William Lindsey

The first project was to design a robot with our name in it. I made my robot using circles, rectangles, and the sketch tool on ink scape. I then made a .svg document and laser cut it.

Next, I had to laser cut a fitted tab box 2in x 2in. I used a website meant for box making and created this plan then saved it as an SVG and laser cut it. I went through a couple different pieces of scrap attempting to pause the cut and switch out the pieces of wood because I couldn't find the right sized wood but consequently, I just reprinted the same side 6 times so I redid this on a sheet that was big enough for all six to print at once. Then fitted the joints adding little bits of wood glue along the tab joints and inside wall joints for a secure fit. piecing the box together then let it dry. I then was tasked to make a non-tab box by hand. I used the band saw to cut the pieces the band saw wasn't the best method and the pieces came out a little off but I did my best to glue them together as they should be and it came out ok but pretty bad.

The next thing I did with my logo was cut it into a vinyl sticker. I copied my adobe illustrator design into the vinyl cutters program then cut it using the vinyl machine I then cut out the logo peeling off the surrounding and undesired vinyl then cut a piece of transfer paper placing it onto the desired logo which took it off the sheet in one piece exposing the sticky side so I could stick on the desired surface which was a spot on my computer.

For my next project i had to make an original 3-d desighn i chose to make a glow circuit useing tinker cad. Tinker cad has the piece to hold the light and the bubble for it to fit in already preset in the shapes bar so that part was easy i just had to fit them in my design. For my design i chose to make a jelly fish. The trickiest part was creating the tentacles my first attempt i tried useing rectangular prisms to take chunks out of a silinder hoping i could get angled lines where light showed through but, that did not work very well. Next i tried connecting the top to the base, which i needed so that i could put the light base in and have it held securly, with prisms but in order to get the swervy style i was after it looked choppy and i could not get the edges to flow smoothly so while i kept a couple of those to add variety among the tentacles allowing for a bend in the middle of them i used J's for most of the tentacles making them different sizes to inmcrease variety and make them look more tentacle like. On the top shape i got that pattern by using a series of circles set as holes taking chunks out of the top. I then printed it in grey and it came out well

My next project was to make a new and improved version of my glasses from the first semester. I ended up redesigning a lot of them nearly completely actually. This new version needed to have an extension option on it so i put hinges on them. Once i got the hinges on them they opened up wider than when i used the tab design so in order for them to fit right i had to bend the wood to bring in then angle of the arms. I did that by soaking the wood in water and applying a weight to the middle and leaving the weight while it dried so it dried into that warped position. After the bend they fit pretty well. Once i got a nice fit i sanded all sharp edges and made smoother curves in some spots where there were uncomftorable angles.

For the next project i had to decide between a lamp either desk or ahnging and a wall clock. I chose to make a clock and began the process by brainstorming and sketching as many ideas as i could. Out of those ideas i chose to make a gorilla clock. My next step was to sketch multiple versions of this idea. Of which i then got peer review before choosing a version to sketch in further detail. I then transfered this detailed drawing onto graph paper. I then transfered these drawings into adobe illustrate seperating different sections into different pieces so that when cut they would stack creating a depth within the piece. First i cut multiple card board versions working out any errors in the desighn making sure everything cut right. After i got the card board version cutting right i cut it in wood. Once i had these wooden pieces i used various stains and paints to color the piece i used white, grey, black, and a walnut color. I then glued the pieces together befire screwing the clock machenery in through the back and put hands on it. My biggest struggle was painting it as i don't stain or paint often i made a few messes with the oil stains because i didn't understand them but nothing i couldn't clean up with a little direction.