Using CAD, create, iterate, and finalize a design for a machinist hammer project

• Ultimately, your hammer design will be cast out of aluminum then machined & finished

• Your hammer design (including any attachments for casting) needs to easily fit in a 5-gallon bucket, with at least 2" of spacing, all the way around

  • More specifically, your hammer design needs to fit in a cylinder that is 6 inches in diameter and 12 inches long

  • This is to ensure proper clearance when dipping & building up a mold for investment casting

• Your hammer (including any attachments/voids filled for casting) should have a volume of no more than 35 cubic inches (~16.25 cubic centimeters)

  • This constraint is due to how much metal our crucibles can hold for casting in a single pour

• Your hammer design should incorporate the ability to have removeable faces that can be made out of a large variety of materials, and attached/removed via a simple thread (or something equally simple)

  • The removeable faces should mount to the hammer using a 10mm threaded interface, with the female threads being on the hammer head/handle side (the cast part), and with a circular mating surface of 1.5 inches

  • You will design/make removeable faces at a later point

• Your hammer should be FUNCTIONAL, but should also incorporate creative aesthetic/design choices, that make it uniquely yours