2nd Week - Journal
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Ideation
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)
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)
Conical Phone Holder!
I was looking for a simple design for a phone holder since I'm terrible at designing & painting in general. I wanted my phone holder to have a slot for the charge. And out of nowhere, I couldn't resist the idea of making my phone holder shaped like a conical flask -I know science again!-
Why conical flask? because it can bear the phone horizontally as well as vertically (The conical base is kinda wide) while also the camera is desheilded. So I hope it comes as I imagined!
(click on the picture >_<)
Tool Chain
Tool Chain
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Which software/machines/materials did you use in the assignment? Why?
Software
Software
Fusion 360
Fusion 360
I used Fusion 360 to design my conical phone holder and make dxf file.
LaserWork
LaserWork
This software used for creating G-code file for laser cutting machine.
Machines & Materials
Machines & Materials
Laser Cutting Machine
Laser Cutting Machine
MORN MT3050D is the type of laser cutting and engraving machine I used.
Plywood
Plywood
Plywood is the type of material I used for making my conical-shaped mobile holder.
Design/Preparation Process
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?
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?
First Step: Picking The plane to draw in it.
I drew the conical shape first so I chose zy plane, and for the base, I'll go with xy plane.
To draw a symmetric conical in short time, I did the following:
1- I started to draw from creat icon a polygon with 3 sides (triangle) with 180mm height to analog the size of my phone at the origin point.
2- I draw a construction icon pass through the middle of the triangle by using the line tool from the creat bar.
3- I draw at the top of the triangle trapezoid shape by using the line tool.
4- I cut all the unnecessary lines.
5- I mirrored the second half of the conical about the construction line.
8- I added one rectangle with dimensions of 25*3.2mm. I mirrored the rectangle around the same construction line.
9- I added a benzene ring and a text "Yeah Science" (from the breaking bad series) as accessories.
10- I drew a small circle in between two small rectangles for t-slot.
11- I defined the conical shape by moving the line that is undefined and define it corresponds to the origin.
Second Step: Draw the Conical Flask Shape.
Third Step: Draw the base part.
The base part is symmetric in shape so I can draw half of it then mirroring it so here is what I did:
1- I drew a rectangle from the origin with dimensions of 80*100 mm.
2- I drew another small rectangle at the left front of the first rectangle draw in the first step, with dimensions of 25*40mm.
3- I drew a circle at the back of the base then cut the extra sides.
4- I drew a construction line at the center of the shape and then mirrored it.
5- I copied the t-slot from the mid-week exercise that I did and put it in the center of the back.
I selected the conical shape after I finished the sketch and extrude it from the solid bar and I did the same with the base then I rotated it.
Fourth Step: Extrude Parts.
Fifth Step: Joint the parts.
First I rotated the base 90 degrees then I used joint icon from assembles bar to joint the base with the stand.
I export each sketch as dxf file to import it in LaserWork and prepare it for cutting.
Sixth Step: Export dxf files.
Seventh Step: Prepare rdl. files.
I differentiate between the lines I wanted to be cut and the others to be engraved by different colors!
Red lines: engraved with high speed (300) and power of 25.
Blue lines: cutting with low speed (20) and power of 65.
Development/Implementation Process
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?
Explain the development/implementation process of your assignment. How did you use the machine/tool to manufacture or implement the design of your assignment?
I turned on the laser cutting machine and made sure that the two switches are on.
I pressed "download" from LaserWork software to download the file onto the machine then I named the file with a short name so I can recognize it on the machine.
I put the same plywood sheet I used in the previous week on the machine and made sure it's far from the laser nozzle by a reasonable distance by using a sort of lens (to be focused).
I moved the laser nozzle to the origin I want by using the arrows on the machine screen then I pressed the origin button.
I chose the file name to be cut from the machine screen then press work-frame then press start.
I used the screws and nuts to joint both parts in a fixed way.
The process of cutting plywood took 2 min and 27 sec.
Click on me to see a the whole process :)
Community of Learning
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?
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?
My instructor said it is a nice idea and suggested to add some features on the conical stand to be engraved and I took his advice.
Overcoming Challenges
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?
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?
I had a problem with the dimensions so I made a prototype with cardboard to help me in visualizing the proper size and I did ask the designer for the dimensions of the phone holder that appears in the ideation section and this helped me a lot.
Final Project
Final Project
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
How can you use the skills and knowledge that you've acquired this week in your final project?
My final project has lots of laser cutting parts, so this assignment helped me a lot in visualizing the size of the parts and designing them in the proper dimensions.
WOW!
WOW!
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
What is the coolest thing that you've learned this week? What is something that you will never forget from this week?
I found the extrude is a really useful tool especially in the laser cutting parts and I loved the idea of being able to design almost anything you want using Fusion 360 as I did in this assignment!
Weekly Digest [OPTIONAL]
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.
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
Assignment Design Files
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