CNC & Designs (Week of 9/15)
- vvaldezmelgar
- Sep 19
- 2 min read
Hello y'all! This week was spent working on a new book project, setting up the CNC machine, and starting a CAD Certification.
Starting off the week, I found some people who made book sleeves but made out of wood. I wanted to do it myself as I have some old books that need that protective sleeve. After finding references and getting the green light for the project, I sketched out the design and took all the required measurements from the book. The design itself is very simple, just a wooden book that's open on one side that the book can easily slide in and out of. Due to gym, my time in shop was shortened and I was only able to get the CAD model started. I was able to do more work on it on Thursday, finishing off the CAD model(after a few retouches) and get it ready for a test/fitting cut.
The next day, Mr.L needed some people to get new wood bed onto the CNC machine and face it. Me and a younger classmen, Asiya volunteered to help. The CNC machine we have in the shop is mainly used for big wood projects that can't fix on the laser-cutter, like furniture or a guitar. The wooden bed is a strong-type of wood that we put on to protect the metal bed of the machine. After getting the bed wood on the CNC, we realized that it was a bit to wide to fit. So Mr.L told us to ask Carpentry if they could cut off the half-inch that needed to be removed. Carpentry was able to off the wood off, but the day was ending so the wood needed to set up the next day. The following day, me and Asiya continued to set up the CNC machine with Mr.L's help. We needed to face the wood(basically cut a very little amount off to make sure the machine still works) and we needed to watch it as it worked. So after waiting 20 minutes for the machine to finish and Mr.L checked the cut over, we had to send another 10 minutes cleaning the wood dust that got everywhere when the CNC was cutting.
In the interim between projects, Mr.L told me and few other shopmates about the Autodesk Certification for Mechanical Design. A test we can take that hosted by the parent company of the software we use(Fusion), that if we pass we can get a Certification for Mechanical Design. The whole text basically boils down to if you know how to do mechanical design and if you know Fusion well. The pre-exam took almost an entire day, which I completed while waiting for Carpentry to finish. I plan on working on the courses inbetween different projects or inspiration droughts.
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