My idea for the clock was based off traveling. I wanted to make a clock with the world with it but then thinking it would be cool to have a compass too. So I started googling ideas and got the idea to make two parts where one is the world which will have the numbers on them and one would be a compass with the hands. Although I did not like how the hands looked so i googles to find a clip art that I could glue over the hands.
To create my clock I started in Illustrator with the compass part and hands. Finding a simple compass that could go over the second part. Once I found one I copied it into Illustrator and changed it to cut in the laser. Then I went to go look for designs that could go over the hands. Then I went to go look for a world to use as the back part. Once found I changed the setting to make it engraved but since it was circular I could not change the outside to red for the laser to cut it. So I made another circle around it so it would cut. Then I saved those both to the flash drive. Then later finding a mat board I liked then I went to the laser and created the clock back, front, and hands. Then I needed to make a back where I could make a hook so it could go on the wall. So I started in Inventor and made a circle with a diameter of 6 inches. Then I extruded it. Then I did the square where the clock part was going to go and extruded it. The I made a circle around the circle again and then a slightly smaller one to then extruding that to make it
Laser
3D Printer
Vinyl
Final Project
What I Learned
What I learned from this project is that you need to be prepared and be able to time manage well. I had many struggles going into this project. It took me a little bit to for sure know what I was going to do. Then once I did I had many questions and problems though out. As once I did finish designing I had to wait for all the machines to be open in which they really were not. Even in contact time it was very full in there and machines were still in use. I had to wait and try and get in to use them. There were many things to do and I really did not have enough time to do it in. I was scrambling to try and get everything done on their due dates. I also needed to look change some things as the hands and compass did not cut through all the way so I had to redo it.