Foundations of Engineering

Building a Box!

Today our teacher told us we are going to learn how to use the tools in the lab by building a box.

Miter Saw

Safety

When using a Miter saw you should wear safety glasses and never touch the blade guard

How to use

You push the blade down into the whatever you're cutting and then you let the blade back up manually

Result

We used the miter saw to cut our piece of wood into 5 pieces of 9 1/2 inches and 2 3 3/4 inches

Biscuit Joiner

Rules

  1. Wear safety glasses

  2. Don't put your finger near the blade

  3. Don't move it while the biscuit joiner is running

  4. Keep the biscuit joiner flat and aligned with the lines you drew.

How to use

You line it up on the object you're cutting, then turn the biscuit joiner on, start moving it up into the object you're cutting, and lastly, you take it off the object you were cutting into.

What I made

This is the result of using the biscuit joiner to connect the two pieces, then gluing them with wood glue, and then using clamper to keep them in place



Table saw

How to use

To use the table saw you turn it on, then line up what you want to cut on the blade and then start cutting.


Safety

While using you should wear safety glasses remove loose clothing, and don't put your finger in reach of the saw when using.


What I made

Today we cut both sides of the wood with the table saw to make it even. Above is a picture of the final results.

CNC Machine

Safety Rules

1.Strap the object you're cutting

2.Use the appropriate drill bit

3.Wear safety glasses and ear protection

How it works

The CNC Machine cuts out the image you want depending on your y-axis, x-axis, and z-axis. In class we used VCarve-Pro which produces the object you want to cut, while Shopbot, the other program I used, starts the cutting process




Result

Result of using VCarve-pro and Shopbot to cut my name out on the CNC Machine

Orbital Sander

Rules

  1. Wear safety goggles while using

  2. Keep the sand paper away from your hand

  3. Don't place on table

How to use

The sander is used to smoothen your wood. To use it you press the power button, then level the sander on the wood, then sand as much as you want. Lastly, you turn it off and put it up.

What I made

This is the result of me sanding my box to even it out and make it look better.

Stain

Rules

  1. Wear gloves while using

  2. Wear protective clothing

  3. Close lid securely

How to use

You open the tube then slightly dip a t-shirt in it and spread it along the wood. After that, you would use as much as you would like and let it dry


Final product

This is the result of staining the box and letting it dry

Lantern Project

Lantern Project Intro

Lantern

Benchmarks/Stamps

Research- Edge Lit Lamp/ Light/Display

Anime Design

I like this since it's my favorite anime and white which is a nice color

Name design

This one uses your name and a cool logo

Hand Written

I like how it looks like they drew the heart their selves

3d

This one is looks 3d even though its not

Illusion

This one is cool since it tricks your brain into thinking it's wrapping around each other

Pattern

I liked this one since it has a cool pattern and is aesthetic

Idea Development


This design is cool since you can tell who owns it and has a cool spiral logo

Inkscape & Glowforge

In class we learned how to use Inkscape to makes cool shapes. As we made the shapes we learned how to make differences in shapes and make them look good. At the end we cut them out using glowforge.

RGB LED.mp4

RGB LED Stop Light

Today I learned how to control RGB LED lights. First, we copied a code into a new space to get it changing colors, but there was a problem with the code. It wasn't accurate for the colors so we had to add -255 to each color to make it accurate. After we changed it we removed all but 3 colors and changed them to red yellow, and green.

LED.mp4

Arduino Controlled LED

In class, I learned how to use Arduino to control LED lights. To do this you open Arduino then go to file, examples, basics, and lastly you open blink. We also learned what compiling is and what uploading is. The coolest part was when we got to change the code to make the LED lights go faster.

latern ideo.mp4

Final Latern Project

Today I made my shape in inscape and cut it out using glow forge. After that, I hot glued the shape into my box to create my lantern.