Week 20 Portfolio Post
After coming into the second semester, I went back to working on the custom wheel/tire rim. To make the process of making the wheel easier, I replaced the dimensions of the practice wheel with the dimensions of the Bentley 2014 Continental V8 S. After making the broad shape of the wheel, I started making a simple design for the wheel rim because today we were told of the next project: Using the basis of sheet metal and bending it into a certain shape or part. Next week, I think I'll finish the wheel rim and move onto the sheet metal project.
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Week 21 Portfolio Post
This week I have finished the custom tire rim project and rendered a picture of it to make it look realistic. I was then shown the sheet metal project and how we will have to make a sheet metal assembly with at least 3 parts. After the lecture, I started working and then finished the practice sheet metal part. I also converted it into a flat pattern to see how the sheet metal would look once flat. Now that I'm working with the sheet metal, it works very differently from in the past: for the Lego project we had to reverse engineer what we had to make but now we have a completely different means of creating a part. I think that making the box will take at least one week but it will become more simple as I work more with the sheet metal.
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Week 22 Portfolio Post
For the Sheet Metal Project I've decided to only work by myself and to make a box. Although we only have to have three parts in the custom sheet metal design of our choice, I've already made the main box, the lid, two hinges, an aluminum rod, and bolts. The hinges, aluminum rod, and bolts were not made in a sheet metal file because they cannot be made by sheet metal. I have to add holes to the box and lid so that I can use the bolts, hinges, and rod to attach the lid to the box. I think that I'll finish doing that and the rest of this project by the end of next week and get started on the next one after it.
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Week 23 Portfolio Post
This week I finished the Sheet Metal Project. To do this, I had to make holes in the lid and box, install the hinges, and assemble all of the parts. I realized in the process of this that I wouldn't need both hinges if I could make a hem of the lid into a hinge. After doing so I assembled the parts and made flat patterns for the parts. We will start welding soon but the tutorial videos uploaded to Schoology have been having issues. I will start on the welding practice part next week and hopefully the tutorial videos will be fixed by then.
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Week 24 Portfolio Post
I started working on the welding practice assembly and after making the parts I became confused as to how to flange weld the pieces together. Even after getting the demo and following the steps, I wasn't able to weld the pieces together so I decided to move onto the next assignment and figure out whether I would need to do the welding practice later. The new project we were assigned was the tricycle project where we make a tricycle with or without a theme. Addison P, Ian R, and I have decided to make a casino themed tricycle and we apportioned our roles shortly thereafter. I was assigned to make the rear poker chip wheels, Addison the front roulette wheel, and Ian the chair using Freeform. Addison and I have finished our wheels although I still haven't colored mine. Next week I will color the poker chip and we will move onto making the pedals, handles, and connects all the parts.
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Week 25 Portfolio Post
This week I was able to finish up the rear poker chip wheels by coloring them and making holes for an axle. Along with doing this, I also made an axle, axle cap, and screws so that the poker chip wheels can rotate/roll correctly. Although the axle and rear wheels are finished, my group still needs to make the handle bars before we can make a frame to place Ian's chair and I think that we will be able to do this next week. After we make all the parts and assemble them, we will have to make a presentation for the tricycle including its manufacturing and marketing.
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Week 26 Portfolio Post
Due to the spread of COVID-19 in Virginia, Virginia schools have been shut down for the rest of the school year. Engineering Drawing & Design doesn't require the use of Autodesk Inventor at home so all assigned work for the rest of the school year won't include the making of parts and assemblies, furthermore, removing the need for posting updates on our work on portfolios such as this. This will be my last post of the year, so I'll say that this was a fun class that was also an outlet for creative ideas such as the projects I've made in the past. Thanks for looking through my portfolio and have a good day!