Week 2 - Journal

My love for the sea inspires this week's assignment idea. So I decided to make sea glasses include memories for all the time I spend on the beach. from the star frames that have a unique and stylish look to the jellyfish and waves

Laser cutting of glasses body: 

Using Fusion 360 

Creating the Base Sketch:

• I used the Sketch Tool in Fusion 360 to draw the 2D outline of the glasses' body and hole for the M3 screw. 

Adding Details:

• I used the Line Tool, fillet, spline, and polygon tool to add any decorative elements.

copy  Tool :

• I used the copy Tool to duplicate symmetrical parts, ensuring both sides of the glasses design matched perfectly.

Extrude tool:

• Extruded the sketch into 3mm 

 Appearance tool   

• I used wood material 

Exporting as a DXF File:

• Selected the 2D sketch and used Export as DXF to save the file in a format compatible with laser cutting machines.

Laser Cut Process: 

Using RDworks: 

I opened the DXF file in RDworks, then edited the shape that I made on Fusion. 

speed: speed40 and power: 45.

 speed cutting:  speed 300 and power: 10.

 scan: speed 300 and power 25

I turned on the laser cutter and then ensured that I inserted my plywood sheet inside and kept it steady using the connectors for 3 mm. 

I pressed "download" in RDworks

I then went to the laser cutter and moved the nosle until it reached the place where the printing would start, I then pressed "PULS" to make sure that i will cut in the right place " the after making sure i pressed "origin" 

I pressed "frame" to see where the design will be placed 

I made sure I closed the glass door of the laser cutter and then pressed "start". 

It took 1minutes.

It was the first time for me to make things I was responsible for from sketching to designing