Final Project
For our last project we had to design a clock by ourselfs.
Prework
For this project I had to do a lot of prework and a lot of research for this project. The first thing I had too do was look up ideas for this project that I could possibly use. Then I originally decided that I was going to make a clock that was like 3 books together, but in the end I decided not too and just make a regular clock. I also had to look up what kind of clocks hands I wanted to make after I had an idea in mind I started designing it.
Completion
After I had an idea of what to make it was time for me to start designing it. I started off with the actual clock, I decided that I wanted to make my clock out of wood and route it out so I started designing it on inventor. I didn't want to make just a plane circle clock I wanted to add some sort of detail to it so I added a filet on the top edge of the clock. I also had to create a second file to cut out a square on the back of the clock. Once I finished designing both of these I set it up in Fusion 360 and then they were both ready to be taken down to the router. After that I made my clock numbers on illustrator. To do this on google I looked up clock numbers and then picked my favorite one to copy into illustrator. Once I had my clock numbers done I took it too the vinyl cutter and cut them out. After I was done cutting out the numbers it was time to make the clock hands. For this, again I went to google and looked up clock hands and found an image that I liked and copied it into illustrator. Once I made the hands the right size I took it down to the laser and laser cutted the hands out of mat board. Once I had finished all three parts it was time to assemble them all together to do this I started by putting the numbers on the clock and then put the hand mover thing into my wood and then placed the clock hands on top. After this I had completed the clock.
Images
Conclusion
In the end throughout this project I definitely learned about how much things you can make with just a few machines. This project I got to completely design something they way that I wanted to design it. I learned that many different machines can make so much more then I ever thought they were. During this project I really enjoyed designing it and it was my favorite project all semester