Y6 Torch project

Design Brief

Torches

In the winter months the nights draw in quickly each day. As you don’t always arrive home or back to the boarding house in the daylight, there is often a need for a small aid to help you put your key in the front door lock, punch in a key code or just get around in the dark.

You are required to design and make a slim-line torch that will help light up a small area so that you can see in the dark.

Design Restrictions

Restrictions are set so that solving the design problem is made easier for you.

You should therefore consider the restrictions set out below:

The material that is recommended is Acrylic, however you can use any laser cut material
The finish of your torch must be of the highest quality
You must use the electronic components provided
You must provide a means of affixing a key / keys
Your torch must have no sharp edges
Your torch should not exceed the dimensions (sizes) given. These are shown in the drawing

The hole shown (dotted line) is for the slim-line coin cell battery.

You will use two layers of 3mm Acrylic, 70mm x 50mm for the top & bottom and one piece of 5mm clear Acrylic, 70mm x 50mm for the middle

The shape in the middle is for the switch.

The holes are for the screws to join the layers together.

Material Research Poster

The picture below this paragraph is my material research poster. I made this on procreate and I think I did okay. Anyways, we researched on the internet for information about the materials that we're going to use this year.

I really like this. At first, there wasn't any sketches hiding in the back, but Mrs Douglas suggested that we should add some because they actually kind of look cool. I tried my best- the sketching part was good- but I didn't really know where to place it. But the coin looks amazing. The torch monster- not so good.

Things we need to include:

We needed to include: Products that use the same materials as we are going to use (what uses 3V coin cells, etc, etc). We also needed to include labels for each product and it's function. Additionally, we need to add a list of themes and ideas for our own torch designs.

What I like

Inlike the sketching of this coin and where I placed it. I also like the design of the page- the curvy lines that seperates the text into sections according to the material or the subject.

What I don't like

I don't really like the monstrous torch design in the middle- but I didn't know where to place it. I did trace it in a hurry so parts of it doesn't look too perfect.

Layers:

Layers!

I have a lot more than this because I keep adding layers without noticing. Let me show you how much I have ToT

And I have even more :(

Overall, I think I have put a lot of information on the poster- and I did really well for the first poster if the year. Even though some places could do better- I think it's doing okay.

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