Joshua Woody Project 2: Laser cutter

Please note that I submitted this without the images because I kept getting an error from my phone saying incomplete action due to low memory, I will add the pictures when I can.

My Process consisted of three main phases, the design phase, the digitization phase, and the fabrication phase. Each phase of the process ended in a different result, and required overcoming different challenges. I will show the result and reflection at the end of each phase along with the process that took me through it. 

in the design phase, I figured out what I wanted to, then I took measurements of my constraints, and then designed a product based on those design constraints and goal. The first thing I did was keep the design simple into a box based off of a tutorial I was given and was inspired to create a variation from this tutorial based off of a problem I was having. In our fridge, we store insulin, and the storage is inefficient and occasionally we will misplace or mistakenly break a valuable insulin bottle. Insulin bottles also need to be stored upright in order to keep them stable over time. 

The first time I got the chance to, I took an empty insulin bottle and brought it into the workshop to measure using Calpers insert picture. I used campers to measure the height and width of the bottle as well as the height of the beginning of the neck where I wanted the bottle to stick out of. 

Next during the design phase I moved to drawing out all of the measurements that I would need for a correct and consistent design. I drew up on a whiteboard. Insert picture here. On the Whiteboard I was the help of my fiance Drew out the height of the bottle and any other measurements like the width and how far apart each bottle should be from each other along with the height of the box

During the digitation phase, I spent the most time realizing that the measurements and drawings that I had collected on the Whiteboard didn't account for the thickness of the material and so, I had to expand the design to include both the thickness of the material and the addition of legs and a raised floor, these designs were easy to change because I already knew how tall each section needed to be, but there are many times where things didn't line up during this phase and I had to problem solve. Insert picture here insert picture here insert picture here.

The fabrication phase is relatively simple and straightforward everything that I had done previously added up to Simply putting the design onto a flat piece of plywood and cutting it, in certain video here. Once I had all the pieces I made to designs one with and one without the lid glued, I wanted to figure out whether or not I could have a design that was swappable with other Lids later on, this would make it easier to use an easier to swap. However I ran into struggles here too as laser cutter wasn't perfect, at times it did not cut through the material fully and I had to use a razor blade to ensure that it was fully cut through, overall. The three phases gave me a solid and consistent method for keeping things in order and always knowing what the next step was going to be even if I made mistakes in the design process the final product turned out perfectly and that makes me happy and I hope it makes my fiance happy too. Insert picture here