Overall, this project can be considered a success because it had achieved almost all of its deliverables and the final product was completed before the final presentation date. However, the lack of time management and a few setbacks almost took this project the other way and could easily have been not completed. The skills and lessons learned throughout my time taking this course at Fanshawe College helped me create a unique product from concept to design to build and final prototype assembly as well as understanding the unique parameters and procedures required by an engineer to bring his ideas to physical form.
The skills and lessons used in this project cover surface modelling design, CNC, Wood Working and project management in conjunction with many other lessons learned over the program duration.
At the end of this project, I had a physical buck made out of wood that was created from my 3D model that I created on a computer. That was one of the coolest feelings in the world for me to bring to physical creation something that was only a concept on a computer screen.
Unfortunately I was not able to test out the buck in the vacuum forming machine due to the buck cracking when I was sanding it down to make it smooth.
In the end, I feel very proud of the work I have accomplished throughout this semester and was able to learn a new skill working with the surface tools in solidworks. I was fortunate to have the help of Colin who could help me gain access to the CNC machine in the wood shop on campus plus be able to help me create the CNC program on the Vcarve software in order to create a .stl file that can be used by the cnc machine.
I was able to do my final presentation with the buck in hand and although I ran out of time during my final presentation, I got my point across that if you are persistent and work hard on any new skill, you can eventually become good at it and use those skills create wonderful object out of 3D design.
Finally, I would like to thank for the support from the advisers:
If you have any question about this project, please contact:
Rish Sangar via rsangar@gmail.com