The idea for the bracket was given to me my Mrs. Proctor. To create the Brake Bracket we were given a sheet with the shape and all the dimensions to recreate it. To create it I started with a rectangle and then started with the two holes we had to create. I first made circles with the right dimensions. Then I made the top two holes but only the holes, not the other part of the circle where it extrudes out. As the larger end of the circles matched with part of the edge of the rectangle I then trimmed those part off to get the shape. Doing that on each side to get the shape. After making the shape and the holes I extruded it. Then to make the larger circular part that extends a little more outward. I went back to the circle on the top and make another from the center to the right dimensions, then doing that for the other side. Then I created two lines towards the bottom of the circle correctly from the bottom of the bracket. and trimming that other part of the circle. After that I extruded it out a little more to get the final thing. Then I saved it and moved it into Fusion 360. Then I went through all the steps and changing of setting for it to cut. After doing all that I saved it to my flash drive and the went down to the Mill to create it. Sticking foam to the block and then setting the drill to the corner and then pressing the start button. It took about 12 minutes to create.
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Final Project
What I learned
What I learned from the mill was that you need to pay attention to details and figure out whole plans on how to do things ahead of time. When I was creating the bracket in Inventor it took me a few tries to eventually create it. I was doing steps wrong and out of order. I did not think them all the way through so it took me longer to create it. Then again with Fusion 360 there are so may steps and things that you need to do for it I missed one and did not see that until when I was saving it to my flash drive that it said that the saving had failed. So I had to go back and fix that which took me longer to do and then I had to wait to be able to use the machine.