This week has been a week of experimentation. I have been playing around with several designs (one is shown below). I was able to fixed the misalignment problems by adjusting the designs slightly to make sure that they turn properly. The more I play around with the gears the more desire I have to create a collection of mechanical jewelry. At the moment, I have been cutting out the designs out of cardboard so that I do not waste the acrylic material. When I made my designs on the computer, I felt comfortable with their size, but as I have begun to test and cut them. The design shown below is about 2.5 inches across. This will be a perfect size for a bracelet, but I am thinking I will need to increase the gear sizes in my necklace design. However, these gear sizes will be perfect for earring. I am continuing to work on designs and ways to make them more unique then clear acrylic.
Abhishek Raut
Abigail Schefer
Aidan Shelburne
Ali Alfares
Alexander Hernacki
Alex Jakubek
Alex Kelling
Alexandr Vassilyev
Anil Antony Karathra
Ankit Karkhanis
Anna Lugthart
Aryan Gandhi
Austin Beltz
Ben Fougere
Bodhin Peterson-Smart
Roger Carter
Cameron Sprenger
Brewster Beck von Peccoz
Chris Griffin
Chin-Hsuan(Andrea) Wang
Connor Jameson
Colin Neeson
Daniel Bojorquez
Derek Spatola
Dylan Jackson
Eileen Reh
Elvin Chateauvert
Ethan Street
George Davis
Grant Barnes
Grady Forsyth
Hannah Matthews
Hayden Moll
Will Harris
Heider Iacometti
Holly Young
Hunter Maul
India Johnson
Ivan Werne
James Cadagan
Jon Albaum
Josh Calugay
Jonah Chapel
Jose Salgado
Lily Gabriel
Luke Carey
Lucas Fesmire
Matt Holleb
Maddie O'Brien
Michael Dailey
Nate Olson
Nic Garzione
Owen Hull
Palmer Dick-Montez
Peter Jakubczak
Perry Owens
Pere Roquet Arroyo
Rachel Jones
Reed Beidleman
Bekah Smith
Rishi Assar
Riley Dressel
Rishabh Rai
Sam Vallo
Cody Wong
Abdulrahman Nashawi
Austin Maes
Austin Ross
Benjamin Chang
Benjamin Robles
Brooke Shade
Charles Keely
Christopher Lehr
Davis Butte
Davis Robertson
Daniel Straub
Emily Jordan
Ethan Elshyeb
Fiona Bell
George
Hailee Pritchard
Hannah Walsh
Isabella Colosimo
Jason Fontillas
Jamie Frankel
Jackson Hootman
Joseph Knapp
Justin Engbrecht
Justin Lim
Kaiya Wahl
Kensue Kiatoukaysy
Kevin Yang
Mary Rahjes
Miles Radakovitz
Nathaniel Wang
Nicole Leon-Molina
Noah Verspohl
Patrick Bodine-Ellison
Paul Tapsall
Max Armstrong
Rhys Rueffert
Ryan Weatherbee
Thomas Buckholtz
Victoria Rios
Will Tse
Xiang Luo
Zach Aldrich
Jean Hertzberg
Shrey Naresh Solanki
Brandon Boiko
Brittany Warly
Chip Bollendonk
Albert Como
Dennis Can
Jeffrey Gay
Laura Bonney
Roshan Misra
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It’s nice to see it all coming together, even if it is just in cardboard! It seems like your vision for the design is coming through really strongly. Gardner is right about acrylic not cutting so cleanly on the laser cutter (I experienced this a bit with my first project of the semester). I would recommend accounting for a series of test cuts in which you test out which settings on the laser cutter give you the least amount of damage to the acrylic itself. This was something that I didn’t account for in my first project, but is definitely something that I wish I would have in hindsight.
It’s good to see that you have functioning gears and frame at this point, even if it is cardboard. You might be careful when cutting acrylic however. The laser cutter cuts cardboard very cleanly whereas with acrylic you might get some melted edges or surfaces. Have you thought about a surface finish for the acrylic? It will also be interesting to see the tolerances you can get with all the mechanical pieces.
Looks great and very precise! It would be cool if you could make one out of different colors of hardwood. You might be able to mix hardwood and acrylic for a nice effect. Best of luck!
Very clean! glad to see the frame came out nicely too. How are you going to mount the gears to the frame but still allow them to spin? Not sure if you have thought of anything but there are some cheap and durable dowel pins on mcmaster.