Week 7 assigment

In this we covered computer controlled cutting, focussing on making something big that is combined using joints. I have dsigned a laptop table with cutved foot rest that will produced using wood. I have dsigned it using SolidWorks as the designing tool and created 3D parts that will provide a final view of the table. The part will be produced using CNC router and be assembled using the joints.
This is the link for group assigment: Group assigment

Individual assigment


To dsign in SolidWorks, I opened the application and created new part from the display. This is where the project for the patrs will be handled.
Select part.

Below is the design of the legs which is designed in way to fit to the respective joints. The joint depth is 10mm, width is 100mm. Some measurements are shown on picture below.
Creating joints

Final leg.


Top
Creating top with length of 1000mm and width of 600mm. The depth of the joint is also 15mm to allow the leg joint fit well. The width of the joint is 20.5mm for smooth joining.


Foot rest
Foot rest will be joined to the legs with the 50mm joint.
To allow bend, the V-shape joint is made to allow smooth bend wiht the width of 6mm and the depth of 17mm leaving 3mm for bending.


The parts are are in 3D, therefore to convert to 2D. I created the drawing like when making part in the fist design. After that I saved the file in .dxf file to be used to create the toolpath in Aspire.
Aspire is the software that I used to generate the g-code.
I imported the .dxf file into Aspire then selected the joint where the CNC machine will engrave.

Below are the design files for the patrs

Foot rest
Leg
Leg Top