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「Week 3」

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)

This week, I WANTED TO MAKE... (•̀ o •́ )ง

Pen & Pencil Holder

For this week’s assignment, I needed to make a Pencil Holder, But I also wanted to add an extra compartment that can serve multiple uses.

This will be very helpful to me as I often misplace objects, especially small screws & nuts, Having a dedicated place to hold them while I'm working on a project will be immensely helpful, It could also work as a phone holder, or you could put important notes in there.

The versatility of the extra compartment is the main idea, Having multiple uses while still being relatively small is great.

Multifunctional Pencil Holder

Tool Chain

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

fusioncad:

Main program used to sketch, design, and model 2D and 3D parts for laser cutting and 3D printing.

LASERCUTTING

MACHINE:

El Malky ML64 Laser Cutter

The El Malky ML64 gave clean results with proper power/speed settings.

SOFTWARE:

LaserCAD

LaserCAD was used to import and prepare the DXF file.

MATERIAL:

3mm Boards

3mm wood is a good balance between durability and ease of cutting.

3D PRINTING

MACHINE:

Creality Ender-3 Pro

Ender-3 Pro was available in our lab and performs reliably for 3d printing.

SOFTWARE:

UltiMaker Cura

I used Cura to slice the STL model and set print parameters.

MATERIAL:

PLA Filament

PLA was chosen for its ease of use and availability

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?

Now that I had a general idea as to what I wanted to make, I wanted to expand on that idea and introduce more features and make it look nicer, so I made this design, consisting of three bodies & a shared bottom part. I also rendered it!

BOTTOM PART

This will hold all of the other three parts, providing cutout supports as well as T-Slots to firmly secure them.

Made with precision using projection points, Mirroring, & Circular patterns.

MIDDLE PART

The main closed compartment that will function as a pen & pencil holder, made using T-Slots, and consists of these parts:

- A front face with a moon 🌖 pattern
- 3 sides that are the same and compatible with each other.
- A top part to hold them together.

RIGHT PART

An extra compartment used to hold notes, screws, or else.
Consisting of three connecting parts, I decided against using T-Slots for them as it would've ruined the overall look.

LEFT PART

An extra Phone Holder for added functionality, using T-Slots

Consists of three parts, one duplicate

I sketched a back panel, a side, and a bottom part,

then Extruded and used Fillet to get the a smoother look, then mirrored the side to get the complete part.

TOOLS

Plenty of tools were used in the process, Let's look at the most prevalent tools.

T-Slots were an important factor for this design to hold it together.
Extrude was used to make the design 2.5D
Fillet was used to smooth harsh edges
Projection was heavily used to easily start sketching parts correctly.
Mirror was used alot to save on time for repeatable patterns.

Now we can assemble all the parts, then fix them together using Joint.

Everything looks good!

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?

Now let's save all the faces as .dxf, then put them together to print in one go.

Using a cutting speed of 15 and power of 65.

I adjusted the position of the items for maximum space efficiency, then exported it to the laser cutter.

Now that I had everything ready, I turned on the machine, adjusted its focus, set the origin, checked box boundaries, then started it.

Success!

All the cuts turned out clean, I took them out and then assembled the parts together.

Overall I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

I wanted to create something else other than an X-Slot to connect the sides that would hold the parts together but also look good, a friend suggested to make interconnecting corners, which will give the design a clean look and firmly secure the sides.

I also wasn't sure whether or not I should put T-Slots in the notes holder, as It would not have looked as good, another friend recommended to just use the cutout supports without the T-Slot itself, so it connects to the base and looks seamless.

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?

A problem I did not anticipate was how the large size and quantity of the cut parts would be too large for a single sheet, I thought I had to use two sheets to complete the build, which would've wasted a lot of material and time but would've worked, Thankfully however, our Instructor noticed a lack of space optimization and clarified how to efficiently stack the parts on top so cut lines would connect, and with this newly learned trick I was able to cut the entire design out of one sheet, saving both material & time!

Let me show you the before and after efficiently nesting the parts

After optimization, plenty of space left.

Important tip: if it's possible, stack cut lines on top of each other, like I'm doing in the picture.

Before optimization, was too large for one sheet of wood.

Final Project

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

The techniques, tools, and skills I learned in this week were highly valuable, I can now make any product design I want and be able to connect, and securely hold them using T-Slots & Brackets with Captive Nut.

All of which will surely come in handy when making my final project's design.

WOW!

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

Learning how to design T-Slots and the different types of corners was definitely an unforgettable valuable experience

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.

Assignment Design Files

PenHolder_YousefNasr

Standalone Dxf Parts

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JOURNAL

「Week 3」

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)

This week, I WANTED TO MAKE... (•̀ o •́ )ง

Pen & Pencil Holder

Tool Chain

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

fusioncad:

LASERCUTTING

MACHINE:

SOFTWARE:

MATERIAL:

3D PRINTING

MACHINE:

SOFTWARE:

MATERIAL:

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?

BOTTOM PART

MIDDLE PART

RIGHT PART

LEFT PART

TOOLS

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?

Community of Learning

Did you ask for feedback? What are the ideas that others have contributed or suggested? What was someone else’s idea that you built upon? How did you help your peers? How did your peers help you?

Overcoming Challenges

When you got stuck, what/who did you turn to? At what point did you have to pause to research or learn more before moving on? What are some mistakes, pitfalls, or challenges that others can avoid if they were doing this assignment?

Final Project

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

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.

Assignment Design Files

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