Fab academy 2020   

Assignment 04

Computer Controlled Cutting.

"If knowledge is Power, then Imagination is a SUPERPOWER!"

About this assignment

Objective of this Assignment

Group Assignment:
To work in a group and understand working of a laser cutter & Vinyl cutter.
Study different parameters of these machines. Calculate kerf of the laser on different materials like Cardboard, Acrilyc, MDF.
Study Vinyl cutter & cut some sample designs.
Personal Assignment:
To make a Parametric design in FreeCAD. Cut it on a cardboard and assemble it to make different shapes. To make a logo design and cut it on a vinyl cutter

Group Assignment

Here is the link to my Group Assignment

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    • What did I learn from this Group Assignment?

    This was my first group Assignment & it taught me a lot of things such as Team Work, leadership skills, etc.
    I had great time working with my Team. We divided most of tasks and then worked on it collectively. By doing this it effectively used skills of each member and then outcome was very good. At first we calculated power & speed of the laser cutter required to cut cardboard properly. We did that by cutting various pieces of cardboard with different combinations of power & speed. After that we gave a star rating of 0 to 5 to each piece and then finalized the 5 star rating as it worked the best. Then we calculated then kerf of the laser by cutting various cuts of different dimensions (comb shaped cardboard). After testing, we finalized the cut which fit perfectly.

    Photo Gallery

    these are some screenshots of designs which I made in softwares like Inkscape, MyPaint, GIMP, FreeCAD, SolidWorks.

    Personal Assignment

    This is what i did in my personal Assignment.

    This was my first group Assignment & it taught me a lot of things such as Team Work, leadership skills, etc.
    I had great time working with my Team. We divided most of tasks and then worked on it collectively. By doing this it effectively used skills of each member and then outcome was very good. At first we calculated power & speed of the laser cutter required to cut cardboard properly. We did that by cutting various pieces of cardboard with different combinations of power & speed. After that we gave a star rating of 0 to 5 to each piece and then finalized the 5 star rating as it worked the best. Then we calculated then kerf of the laser by cutting various cuts of different dimensions (comb shaped cardboard). After testing, we finalized the cut which fit perfectly.

    Photo Gallery

    these are some screenshots of designs which I made in softwares like Inkscape, MyPaint, GIMP, FreeCAD, SolidWorks.

    What did I learn from this Assignment?
    Things i learned from this assignment