Shin and Luke Final Project

On the first day, we began with trying to design and make an amplifier.

10/15

Then Mr. D told us that we should make a bluetooth speaker. Mr. D already had the basic bluetooth set, so all we have to do, is buy the other materials needed, and assemble the speaker.

This is our original design as a amplifier. Using Chief Wahoo's mouth as the place to make the noise.

This is the Bluetooth Amplifier this is what allows us to connect our speaker to our devices.

10/17

Today we decided to start working on our paper prototype of the speaker, and finalize our design. The image of our design is attached below. We would like to do that desgin, but also with a "Day of the Dead Theme".

This is the new design we looked at that we plan to base our design off of

A large issue with this design, is the material is very expensive for this kind of wood. It is priced at 1,350$ online, and it will most likely cost around that to build. Instead, we plan to make the speaker witha a much cheaper wood material, and speaker. We also plan on adding a Day of the Dead

10/19

this is an image of our circuit board, plugged in and working. If you look closely, you can see a blue light that is bright from the electricity.

Today, we made a "sloppy" sketch for our speaker design. The front would be a Dio De Lo Muertos skull and the eyes would be the speakers. It would stand up properly because there would be planks attached on all the sides to make it stand up. The fixed some issues with the design in this new sketch. We decided, instead of making a curved edge, we decided to make all the edges straight, so that we can laser cut a side for the speaker.

10/24

Today, we did a lot of research on kerf cutting, because for our design we are going to kerf cut the back side of the skeleton. Here is a website that helped aid our understanding,

https://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/kerf-cutting-how-to-bend-wood-with-your-mind-i-mean-saw/

We also started on a really simple inscape design,

this is a really basic, design we will further it with more design, like dia de los muertos.

Today, we designed the speaker on inkscape to laser cut on cardboard the next day. Mr.D said that instead of making all the edges straight, we could use a kerf cut to make the wood bend. Both of us did not understand fully how the cut worked, so we researched into it, a lot of class. In the bin against the wall, Mr.D showed us multiple examples of Kerf Cutting, but we could not use most of them due to their fragility. Another obstacle we have come across is the measurement. We need to find the measurement of curved lines, and find the perimeter, and create a kerf to fit that perimeter. I believe this process will take a long time.