

Prof. Eseonu's PowerPoint Presentation on Industrial Engineering.
Students were given this Concepts Worksheet handout that was used to take some notes on. This should end up in your journal. If you were absent today, please look at the slide presentation posted above and complete the worksheet.
The above presentation required half the period. Students worked on the Holiday Ornament Assignment first, and then their Solidworks files for the second half of the period.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Concepts Worksheet (DUE 12/8)

MONDAY, 12/4/17

Objective: Students will be introduced to Industrial Engineering and will understand and be able to apply the main concepts associated with LEAN manufacturing.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
For the next several weeks we will be looking at a specific type of engineering -- Industrial Engineering -- a discipline that seeks solutions to problems associated with processes. Students will be taking part in a project known as TIMEWISE in which students pretend to be a manufacturing facility producing clocks for customers. The specific goal of this project is for student groups to become as efficient as possible in manufacturing clocks. The overarching goal is to introduce students to Industrial Engineering.
For the first part of the period, CV course instructors walked students through the construction of the clocks students will manufacture during the factory simulation rounds of the Timewise Project. It is hoped that building the clocks by hand prior to the actual simulations will eliminate some confusion during the first round of simulation and allow students to better focus on the manufacturing process instead. Sketch of Clock Assembly -- the drawing and notes that should be in your journal from today.
Students worked on the Holiday Ornament Assignment first, and then their Solidworks files.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Model the Riser in Solidworks (DUE 12/4)
Model the Step Block in Solidworks (DUE 12/11)
Model the Wedge Block in Solidworks (DUE 12/13)
Model the Linkage in Solidworks (DUE 12/13)

WEDNESDAY, 11/29/17

Objective: Students will be able to use the laser engraver to create objects.
Objective: Students will be able to use Solidworks as a design tool.
Mr. K formally introduced Solidworks. Solidworks is the software that will allow us to model things in 3D. A 3D model is necessary to utilize the 3D printers, the CNC routers in the shop, and to create dimensioned construction drawings. Solidworks Introduction Notes.
When students are finished with their Holiday Ornament Assignment, or find themselves waiting to use the laser engraver, they are asked to complete these assignments in this order: Riser, Step Block, Wedge Block, and Linkage. Eventually, students will need to print these objects, but instructions on how to make drawings and how to print them will be given later -- so DO NOT PRINT THESE WHEN FINISHED! Please create these parts so that the bottom left view on the PDF's (the front view) is what you would see if you look directly at the Front Plane in Solidworks. This will be important when it comes time to printing drawings of your parts.
Students should look for an email from Mr. K regarding downloading instructions for Solidworks (that can be loaded on a machine at home).
Students worked on the Holiday Ornament Assignment first, and then the above objects in Solidworks for the remainder of the period.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Model the Riser in Solidworks (DUE 12/4)
Model the Step Block in Solidworks (DUE 12/11)
Model the Wedge Block in Solidworks (DUE 12/13)
Model the Linkage in Solidworks (DUE 12/13)

MONDAY, 11/27/17

Objective: Students will be able to use the laser engraver to create objects.
Objective: Students will understand the concept of torque and center-of-mass and be able to use both in a practical application.
Students should continue to use the laser engraver queue in order to get their Holiday Ornament created. This is also linked on the Resources Page.
The principle of force, torque, and the center of mass was discussed today at the beginning of the class period. Understanding these principles will be important in order to know where to place the hole from which your ornament is to hang from. Remember -- your design cannot be symmetrical. Center of Mass, Torque, and Ornaments Class Notes.
Students worked on the Holiday Ornament Assignment.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Holiday Ornament Design file complete (checked off by an instructor) and you are in the Queue. (DUE 12/11)

MONDAY, 11/20/17

Objective: Students will be able to use the tools in the shop to make physical things made from wood and plastic to solve problems.
By the end of school tomorrow, students are to turn in their Puzzle Project (completed or not) with this Puzzle Assignment -- Group Score Sheet (a hard copy was handed out to each group) completed and placed under their project. Individual equipment sign-off sheets should be stapled to this sheet and turned in with this group sheet.
By the end of the day tomorrow (11/21), students should complete their Self Evaluation of the Puzzle Project Form. The completion of this form will be counted as an assignment, and might also contribute to the individual's score for the Puzzle Project.
Students worked on the Wood Puzzle Assignment or the Holiday Ornament Assignment.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Completed Puzzle Project and the Puzzle Assignment -- Group Score Sheet (DUE 11/21, by the end of school)
Self & Group Evaluation of the Puzzle Project (DUE 11/21, by the end of school)
Come to class next Monday with a detailed sketch for your intended Holiday Ornament. (DUE 11/27)

FRIDAY, 11/17/17

Objective: To determine whether or not students notice that the objective has actually changed. Also . . . to get the Puzzle Project done!
If you come Saturday between 9 AM and 1 PM, you must come in through the back door of the shop, and you must be prepared to clean up at the end.
Students worked on the Wood Puzzle Assignment or the Holiday Ornament Assignment.

ASSIGNED WORK:

WEDNESDAY, 11/15/17

Objective: Students will be able to use the tools in the shop to make physical things made from wood and plastic to solve problems.
As a journal check, students were asked to show an instructor the description of their assigned clean-up task that was given on 11/8. If you were absent, please show an instructor this on the first day you return to class.
Students were to create a timeline mapping out measurable events leading to the completion of the Puzzle Project by 11/21. Timelines were approved by an instructor and then turned into the INBOX at the end of the period.
The next assignment involves individual use of the laser engraver: Holiday Ornament Assignment. Students can begin this assignment if they find they have nothing to do on the Puzzle Assignment.
Students worked on the Wood Puzzle Assignment.

ASSIGNED WORK:

Journal Check -- 11/8 Notes on your clean-up task (DUE TODAY)
Puzzle Assignment Timeline (DUE TODAY)

MONDAY, 11/13/17

Objective: Students will be able to use the tools in the shop to make physical things made from wood and plastic to solve problems.
Do to concerns with bottle necking, students are not going to be able to cut any wood that is over 1/2" thick in class -- it simply takes too much time. If you wish to try to cut things over 1/2" thick, you can try to do this outside of class. Realistically, there are better tools to use to cut things that thick.
Today, one of the instructors focused on helping students with the laser engraver.
Students worked on the Wood Puzzle Assignment.

ASSIGNED WORK:

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