Week 1 - Journal

cat paws

i choose it because i like cats so much

Acually, I choose it for fun.

I always watch Rick and Morty series in my spare time and i like dr Rock character so much because he is crazzy about science , he can solve all his problems with science and i believe that we can solve all our problems with science also .

and i hope i have a science mind like him one day!

Tool Chain

i used laser work v6 to design my cat paws

  • Laser Cutter Machine

  • sheets of wood has been used

  • Laser work software has been used



and to design Dr Rick i used ultimaker cura 4

  • Fab Lab Egypt's PRUSA 2 3D printer

  • PLA material white filament pool to create the model

Design/Preparation Process

I didn't have the chance to learn how to design anything software, so i was shocked at first.

but after watching videos i managed to do it.

laser work was so easy i just :

  • look for design at 3aixs

  • i got it with dxf

  • Select the outline to be black

  • Select the inner lines to be engraved with green .

  • Speed: 25 Power :65

  • then i saved it with rld

the green: for engraving

the black : for cutting

at ultimaker cura :

  • first i get my 3d printed from thingivers

  • I imported it with STL format to cura

  • I choose 0.2 mm

  • and infilling 20%

  • I did the suitable orientation

  • there was support on it so it didn't need to add support

IT took 1 h and 7 min and 8 grams

Development/Implementation Process

for laser cutter :

  1. import the file to the computer of laser cutter

  2. download the rdl file to the machine

  3. place the wood on machine

  4. choose the start point

  5. it took just 10 mins



for the 3D printing

  1. i named my gcode file with ( Pursa 4_rick_8g_1h4min)

  2. insert CD card which contain gcode into the machine.

  3. preheat the bed and the nozzle to change filament

  4. select the right heat for the (extruder 215- bed 60)

  5. wait until it reaches the temperature

  6. pull the old filament and add the new one

  7. select the file and print it

  8. Waiting it while watching my rick formed layer by layer

Community of Learning

  • i was asking while designing amira and abdalrhman Am i in the right way? is it right and they helped me

  • also the Lab technician helped me to release the support from dr rick.

  • then i posted dr Rick on Slack and there was encouragement, thanks to them.

Overcoming Challenges

  • unfortunately my rick model was containing a lot of supports so i tried hard to release it.

the mistake was that i have to learn how to make this support less dense. and I to apply distance between the model and the support

  • Also i did all the assignment in just 1 hour

the mistake was i didn't watch the videos earlier !

Final Project

what i learned in this week helped me to imagine my project better.

and i think this skill will help me a lot in my project.


WOW!

Dr Rick ...

Assignment Design Files