List of Ten
Sign
Designed sign gift
Stop sign
Symbolism
Gift
Board of memes
Sign based on a game
Flower board
Chess board
Greek Characters
Planning Questions
Are you working by yourself or in a team?
By myself.
What materials will you need for your project?
Easel, X-Carve, Computer, wood, and a iPad.
What is your plan to create in this project?
A sign or signed gift to my dad.
What unique qualities will your project have?
It will consist of cool things I am sure my dad would like.
Day 1
I finished the list of ten and planning questions. I made a free trial in Easel. I tried out different things.
Day 2
I decided on a design and tried to jumble it on the board.
Day 3
I edited and adjusted the symbols and letters. I tried to come up with other designs but nothing worked.
Day 4
Done with design. Changed bit size to be correct. Planning on getting the wood over weekend.
Day 5
Wasn't able to get wood over weekend so I'll get it during the week sometime. I decided with the help of Mr. Renner to design one for my mom, but it won't be cut using the X-Carve.
Day 6
I will get wood today after school. I decided to start a little bit of the reflection as I don't have any wood yet. I also decided to add a little bit more to my design.
Day 7
I got wood and I am now setting it up on the X-Carve. I sent Mr. Renner the link to my shared project so he could start carving.
Day 8
I took images, a video, and added them into website. I continued typing my Reflection and adjusting or changing sentences I didn't like.
Day 9
I finished the last two paragraphs in the Reflection. I then published the website.
Images
Day 1 image
Day 8 image
Day 2 image
Day 4 image
Day 5 image
Day 6 image
Video
Reflection
Using Easel, a computer, a X-Carve, a iPad, and wood, I created a decorated sign for my dad because he's the best dad I technically could ever want. He's kind and done many things for me so this is one way I can return that kindness. The last reason is I wanted to try and test my abilities on the X-Carve, well also because I like CNC Machines and wanted to try and use one.
During this process, I learned how to design wooden boards. How to use Easel and the basics of an X-Carve or really any CNC Machine, technically. Finally, I learned how to adjust my settings for how deep the machine is supposed to carve and what type of bit I would use.
The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Innovative Designer because I brainstormed ideas for the design I would use. I used digital tools to design how the board would be cut. I used digital tools to copy and paste so that I could add and adjust the characters.
A challenge I overcame on this project was moving and orientating the animal characters. I was able to do it by testing new and different methods. I had also tried to make each animal of the same species to be the exact same size. I moved every character countless number of times to get them to either be perfectly placed or almost perfectly placed.
Given a chance to do this again, I would change the design of the board as with the deepness of the carve. The reason why I would change it is because when I was designing it I wanted to have it be carved almost halfway through the board. I also wanted to add more designs around the text as it was kind of blank there. I wanted to get rid of the eyes of the rabbits.
Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School. As I designed the board on the computer and I solved problems on the project I had.
My project connects to careers in CNC programming because I designed the basic instructions or blueprints that the CNC Machine followed. I designed how the board would look like using website for the CNC Machine. Finally, I had set up the board onto the X-Carve.