Week 1 # - Journal

Ideation

Tell us about your assignment's idea for this week. Why do you care about this idea? What inspired you? (Please include images or links to sources of inspiration)

I was inspired by a recently published post from NASA, NASA's James Webb Telescope reveals millions of galaxies

, the deepest infrared view of the universe to date, contains light from galaxies that took billions of years to reach us.

Incredible as it appears, all hundreds and thousands of galaxies you see in this visualization come from a single image taken by Hubble. Called the "Hubble Ultra-Deep Field", Hubble looks back in time 12.6 billion years

2020, The 3D scientific visualization of arguably Hubble's most iconic image and one of the great celestial wonders of the Milky Way: the magnificent Pillars of Creation.

TAKE an exhilarating journey

Flying 100 light-years away in a giant hollow cloud of dust and gas called the Eagle Nebula &The Pillars of Creation Revealed in 3D

www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52391627

So, I decided to look for designs that integrated with this idea and that I love cats too, This design would help me learn more about the features of the software and be simple to understand the mechanism of machines.

I've decided to print the astronaut watching all hundreds and thousands of galaxies

I want to make a simple coaster with a cat looking upward leaving a place to draw "Hubble Ultra-Deep Field" on it

TOOL CHAIN

Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why

Laser cutting

MACHINE

Morn MT3050D CO2 for laser cutting

SOFTWARE

LaserCad software for preparing 2D design

MATERIAL

3mm plywood

3D printing

MACHINE

Prusa i3 mk3 for 3D printing

SOFTWARE

Ultimaker Cura software for slicing and preparing for 3d printing

MATERIAL

white PLA filament

Design/Preparation Process

Explain the design and/or preparation process of your assignment. How did you use the tool or software to design and/or prepare your assignment before fabrication/implementation?

laser cutting design prepration

1st for making a wooden coaster, I searched on 3axis.com for a coaster with a cat design and downloaded it as a DXF file

2nd preparing the design:

I used the LaserCad software to prepare my design, measuring the distance of the drawing place to make sure it isn't small& make it at the origin then I set up the settings as we learned in week 0
This design contains the cut and engraving settings

3rd Settings:

Red color: for engraving - speed: 300 - power: 25
Black color: for Cut - speed: 20- power: 70

3D printing design prepration

1st I searched on Thingiverse to get a free astronaut model, I choose it as a one-piece model & I downloaded it as STL file

2nd prepared the design:

I opened it on Ultimaker Cura software to prepare my design, I scaled the design so Z= 5 cm to print it at the required time& gm
I set up the settings as we learned in week 0

3rd Settings: 0.20mm Normal _ Filament: Generic PLA _ Printer: Prusa i3 MK2S _ Infill: 15% _ support: touching build plate _ Adhesion: No, as it contains a sphere with a flat surface

4th preview: to make sure the printing doesn't exceed 90 min and to know the weight

5th preview: I exported the G code file & named it (PI3MK2_astronaut- 8g - white - 52min -0.2mm.gcode )

Development/Implementation Process

Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?

3d printing preparation

final model process

1- I transfer my G-code to the SD card and put it into the machine.

2- I cleaned the 3D printer using alcohol.

3- I turned on the 3d printer.

4- I wanted to change the filament to a white one:

I unloaded the filament then, we set the filament and go load the filament from the menu,

5- I cut off the extra part of the PLA.

6-Then choose my G-code file.

7- After it becomes pre-heated I waited to make sure that the first layer is good

Finally: It took 52 min with 8gm then I removed the supports

VID-20220725-WA0074.mp4

laser cutting preparation

IMG_8556.MOV

1st process

After laser cutting

First, I loaded the DXF file to the machine, made sure that the wood board is in the right place, and set the origin point to start cutting from it then, I choose a box to make the framework to make sure that the wood board is enough for the design, and then I choose the file to start cutting process.

finally it took 34 sec

THE FINAL PRODUCT

After laser cutting in the lab, I started gathering my ideas that I am interested in ( space , cats , ink sketching ) in one design

Overcoming Challenges

What kinds of challenges or problems did you face while doing the assignment, tutorials, or exercises? How did you solve them? Did you ask for help from an instructor or peer? Please provide a link to the tutorial or article that you used to solve your problem (if any)

I had a problem with laser cad software, when I installed it appeared with unrecognized language, then I asked a specialize in the lab and she helped me fix this problem by uninstalling it and choosing the English language
SD card wasn't readable on my laptop, the instructor helped me, using USB he put the code file on her laptop and then she put the file in the SD card
I didn't know what the proper paint used to paint Polywood so I sketch using an ink pen

Final Project

How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?

I got to know about laser cutting machines and 3D printing machines, and got familiar with them in the right way, The instructions we should take while fabricating
That could help me a while fabricating the Final Project.

WOW!

What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?

The coolest thing is that turning a simple coaster into an art sketch with simples tools like an ink pen

Assignment Design Files

laser cut coaster

astronaut

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