William Lindsey Box

 The first step for me was to talk to the teacher about the machine and what program I would be using for designing it he then, explained to us what the different tools are and do and what we need to use to make the box. We wrote all of these steps and measurements down for future use and then tried our best to find a good piece of wood to cut in because our first try had a knot in it that knocked out a large section of the side wall. We ended up having to cut multiple times before getting it right. We designed the box in a program called v carve which allowed us to not only make the shape but create the tool path for the milling machine. We had to bolt down the wood before cutting and adjust the bit in the machine so that it was long enough to cut through the wood to the depth we needed. We then had to start the lid which was complicated. it really should not have been any more complicated than the bowl of the box but, we ran into some technical difficulties which we did not know how to fix but we eventually figured out how to get it done. Then once we had the design and tool path we had to find the wood which was a whole other struggle because there were very little amounts of this size wood which was 1-inch thickness most were two inches. But, we eventually found the wood we needed and got it cut after a couple tries. My ideas about this course have not changed I came into it expecting it to be pretty similar to the other fab lab course I took the first semester which, it was. I wouldn't change much about the class my only thing would be maybe having another teacher in the room because one teacher is not enough to help all the students as a lot of help is necessary with these new and different things we learn in the class. I really enjoyed all my projects and felt proud when they came together well. overall I really enjoyed this class even though there were a lot of struggles adjusting to and learning the new technologies.