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Danny Ecker May 7, 2018
During this year I have done multiple projects that have improved my knowledge in the Fab Lab. I did project this semester like a house with an LED light inside, a box from the shopbot, designer glasses, a creative clock, and an improved logo design. Throughout this semester I have used all the machines in the fab lab including the laser cutter, 3d printer, the vinyl cutter, and the shopbot. The best project I think I did this year was definitely the clock. It was definitely the one I did for the majority of the semester and I put the most effort in. I have really enjoyed my time in the Fab Lab this year and I hope to come back in the future to make more projects and help people.
Kara Kannensohn
Final write up:
Throughout the semester, I learned how to use many devices in the fab lab including the laser cutter, 3D printer, vinyl cutter and soldering iron. I found that printing on the laser cutter came easy to me, whereas 3D printing was more of a challenge.
I used to think that the concept of design was simple, and that you could create something at the push of a button. I have come to realize that this is not the case and that this course was much more challenging than I expected.
I enjoyed the creative aspect of the class, but I felt challenged when I had to make my ideas into actual objects. More specially, using adobe illustrator and tinker cad was difficult for me. Lastly, I felt proud when I successfully created a circuit so that my lamp was functional.
Once I decided on the shape I wanted to make, I did a better sketch of it in order to understand how I was going to design it in adobe illustrator.
After I sketched it, I had to design a net layout that would fold together in order to create the 3D shapes fordable design in adobe. I cut out hexagons and squares and placed them in different ways until I found the right layout so that the shapes would fold into the truncated octahedron.
Next I designed the shape in adobe illustrator. I had to edit it a few times until I found the size I wanted and once I did, I laser cut it.
This is the laser-cut version of my shape. After seeing what it looked like folded up, I realized that I wanted it to be larger and that I wanted to connect it to my last project by adding stars.
This image is of my final design before I folded it. You can see the tabs that I added so that it would fold together in a cleaner way.
Finally, here is my final project. I really like the way it turned out and I think that if I had to go through the process again, the only thing I would have changed, is that I would have made it out of wood instead of poster board. The reason I did not do this in the first place is because I did not have the time it would have required to finish it. All in all, I like the way that it turned out in the end.
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