Soap Project

Soap project: On the back of the soap bar, it says "I hope you like breakfast because I love you a waffle lot" We had a choice to make this in TinkerCAD or Fusion360. I chose to do this in TinkerCAD because I was planning on utilizing the loop function to make this process a lot easier. The next step in production is to make a mold out of clay and then turn it into soap. I learned how to layer different textures into each other. The second time I printed the waffle, I made it without supports so it was faster. It was also a little bit too big. There is a lot of detail in this object so it was pretty hard to mold. 

Soap Project: My second prototype didn't work because the holes of the waffle were too big. To get the 3d print out of the mold we had to cut the mold in half which made the mold leak. I had to re-print the waffle with smaller holes so it was easier to take it out of the mold. We also had to change the way we applied the mold. I covered the entire print in the mold and then cut it in half so we could melt the finished soap and put them together.

2-3 Prototype: The main difference between the second and third iteration of the 3d prints are that I made the final design smaller and I made the holes of the waffle a lot more shallow. I reduced the depth from 12 mm to 3.6 mm which is about 3.5 times smaller.

SOUL Reflection:

Strength of my work: My waffle looks very similar to a waffle and there is text on it. The text says, "I hope you like breakfast because I love you a waffle lot." 

Opportunities to improve my project: If I had an opportunity to improve my project, I would make it smaller and I would decrease the distance between each hole/increase the size of each hole. I would also try to work faster and make it in Fusion 360.

Understanding; What I learned in this project: I learned how to use loops, and variables more efficiently in TinkerCAD and that Fusion 360 might be a better option for doing a project like this in the future.

Limitations I encountered in this project: TinkerCAD crashing, not grouping the correct objects, and not exporting the correct file. I also had trouble with the size of the waffle. Taking the 3d print out of the mold was also hard because the mold broke. I had to reprint the waffle for the third time and then redo the mold and soap process.

WISCR Reflection:

Well Rounded: This project helped me develop more skills in TinkerCAD which made me a stronger critical thinker and improved my skills of using tinker CAD.

Clear communicators: During this project, I was very far behind and demonstrated clear communication to come into the computer lab during lunch to finish my project in time.