Week 1-Journal

This week I 3D printed this cool reindeer phone stand and laser cut this decorative mini tableau. If you wanna know how I made them, check out those next steps

3D Printing

Ideation:

I love functionality, things that serve a good function and if they looked cute at the same time, it wouldn't be the worst thing😅

I thought this phone stand would be of good use to me so it was my object of choice.

Tools:

I used Ultimaker cura software to prepare my design

I used prusa i3 mk2 to copy my 3D design

the material i used for printing was generic PLA

Design Process:

I browsed opensource CAD library (Thingiverse), picked a 3D model of my choice, and downloaded it in an *.STL format for the purpose of 3D printing

I'll use Ultimaker cura software to do the following steps, Then I'll print it on Prusa i2 MK3 using orange PLA filament

Step 1

Open the file (reindeer phone stand) with Cura software as shown in the picture

and click on it to activate the left toolbar to control size, rotation, or move the object

Step 2

I adjusted the size of holder to these parameters

x=35.2243 mm
y=63.3825 mm
z=25.857 mm

then checked uniform scaling checkbox

Step 3

I adjusted some print settings to reduce the printing time

from the top right toolbar I adjusted the parameters to:

Resolution = 0.3 mm
Infill = 10%
Support to touching buildplate
set the bed temperature to 60C & nozzle to 210C

Step 4

Then I sliced my design

It will take 34 minutes to print and 7 grams of PLA material.

Step 5

I previewed the design by pressing the preview button at the top middle of the screen to see how it will be printed.

Step 6

Now it was time to save my file as gcode to be ready for 3D printing

the file name has to be like this:

name_ color_resolutuin_whight_time

Dina_Reindeer_0.3_34min_7gm.gcode

The file is now ready for printing.

gcode file

stl file

Printing Process:

Step 1

I chose print from the printer panel and from media I chose my file, then pressed OK.

Bed and nozzle temperatures are set to 60, and 210 C

Step 2

After 34 minutes, my 3D print was done.

Step 3

I added some final touches by coloring the tips of my 3D print and voila🎉

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)

One of the problems I faced during this task was saving the file in a non adjustable form

I solved it by redownloading the gcode file all over again, picking the appropriate parameters and saving it in the right stl form

that made me short on time scheduled for me, so I had to decrease the quality of the print.

I printed it in 34 minutes.

Final Project

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

Similar design to the file rack I intend to design and print

I can implement this knowledge in my final project by 3D printing the racks used to store and preserve my files ( the pulp therapy instruments)

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

One cool thing I learned this week was knowing why each dinosaur print turned out this way and how the printing parameters can affect the overall quality, weight, size and printing time.

3D prints made by our lecture groups

Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.

I will never forget the excitement i had when i made my first 3D print, here it is🎉

My first 3D print

Laser Cutting

Ideation:

I love cats. I liked this drawing because one of them reminded me of my cat -that one to the right just in the middle- , so It was really made with love.

Tools:

I used LaserWorksV6 software to prepare my design

I cut it using Elmalki laser cutter

The material I used was 3mm plywood

Design Process:

I browsed opensource CAD library(3axis.co), picked a 2D model and downloaded it in a *.DXF format for the purpose of Laser Cutting

I used Ultimaker Cura to do the following steps, Then I laser cut it using Elmalki laser cutter on a 3mm plywood.

Step 1

I opened the file( cats) using LaserWorks as shown in the picture

Step 2

I moved the design to the top left corner of the working space

From the top toolbar scale up the design to a suitable size and make sure that the lock icon is locked

Step 3

I set the color of the design in three colors from the bottom toolbar

red for cutting
black for speed cut
purple for scanning

Step 4

I changed the parameter for each color using this next schedule

Step 6

Now it was time to save my file as .rdl to be ready for laser cutting.

The file is now ready for laser cutting.

dxf file

.rld file

Laser cutting Process:

Step 1

Open laser work software, import your file and make sure of your parameters " power and speed " for each line

Step 2

I pressed the download button, from the machine, pressed file, chose my file, set the origin point then pressed start

Step 3

After 11 minutes and 4 seconds, it was done✨

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)

My first laser cut model

One of the challenges I faced were dealing with (El Malki) Laser Cutter machine as it was my first experience with laser cutting. with the right help of the fab lab specialist I was able to run it.

Final Project:

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

Initial sketch of my final project

I can implement this knowledge in my final project by laser cutting the outer box used to enclose my device

WOW!

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

One of the things I learned this week was how the correct parameters can affect the final result. Here, increasing the speed cut power led to puncturing the plywood layer.

I will learn from this in the next projects.

Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]

Tell us about any other cool things that you've made this week: in the Hands-on activity, tutorial examples, exercises, or any other cool mini-project that you tried out aside from the assignment.

We made this cute dog keychain.

Assignment Design Files:

gcode file

stl file

dxf file

.rld file

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