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Description : Design and create a pair of animal figurines utilizing recycled bottle corks. Students design on tinkerCAD and prototype using the 3D printers. The design process consists of brainstorming, researching, CADding. 3D printing, and repeating until the students are happy with their final products.
Brainstorm: I thought of an animal to do for some times, and I figured that a cow and a pig would be good animals for this project because they are not to complicated, easier to design, and they can stand up without any support. For the cow I'm going to make it like a normal cow, and for the pig, I'm going to make it like a Minecraft cow, so square's and rectangles.
Procedures:
1. Pick out the corks and measure their diameters
2. CAD the enclosed rings and test print them to see if the rings fit the corks. I made a mistake when I test printed out one of the connecters to the cork. It took another try to get the right dimension.
The ring on the pig corkpal fit perfectly.
I messed up on the connector to the body and head, it took another 2 tries to get it correct and fit perfectly.--->
3. Create your cork-pal in your brainstorm and make sure the measurements are correct (test print before you print the main thing)
4. Print out your animal and fit the cork where it is, and then repeat the process on your second cork-pal.
I made the back legs and the body fit perfectly with the cork.
I messed up on the head and the front two legs because I made the connectors to small.
Finally on my second print for the body, it fit perfectly which completes my first cork-pal.
Finished product of both corkpals.
The ring for the first print on the pig fit on the cork.
I didnt add supports on the legs, so although it fit perfectly I didnt use it.
Finihsed product of second corkpal.
Soul Reflections:
Soul Reflections:
Strength: I think I was strong in building the animals in tinker-cad because I finished them in tinker-cad in a short amount of time.
Opportunity: I definitly should've made my pig smaller because right now, it is super long.
Understanding: This project thought me to make sure everything is correct before I print because I sometimes didn't add supports which caused me to print again.
Limitations: I was limited by the printers because there were always printers running before the class, and some days I did print at all because other people used the printers and their projects took long to print.
WISCR:
WISCR:
For WISCR I think I was a critical thinker the most because I thought of ways to create different types of animals, like making my pig look like a minecraft character which makes it alot easier because it is made of rectangle and square's, so it isn't round and can fall. This also makes it so it has a guaranteed chance to stand up by it self which is one of the requirments' of the project.
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