Tri State Area
Makerspace at the Fulton School
Finished Project: Boomerang
I did as I planned, but what I could do better is to make sure that the measurements are right before cutting, because it could mess up the whole project. The reason I say that is because I thought that, at first, I had messed up the boomerang because it didn’t feel right. I did end up having to change the design because the first design wasn’t working. The reason that it wasn’t working is because the design was too big to be able to draw and it was a raster file. I needed to have a vector format like an SVG file, which is easier to create an outline from. The first design had too many designs on the boomerang for the extraction to be easy. The design above is easier to use, and will fly better because it is smaller. I havn’t tested it yet though. For those who don’t know what raster and vector files are, raster is pixalated, and vector is more lines.
Speaker Project
Matt Duff, Brennan, and I are building a speaker from the raw components. We will be using a stationary magnet, wire to form a coil around the magnet, and a plate attached to the wire as the vibrating component. We will then experiment with various changes and how they affect speaker volume and quality such as the structure of the enclosure and the coiling of the wire.
Speaker Project
For my makerspace project I am going to be making a speaker that can be used with an aux cord. I will be working with Nick and Brennan, and I will be working on coiling the wires and part of the construction of the speaker.
International Chess Board Design:
This is the design for the International Chess Board that I made during Interim Week. This Chess Board has all the names of the first eight countries/places to start to play chess, and also has the names of each country in their most common language. I came up with this idea because chess is a very popular game all around the world and I knew I could make a cool design for the chess board. This design took about 2 hours to make, and the chess board took 30 minutes to cut with a lazer cutter. The board ended up being 12-12 inches.
International Chess Board
For the Maker-space interim I am going to make a chess board with the names of all the first countries to start playing chess engraved in the white squares. To make this I will use the template I previously made to engrave a piece of wood for the board, then I’ll 3D print the chess pieces to complete the set.
International Chicken
I’m going to rearrange the continents to form a chicken kind of like this:
https://thebattousai.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/continent-chicken-joy-for-luhyas/
Boomerang
Boomerangs were originally used by Australian aborigines. I would like to make some kind of boomerang similar to those sold now. This website has the kind of boomerang that I would like to make. I plan to make the boomerang by wood.
https://www.fotosearch.com/CSP337/k46850079/
I’m going to make an outline of the image, trace it on the computer, and once I have the outline made I will scale it so that I know how big I want it to be. Then, I will cut it multiple times so that I can glue it together with multiple layers so that it will fly better.
Kunai Knife
A kunai Knife was originally made as a garden tool for the Japanese, but wasn’t very sharp. The Kunai later developed into a weapon of battle, that was sharpened and used for combat. I want to make a Kunai Knife to practice my knife making skills.
Plant Cell Pinball Machine
The purpose of my project is to make a Plant Cell Pinball Machine. The project has been started for a science project. This is version two of the pinball machine.
Rings
For my ring I’m going to put a picture of the earth and put glass or resin bubble over it.
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