As Q3 draws to an end, it is time for me to show off all I’ve done this period so far. Here it goes!
Assignments:
Perspective drawings
1 point
2 point
3 point
Astronomical Ton 618 model
A science/drafting assignment. The event horizon is 3d printed, while the accretion disk is laser cut and then painted.
Carvity
A gravity car. It has a lasercut body and 3d printed front wheels. It is 67% efficient, currently at second place both just in this class and when counting last year’s cars.
Gyroscope
For my fall passion project, I made a gyroscope. Then I made another and a base.
Bath Bomb Mold
In Science, we were doing bath bombs, and part of it was to design and 3d print a bath bomb in Drafting. One of the junction pins snapped, and I wasn’t able to print the other side, but it worked fine.
Bird House
The big project for Drafting(unless you count the Passion Project), I’ve made a wooden birdhouse, but before, I made 5 prototypes out of cardboard until I was happy with it. It took around two months, but now it hangs out in Blakeburn Lagoon Park.
Passion Project: Check My Passion Project Page
Personal projects:
Poster
A poster I cut. It includes multiple color stickers and various memes and designs. It is currently on the wall above my bed.
Umbrella handle cap
My brother’s umbrella lost its handle cap. Thus, he came to me for help, and, as the amazing younger brother I am, I designed and 3d printed a cap to fill the hole with his personal logo.
Fridge
When we first moved in to this house, right at the beginning of September, the fridge was missing a piece to hold items. So I took it upon myself to make a substitute, and it works wonderfully. the actual holder is laser cut from acrylic, with it is attached to the fridge using a nicely designed 3d printed pair of holder with hooks to attach to the holes where the original should be.
Drum foot
Mr. Cho, the concert band teacher, approached me for help. One of the feet for a pair of hand drums (or whatever it called) had gone missing, and he wanted me to make a substitute. I did, and it worked wonderfully. It is 3d printed and has a nice rick roll on its side too!
USB stick holder
I noticed that all the USB sticks used for 3D printing were just in an unorganised pile in a box, so I tpook it upon myself to fix that. I designed and printed a Multicolored, written upon, USB stick holder with six slots and no damage to the flash drives. Made me feel much better.
Personal project design I will never implement or build:
Extendable Lightsaber
Since I was in a Percy Jackson mood from the school musical, I designed and made a fully 3D printed collapsible lightsaber, with the case of a pen. It is very Percy Jackson because the main character has such a sword. I finished printing it, but my brother gave it a swing that was a bit too hard, so it is awaiting maintenance right now.
Robotic arm
A design for a lasercut and CNC machinable robotic arm I made in Fusion 360, that I dont think I will build because 1. it will take a lot of materials, and 2. I am busy with other projects right now. Maybe some other time.
Walking Robot
A design for a walking robot that would be laser cuttable. Maybe I’ll make it next year, but right now, I just don’t feel like it.
Dice Set
A set of dice that includes not just the normal D4, D6, D8, D12, and D20 made out of the 5 platonic solids, but also the D1, D2, D3, D5 and D7, with an effort to each be in a different shape. I also designed a 3D printable case, but it will take a lot of filament that could be used some other way.
Along with that, I designed a 3D printable Dice wheel. You spin it, and depending where you look, you get results as if you rolled an actual dice. It has results for D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, and D20.
Phone Card Holder
I tried designing a 3D printable phone card holder. It did not work very well, but I learned a lot from it.
Tray Hands
I designed a Pair of 3D pritable hands that would be attached to a wall by screws side by side, and then a tray could be balanced on top, giving a small table for delicate things. It could be useful, but it was massive, and I didn’t really need it. It was more about practicing 3D modeling when I designed it.
Scooter
I designed a life sized electric scooter in Fusion 360. It would roll, turn, and have all the bells and whistles. I just didn’t start on it because, once again, I designed it for practice.
Strandbeest
A walking module originally created by Theo Jansen, I took that design and modeled it in, you guessed it, Fusion 360. How did you know? I modeled it because I thought it would be cool to attach it to a controlable robot to make it walk, as this model can be used to walk forwards, backwards, and turn in either direction. If I do build it, it would be in Grade 12, if I don’t get a better idea.
