Laser Cutting I will first laser cut the mirror frame out of a large sheet of wood on the laser cutters in the Idea Forge. I will also cut out the back panel that will hold the panel in place. These will be complete by April 10th Mirror frame and back piece Mirror sourcing and cutting I will…

So far for my project, I’ve gathered my materials and have begun to plan the laser cut for the black acrylic. My materials include: a square stone dish to house all components river rock to place in front a water pump to provide a dynamic feature. This is a submersible 70 GPH pump. black acrylic…

This week I spent most of my time working on fabricating the wood/PMMA base of my lamp. This is the part of my project that requires the most hands on work. I cut out 4, 1/2″ pieces of PMMA to 6×6″ and then cut out 5 pieces of oak to the same dimensions. I then…

Currently, I am slightly behind schedule in terms of construction of the clock.  I’m almost done with sorting the fiber optics by what number they correlate to. An image of the sorted fiber optics is included in the featured photo. This is by far the most time-consuming part of the construction process and is what…

We did sketching of spheres, and material surfaces; glossy vs matte. We looked at the Eames Lounge chair, how integrated the design was with the manufacturing process, hence the ‘organic’ aspect of the aesthetic. This was compared to the ubiquitous Monobloc white plastic chair. 26 Chairs Eames Lounge, Monobloc, and Beyond

I am currently two weekends away before I want project to be finished. I am currently on schedule and have completed all of the steps I wanted to by this point. I have bought all of the supplies (clay, large glass bowl, plants, miniature house, fairy lights, wood stain, and moss). I have also sculpted…

As of today I am a little bit behind schedule. I got all of my parts in only to realize I forgot an incredibly important cable that will allow me to use a keyboard with my raspberry pi zero. The desk itself should be complete, if not on its way to completion, if there is…

I am building two bass amps, a 200-watt and a 50-watt, which will attach and integrate into one amplification system. I have finalized my design and began cutting MDF components this past weekend. I started with a laser cutter for the thinner pieces of MDF, but I had to cut the thicker pieces with saws.…

Thus far I have completed the electronics and built out the speaker for my design. I am now working on fitting it into the correct profile and creating proper mounts and buttons. I have gone with a Bluetooth connection to my phone to make it as easy as possible but had to switch from a…

I have essentially finished all of the fabrication of my project over spring break. I had a lot of free time and access to the facilities on campus because it was not busy with senior design students. I cut the wood to shape and size, stained it, painted it, and laser engraved the numbers on.…

This week I have been focusing on the servo motor to cylinder interface. I designed the housing to be as simple as possible and it can also account for large tolerance issues I will align it with paper as a filling on the sides that need more or less space Additionally, I picked the inner diameter…

As of right now, I have my hex bolt, spacers, shaft, acrylic, and wood. I will proceed in cutting the acrylic tomorrow and turning down some of the spacers to the exact length I need them to be. Otherwise, I had to do a design iteration that included adding material to my smallest spiral. This…

As of now I have about two weeks until I want my project to be completely finished. I am expecting my fabric to arrive any day! Hopefully it will arrive today or tomorrow (Thursday) then I will be on track to complete most of it by Saturday 4/13. If the fabric gets here on Monday…

I got all the materials! The light bulb is shiny, and the motor spins alright! I laser-cut the acrylic parts, and those came out pretty good except I am worried about the gap between cylinder and motor because it is too tight. Hopefully, there is enough space between the motor shaft and cylinder to put…

As of now, the pieces for the outer part of the Arcade have been cut out, the sound component of the circuit has been completed, and the remaining parts to the circuit have been acquired. The rest of the wiring and the coding should be done by the end of the week. This just leaves…

IMG_5675 So far, I have been making good progress on my final project. I have gathered all of my materials and fit the metal to the frame. This put me well ahead of schedule, but I am currently waiting to spray paint due to weather. I’m glad I padded in some time to my schedule…

As of my previous post, the dehydrator is still on schedule. I picked up some wood from home depot with some fasteners and paint. I first began with drawing an outline on the wooden panel indicating the top, bottom and sides of the box. I thought after completing my outline everything would be easy, as…

All materials and models gathered and completed. All of the 3D models that I wanted to make are complete and I am now ready to finalize the main portion of the armor now that I have this visualizations and helmet model. I also have found a RedBoard (Arduino), LEDs, wiring, power source, and all other…

This week I had the wood cut for the ShutBox at Home Depot. I needed to do this so the wood could fit into the laser cutter. I lasered cut the box border and imprinted a crown onto the base of the box to add to my aesthetic. Overall I am on track to finish…

Thus far, I have kept with the schedule that I anticipated for the final project. I was able to purchase a 24″ x 24″ acrylic sheet (instead of the 24″ x 48″). This change was due to the fact that the sheet that I was planning on buying for 18$ from Acme Plastics had a…

Last week, I had plans to create two mobiles and balance them opposite each other on the structure above. The layout would be similar to the staircase design below. Following the construction timeline I set out, I’ve completed both the mobiles. But I felt this look was a bit lacking. So I began wrapping more…

I’ve purchased all my materials and fabrication has begun! For my metal rods I used 3/4 inch electrical tubing from McGuckins. I’ve already bent the pipes into the correct shape with the pipe bender at the ITLL, with the help of a laser cut template. This process is a little bit time consuming, but remarkably…

Today we went over shade and shadows during sketching practice. We finished discussion of Geometric Aesthetics looking at the Golden Ratio, including a video about John Edmark. Then we started looking at chairs as a case study. Chairs have evolved along with other furnishings, and their history is well documented (Chippendale anyone?). We saw some…

The timeline for my Super Lounge Musical Chair is a tight one, but day by day, I have honed in on my ideas for what it shall be. I have narrowed down a chair that was donated for free. It has a bit of an arts-and-crafts aesthetic, but it is much rounder than the traditional…

Registration for the ATLAS or Engineering Expo is encouraged but optional. Be sure to post images of your main project (design sketches or work-in-progress photos) that I can use for our final show flyer. We did sketching of horizontal cylinders. Shading helps. Then we talked about Baby Face Bias and gender stereotypes in product design.…

The end of the semester is coming up alarmingly quickly. A work schedule is required to keep this project from slipping into disarray and failure. I spent a decent chunk of time over spring break working on this project. I was working on the electronics portion of the project. Things went slowly, as I have…

Current Gantt Chart of my project. Grey blocks are already complete. So far I am on schedule with my project. This week was very busy for me with other classes, so next week will be a big work week for me. I plan to build the entire base of my lamp, flesh out the electronics,…

I did a couple rough sketches and played around more with the idea over spring break. This past week I began to design my first prototype. I started of by modeling all of the parts in Rhino . After that was complete, I placed them all out on a 2-D surface so they could be…

The construction of my water fountain will be pretty involved. I will need to buy a large acrylic box and cut it to the dimensions of my prototype and drill a hole for the water pump and a slot for the container support. Next, I will need to buy a PVC pipe and cut it…

After much deliberation I have decided to do the projection mapping without the computer vision piece. This will make my construction much more streamlined. I am in the middle of this tutorial: https://ofxpimapper.com/pages/github-instructions/ I also came across two good examples of what I am trying to accomplish. This first is the figure of a stadium…

When planning you have knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns and unknown unknowns. The last one bites, and makes tasks take 7 times longer than they should. Then we did sketching of upright cylinders using ellipses. We also talked about color spaces (RGB vs CMYK and HSB) and Pantone Color of the Year. Then we started…

Comparing the Aesthetics from this design, being mostly fantasy and gothic, I could see the design relating somewhat to art deco with the way the hexagonal pattern is done and relating to organic design with how one side of the swords are really curvy while the other has sharper points with it. Though the aesthetics…

The timeline for my construction will be to have my outlines and materials gathered by the end of this week. The next week will be spent shaping the two swords via jigsaws, grinders, and dremels. I approximate the actual work taking two hours per sword, with the only difficulty finding time to head into the…

For my final project, I am creating a hanging/standing planter with a removable shelf. The main purpose is to fit in a variety of spaces. The asthmatic will be modern. Already have: Wood for the shelves April 4th: Order steel for the supports of the shelves April 5-8: Cut the wood to size and cut…

For my final project, I am creating a tornado desk fountain. April 4th: Order water pump, jar/vessel, and tubing. April 4-8: Figure out wiring and base material April 8 (2 day shipping at best): Plum up vessel and drill hole April 9-18: Test and adjust hole size and flow rate. April 18-21: Prepare my final…

4/8 MDF cut and assembled. 4/10 MDF filled and primed. 4/15 Electronics completed 4/20 Greebles and painting complete

For my final project, I am creating a kinetic motion machine that serves no functional purpose. I have chosen only to create something based on a visual aesthetic. Already have: Wood for the base, nail gun for fastening, and wood stain. April 4th: Order blue and white acrylic, spacers, and hex bolt. April 4-8: Plane…

In my design review I had cut out the sewing pattern fabric for the 1/2 size coat: Front panels for 1/2 size coat. Back panels for 1/2 size coat. Sleeves for 1/2 size coat. Collar insert for 1/2 size coat. Since then, I sewed those pieces together to make a full 1/2 sized coat. Here…

I have begun building my final project. I knew the machine shop was going to be busy after spring break so I decided to get all my turning done before it was crowded this Monday as seen with the pictures below. I ordered the materials right after our initial design review. I have also had…

I made some major change for my project. I realized that there is 12 Volts light bulb so I decided to have separate power sources for the light bulb and the motor. Therefore, I will connect the light bulb to the standard 110V house electrical outlet and the motor to the 12V battery. For the…