Jeffrey Gay

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 an oval or “pill” shape to a heart shape. While in the heart shape, there are doors that swing open to reveal an opening for…

The Illusionist Locket – A Step Towards Done

April 13, 2016

Hey again. So Since making the center hole, I hit a huge roadblock: Josh, (Maker-Space director and my secret adviser) didn’t know how to make the step in my piece. This is where the half hinge rests on and is incredibly hard to make since it is only half of a hole. So my first…

The Illusionist Locket – The center hole

April 6, 2016

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 part to the side of the table and drill the hole by hand. Nope! I learned real quickly that I was unable to create anywhere…

The Profile

April 2, 2016

Impact of 20th Century design movements plus update Weds March 30 2016

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 I posted in my earlier posts. I have completed cutting out the oval/half heart shapes out of the wood and have started sanding them. As…

The Illusionist Locket – CAD

March 16, 2016

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 not super easy, but I’ve recently had a lot of time on airplanes and in airports so making this has been not too hard. Below…

Locket Constraints

March 11, 2016

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints, ZZ 2016

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 I don’t want to spend time sanding a bunch of parts that break. I will have to balance making the part good enough to work…

Jeff’s Final Project Report: Locket

March 2, 2016

Main Project Design Review

Jeff, Jeffrey, Jeffrey Gay, 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 to be dynamic, I immediately started to think of a half-baked project that I have been thinking about for the past year. Inspirations/What it will…

Inspirations for Main Project – Jeff

February 25, 2016

Main Project Inspirations, Student Work

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 inspiration for this locket came from The Illusionist. In this movie, there is a secret pennant that the main character gives his childhood sweetheart. In the…

Jeff’s Aspirations

February 19, 2016

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 department at Boa technology. What I really wanted to get out of this class is the knowledge that will help me make something, not only…

Jeff’s Skills

February 15, 2016

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 skill. Even if I am partially proficient in something, I will probably be able to point you to someone who does know it. This, I…

Jeff’s Smokin’ Keg

February 5, 2016

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report

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 good food and I like hanging out with friends. Smoking meats adds flavor while still allowing the meat to be very tender by cooking them…

Get it while its Hot and Smoky!

January 27, 2016

Upcycle Progress

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 good food and I like hanging out with friends. Smoking meats adds flavor while still allowing the meat to be very tender. This is done…

Cowboy Up!

January 20, 2016