#4

Led

Acrylic

Steel

Above the door

#5

Glass

Led

Chain

In the front at the top of the room

#6

Fabric

Nails

String

on the roller

CNC Machine

Rules

Safety Rules

1.Nail the object down

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. You use VCarve-Pro is what you tell the manchine what you want to cut, while Shopbot, the other program used, starts the cutting process. To make the sign we made the file in inkscape and added it to the program.

Building the Genius Bar Sign

  1. Remove the materials from the CNC machine

  2. Use the jigsaw to cut all o cut out the pieces

  3. Sand the edges and smoothen the pieces of wood

  4. Use the table and miter saw to make supports so the sign will be easier. Picture of the support to the left

  5. We used wood glue to glue down the support and then we clamped it own. Lastly, we nailed down everything together with a nailgun

  6. We took the clamped cf and spray painted it green. The left is how it came out

Genius Bar Prototype Update

In class, we decided to change out our led strips for brighter ones. I helped the class do this by stripping the wires, putting them together, and putting them on the breadboard. I also untapped the led strips from the genius bar prototype. A picture to the left is how it looks now.

Genius Bar prototype

1) First we went outside to spray the inside of the sign black so the led light is easier to see and shine. The picture to the left is how it came out

2) After we let it dry we took it inside and decided how we would layout the led lights. We decided to put it around on the inside and taped it down since it was our prototype.

3) We put mylar on the sign so the led light would go through the letters easily and so it would look better. We taped down the front piece of the sign. Picture to the left

4)We took the sign to the genius bar to see how it would look. It looked good but needed some improvements. The picture is to the left

5) Some of the improvements we suggested are making it so the LEDs cant be seen, drill a hole in the drywall, and