Notebook
The first thing I did was come up with ideas of what my design would be
After I found what I wanted for my design I put it into Illustrator. In Illustrator I customized the front and back so it would fit the standards and I made it so on the front the letters were going to be cut out.
When I finished everything in Illustrator I went down to the lab and got it ready to cut.
At the laser I got all of the preferences ready so it could cut. While it was cutting I was getting the paper and the spiral ready.
After it was done printing I got all of the paper and spiraling and I hole punched my notebook and put all of the paper and spiraling together into my final product.
Water Bottle
For the water bottle I wanted to make it for my sister so I choose to do a unicorn and her name. In Illustrator I put the unicorn in and put it vertically to fit the water bottle. After I had the unicorn I added text that had her name.
After I had finsihed setting it up in Illustrator I went in the lab and found a water bottle. After I got my water bottle I put it in the clamp in the laser. I set up the laser so it would laser at the right place and then started the laser up.
After it was done lasering I got the water bottle out and I put the cap on. I then gave it to my sister who loves it.
I learned from this that you can laser things that are round with different tools. It is cool how many things you can laser and make cool designs. Lasering things that are 3 dimensional need special tools to get all of the sides.
I learned from this that you can laser things that are round with different tools. It is cool how many things you can laser and make cool designs. Lasering things that are 3 dimensional need special tools to get all of the sides.
Thingsiverse
It took me a while to find a project on Thingiverse but eventually I found a rocket ship I liked.
After I found my Rocket ship I put it into Illustrator and made it so the lines had .0001 thickness so it would cut out. I also made it into proportion so it would fit the laser.
Once I set it up into Illustrator I went down to the lab and cut out a peice of cardboard 12 x 20 inches. AFter I had my material I went to the laser and set all of the preferences up there. Then I started to cut the design.
Once the design was cut I got all of the pieces out and assembled them together to get my final product.
I learned from this that you can make a 3 dimensional object by cutting pieces out that fit together. I thought it was really cool how you dont need to use a special tool to laser a 3 dimension object.