Tri State Area

Miles and I made a model of the Starship rocket to electroplate for our science fair project

First, we 3d printed the model.

Then we heavily sanded the rocket with multiple different grits to get it as smooth as possible

After sanding we coating the rocket with filler paint to fill in the printing lines, then sanding the filler paint again.

Next, we coated the rocket multiple times with conductive spray paint.

The electroplate experiment failed but it’s fine.

If we did this again, we would probably use a different conductive.

All I made was ornaments and tried to make a 3d printed jellyfish but I tried around fourteen times and only one of them worked and I lost that one. The ornaments I made for the craft fair and they didn’t sell very well. There was one thing that I made that wasn’t a ornament and I laser cut and it turned out well and I’m happy with it.

During Maker Space, I have been working on a series of projects,

One of those projects is a custom widebody kit for a car. Using tinker cad I found an unfinished Nissan 240sx, I decided to make a widebody kit for it. I will make the car without any modifications but add little clips to it to clip the widebody kit. It’ll be 3d printed, and when done, I will add LEDs to the bottom of the car for a nice underglow and possibly headlights. I am also designing custom wheels and suspension for it.

So far I have learned the precision needed to get a perfect fit for the widebody kit as well as how next time I will not be using Tinker cad due to the unprofessional tools.

Another thing I have been working on is a spear. I found a stick in the woods and got an idea to make a spear. First I skinned the bark off the stick to get a smoother surface. Currently, I am in the process of sharpening and shaping the spear. When done with sharpening and shaping the spear, I will burn native designs onto it, giving it an old yet astounding look. In progress, I have learned that it is necessary to take measurements before chiseling or cutting into the spear, as well as some native designs.

for my maker space project one of the many things I have done this quarter is paint people that go to my school. I have painted 3 people so far. Sophia, Lily, and Anisley. I did all of the paintings in different styles based on what the person I was painting wanted. It was challenging because I had to mach the skin colors and hair colors. I was pushed out of my comfort zone because I’m not used to making a real person, normally I draw people from my imagination. For my net painting I hope to paint features on a person to make it more realistic. This project was very fun to do and I’m excited to see who I paint next.

I had a flower hairpin and didn’t like its design so I remade it to something I like more.

I had the idea to add crochet stings and yarn for the real bow part. There was the idea to add something else, so I “permanently borrowed” a little epoxy gem. I stuck it all together with hot glue I wasn’t super pleased with the product, so I’ll try to remake it with some other ideas. For the bow, I think I’ll hand make the loops and then add the strings on later. The next thing I’ll do is probably make the crochet strings shorter. I might add other things onto it as well.

I tried to build a bow out of wood. I chose a non-flexible wood so the projectile did not even fly. I also made the bow too thick so when you shot it it would just go to the side and not forward. the reason why it did not fly far is because the bow is posted to flex and because I chose a non-flex wood it did not fly. next time I would choose flexible wood and be less thick.