Part 1 - March 15 - 21: This week my house got the environmental club sticker job completed. We made 100 stickers, 50 of the mountain design and 50 of the shoe design. Sara, Sophia, and I designed them. Sophia and Alana printed them from the documents I made on the cricut program. Drew and Naomi cut them out. Sophia and I completed the quote calculator and sales draft and lastly I fulfilled the order by dropping them off.

For intern work this week we got some of the scripts recorded and we got Chloe a mic to be able to record the audio for each of the video. I need to clean the lab all next wee in preparation for students returning soon. We were filming the laser cutting video and the laser cutter wasn't vector cutting so I think there is something wrong with my Inkscape because it would vector cut other documents. It was very frustrating. We finally got it to laser cut though (the issue was with my Inkscape) so we finished filming the laser cutter video. We also didn't end up using the metal rack that Alana and I took a lot of time fixing to put in the lab because it looked tacky to Miller so I am going to need to get creative to find storage for a lot of things.

Part 2 - March 22 - 28: This week I have been in the lab cutting and sanding wood for the work benches. We need the space to store different things so we are trying to finish them up. Chloe and I went to lows to pick up wood and screws for the benches. Alana helped me with assembling them while I was cleaning and reorganizing the lab. We have almost 1 full work bench put together but I still need to cut some things and fix it up. Next week I need to finish building the work benches, test all the machines to make sure they work, put away extra materials and find places for things. I was lucky to have Cameron and Zen help me with filming the machine tutorial videos while I was building and reorganizing so those are still getting produced while I am doing other work.

For the house we got a prototype for earrings and coasters done. I deigned them from one of Shakti's drawings and then Sophia laser cut them for me because I was very busy in the lab working. They are pretty cool but I was still having the issue with Inkscape so we have to fix the design so it will vector cut and get another prototype done before making a limited run. The earring prototype is shown to the left.

Part 3 - March 29 - April 2: This week we didn't get much done house wise. We were mainly finishing up our projects that we started before the end of the quarter and spring break and getting all our ideas planned out for next semester so we produce a lot of quality products.

For intern work we almost finished the second work bench but we need more screws so I special ordered some to finish all 3 of the work benches. We rearranged things in the lab so that it is much cleaner and more organized for students returning to campus after spring break. We built a TV stand for Miller's room and got that all set up so it is ready to go (the TV stand looked like the one to the left but it was a little different). We checked the machines to make sure they were all running and they all were except the CNC machines so I will have to fix those later or update the computers so they will run. When we get back from spring break we will finish all the work benches and organize as much stuff as we can and get it all figured out.

Part 1: Week February 15-21 This week I made a Inkscape file for our house logo so we could laser cut it to put up on the wall of the lab. It took a while to do because of a bunch of issues, but some other people in my house were able to laser cut it yesterday. I am almost finished with the prototype for my belt rack. I have assembled everything and now I just want to do some touch up work to make it look nicer. I plan to show it to Mr. Li next week on Tuesday or Thursday to see if I can produce 2 more for some people who may want to purchase it. I have also started on making some coasters and earrings of Shakti's art work so we can laser cut some cool stuff. I hope to get it ready to laser cut by Thursday of next week so we can get some prototypes out. We are also still waiting to hear back from Unchangco about the environmental club sticker job. We hope to get the job so we can produce our cool sticker designs I showed last blog as well as make some money for our house.

I worked 3 days this week as an intern. I mainly worked from home because I had to get some scripts done for the machine tutorial videos. I so far have 4 completed scripts and a lot of other scripts that are partly written. I should be able to film some of the videos next week with Zen.

Part 2: Week February 22-28 This week I officially finished the prototype for the belt rack. I ended up painting the edge of the acrylic to make it look cleaner. I also made designs of Shakti's art for coasters and earrings. It took a little bit of trial and error because I haven't used photoshop and some of the different tools in inkscape in a very long time. Everything is ready to laser cut by next week.

I also did some intern work this week and I almost finished the script for the x-carve machine tutorial video. I also finished up setting up the CNC shed. I still need to get fish eye hooks and small bungee cords to hold the material stored in the shed so it doesn't fall and hurt anyone. I also need to replace one piece of wood in the shed but otherwise everything is rearranged and finished. I did some other stuff like cleaning out the silkscreen sink, calling epilog support, and organizing materials. Next week the first thing I need to do is clean all the mirrors and lenses in the epilog zing and check if any of them are scratched and need to be replaced. The machine is having trouble cutting all the way through material. I hope after I clean everything it will run perfectly again and if it doesn't we may have other issues happening with it. I also have to measure and cut wood for some work benches we are making for the lab. I plan on making 3 so we can rearrange and store things more efficiently in the lab. I need to make a few special order in the next week or so we have everything we need to complete projects fast and efficiently.