Jeffrey Gay
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“The Illusionist” Locket

  Final Locket with chain Thirty-Thousand Foot View: For my final project, I wanted to do an intricate wooded locket from the movie The Illusionist. In this movie, the locket…

The Illusionist Locket – Final Project Post #1

For my final project, I wanted to do a very intricate wooded locket. The inspiration for this locket came from the movie The Illusionist. In this movie, the locket twists from…

The Illusionist Locket – The center hole

My next step in this process is to drill the center hole, so that’s what I worked on this week. I first thought that it would be possible to clamp the…

The Profile

I have gotten really busy with school and some things outside of it. To get into the meat of it, I am about a week behind on my schedule as…

The Illusionist Locket – CAD

Hey all! So  over the past while, I have been working on making the CAD of this project (for those non-engineering folk, CAD stands for Computer Aided Design). This was…

Locket Constraints

Personal Time I don’t have very limited time to work on this and having to sand individual parts will be very time consuming. I need parts that fit together but…

Jeff’s Final Project Report: Locket

For my final project, I wanted to do something that was creative, functional, good looking, and challenge me to work with my hands. After hearing that the final project had…

Inspirations for Main Project – Jeff

For my main project, I have been wanting to do a very intricate woodworking project for a while. I have been contemplating making a locket of a dark hardwood. The…

Jeff’s Aspirations

What brought me to this class (as we talked about on Wednesday) is my past internships. I have seen the give and take between the engineering department and the design…

Jeff’s Skills

Hey Guys, I didn’t know the best way to write all of this down so I made some handy bullet pointed lists based on my experience or knowledge in each…

Jeff’s Smokin’ Keg

For the up-cycling project, I have decided to make a BBQ smoker out of an old beer keg. The reasons are making a BBQ smoker is simple really, I like…

Get it while its Hot and Smoky!

For the up-cycling project, I have decided to make a BBQ smoker out of an old beer keg. The reasons are makeing a BBQ smoker is simple really, I like…

Cowboy Up!

Growing up in Steamboat, I was surrounded by two main themes, Skiing and ranching. This meant that dressing up in our school meant either a suit or something similar to…