Week #1

First assignment's

  1. laser cut

just browsing the internet (3axis) and other sites and downloading a DXF file for the desired project.

  1. 3d printer

also browsing internet (Thingiverse) and download STL file for 3d printer.

Laser assignment

Ideation

My chose was a decorative element for home decoration using a 3 mm plywood

Elegant dƩcor element

loin face made by CNC co2 laser cuter using plywood

W-25cm

H-29CM


My inspiration

During browsing the internet I found a great wall decoration, that's great for decorating my room so I decided to browse (3axis),

after some minutes I finally settled on this wall decoration element (link)

tool chain

Rdworks user interface

1- At first, I used RDworksV8 software to set cutting parameters for my design

ODC laser CO2 machine

2- THE machine that`s used in this project is a CNC CO2 laser machine with a rated power

80 what

Plywood

3- Plywood is the best choice for this project from price, durability wise so I decided to use it

My source

4- My best source for DXF files is 3axis web site

Design preparation

This video showing cutting prosses CNC LASER

My design very simple just a lion head made out of plywood for wall decoration

just drag my downloaded file and drop it into rd works software then we can chose witch color or enter the right parameter, save our file on a USB drive

then go to a CNC laser machine and turn it on and make sure that`s work propoply.

RDworks software is used for parameter setting parameters for 3mm plywood

Speed :10 MM/S

Power :60% of 80-watt laser tube

Laser machine user interface shows file during cutting prosses

My project during the cutting prosses

My project after cutting prosses

Devolpment

I decided to make a small circle in the middle upper side of my project to mount it from this circle rather than using a double side tabe

3D PRINT assignment

Ideation

In this project, we convert to a functional project another meaning I decided to make a small gadget to improve my experience during charging my smart watch (charging dock station)

My Inspiration

1- When I was watching a tutorial about using my smartwatch a found the guy hows I watch using a dock station to charge his watch, so I decided to make one to help me keep my watch safe during charging my inspiration video

So after this video, I decided to make one

2- I started by browsing (Thingiverse) but I didn`t find my desire so I searched on google for

( Samsung watch 4 classic charging dock STL file)

3- And I find a great one I used (charging dock)

Tool chain

Cura user interface very easy and user friendly

  1. I Used cura software to slice my model and generate g code


  1. I used 3D printer to print my model

  2. I chose a black filament made from PLA plastic

Example for filament made of PLA plastic

ODC fab lab 3D printer

My project after printingšŸ„°

Design preparation

1- MY design is an STL file format so I can open it easily using cura software

2- after import STL file into cure I adjust a necessary parameter (infill, layer hight, support, adhesion)

3- My parameter at this project

layer high : .3 MM

infill : 10%

adhesion : N

support : touching build plate

4- after setting the parameter I started a machine, it takes 122 minutes, 30 GM

Development process

Original design with no edite

Increasing a viewing angle can result in a better user experience

After watching CNC machines and working with it we can gain a huge benefit

Note:

After many projects, I made before.

finally working within a time frame comes a big challenge for Me

but still able to achieve my desire + save a lot of time to do another thing


Overcoming Challenges


1- during the laser cutting process I didn`t know the right parameter for the laser machine

  • But I asked a fab lab specialist and we solve it

2- During 3d printing total weight was over my quota so I decided to reduce infill to reduce the total grams of filament.

Files used at my assignment

Final project