Cork Pals

Description: I designed and created two animals that relate to each other in some way with 3D printing and recycled bottle corks. I brainstormed and designed on TinkerCAD and printed with 3D printers. The design process consisted of brainstorming, researching, CADing, 3D printing, and repeating until I was content with the final product.

Brainstorm: I thought of animals with long bodies then thought of what they relate to. Then I searched up CorkPal animals to inspire me. I love arctic animals so I eventually ended with a seal and a polar bear.

Design: I designed the animals on TinkerCAD until I was satisfied with how it looked.

Seal Design

Polar Bear Design

Procedure: Seal

Prototype 1

I printed the bottom of the seal first to see how it would turn out and it was perfect! I didn't need to change anything.

Prototype 2

Then, I printed the head to test it out. It also fit perfectly! I didn't need to change anything.

Procedure: Polar Bear

Prototype 1

The head fit on really well but I thought this looked kind of off.

Prototype 2

Then I put the bottom half on. It fit well but then I realized it looked bad because of the paws. They didn't look like paws at all, and I forgot to add paws to the top half.

Polar Bear Redesign:

I redesigned the paws and added some to the top half.

Procedure: Polar Bear

Prototype 1

It fit on perfectly and the paws were sooo cute!

Prototype 2

It also fit on perfectly and it looks so much better now!

Finished Products:

I think this looks so cute! It's a big long, but I love it!

This one's my favorite! Everything fits so well, and its so cute!

Reflection: SOUL and WISCR

S - Strength: I needed strength in this project because making the designs were very hard and I had to push through. It took me many tries to get the designs right.

O - Opportunity: I had many opportunities to improve and fix my design when I did something wrong.

U - Understanding: I learned how to use many more TinkerCAD features such as the "Align" tool.

L - Limitations: A limit for me was that the seal was kind of hard to make in TinkerCAD because there aren't many shapes I could work with in general, so I had to use the "Scribble" tool.

WISCR: I used the S in WISCR, self motivation, because I was motivated to finish the product and make the best I could. Sometimes I wanted to give up but I pushed myself and finished with my two successful Cork Pals. I also used the R, respect(ful), because I paid attention to the teacher, followed instructions well, and took advice from my teacher and peers.

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