Week 2 - Journal

cool glasses frame , this photo i found by google search inspired me very much 

i will make some modification on it's design to fit my idea and combine mandalla or string in my design

i care about this idea because i like combinig crafts    

for laser cutting

1- i  reviewed my dxf file with eng.mahmoud walid , all set up was cutting with speed = 10  and power = 65

2- i sent him the dxf file to slack DM  

3- he helped me and all my peers of saturday slots and cut all glasses on one wooden sheet because of the restrictions related to the important visit of THE PRIME MINISTRE 

finally , i have my laser cutting glasses .....

MY COOL GLASSES ....

1- the idea of sketching half and miror the other one was asmaa's  

2- yassin adviced me to drag and drop any item i want to define it to specify the direction needed to be defind (GOOD TIP)

3- I learned things about how to make the assignment from viewing last maker deploma's partecipants  journals 

this week was full of experience i will try to mention  some of it as i can :

1- i tried to design another shape but i wasn't able to define all it's points so i used another idea not to spend alot of time 

2- befor writting this assignment , i reviewed some journals of last year to generate idea's about how to write it

3- when you skitch a design for laser cutting you must take care of the connected lines ,as it will be cut with each other, so you will have to separate it (it was mohanad's tip)

4- trying fusion options such as mirror may save time and not difficult as i was thinking

5- detecting the defect of mistured fillement by hearing the sound of bubbles or visual check on the stream and we can solve this problem by heating the fillement to obtain good surface (it was avery good practical advice from eng.mahmoud) 

befor laser cutting eng.mahmoud adviced me to edit this circle or delete it because will affect the screw circle beside it 

i prefer to delete it and the other one beside to avoid any problems because there was alot of time 

the lesson learned is to consider the effect of KERF on the object in the design step 

i think now i can design my final project casing and cut it by my self :)

this photo is the start of the mession :)

that is my coolest thing 

it's my first task i made from the scratch 

i will never forget how i feel depressed on my first design learning day , and now after weeks i can make nice things

i will always remember that the hardest step is the first but it can pass with a little bit of patience :

 the bottel cap of my sister's shaker was lost 

she asked me if there is any solution for it as it was expensive :) :)

by the MAKER SPIRIT  i tried to find a solution even if it is theorical till now ....

mahmoud helped me to get the real dimention with the caliper then i made the design by fusion 360

mohanad helped me to use the thread tool

i knew that i can't print it wih my maker quota  and i've to visit FAB LAB to fabricate

now , i have the stl file waiting for fabrication at FAB LAB elmaadi as soon as i can get there