Once again the challenge for a student using the school laser cutter is to look at projects that could be completed and completed using design (Sketch Up) for the base and the back of the phone and Gimp to locate the karate kicking figure that provided the balance for the stand.
The stand measured 80mm across at the base and is 150mm high. The design in its current form took two minutes to laser cut out.
A revision of the form is required as the student discovered that the stick figure while providing balance and looking humours and eye catching also was quite fragile. The design was only 6mm thick as it had been cut from 6mm MDF wood. Testing showed that if it was dropped that the weight of the base could easily cause a crack in the figure as the legs were quite. The intention to address this issue with the print is to 3D Print the figure and combine it with the base of the laser cutter and then spray the two elements to link them together.
We have in the past provided extensive details about the process where prints are created, because of that we are going to supply a link to previous years work here and further examples here.
One of our most popular posts on this blog is a 'how to beginners 3D Print' created by some of our students. This video is linked here.
This design here shown left is a Y3 student designing something for the first time with Tinkercad. The design measured 65mm across and 50mm high in addition to being 5mm thick. This print has a total time for completion of just under two hours.
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