Challenge: To solve an engineering problem - how to make accurate table leg caps for a home made table.
Background: This was set for a group of student who are working on this project collectively - it is a good practical task that will have a clear outcome that will end up in use moving forward.
Students have had to consider ensuring that the completed design is suitable to work with a specific table and can protect the legs of the table from interacting with the (concrete) floor. As a laser cutter is going to be mounted on the table the stability of the table.
On a side note this teacher has seen chair legs to raise a piece of furniture for a child with a disability. The chair legs need to be adaptable for height, need to be balanced and stable - and in some cases to a specific height: this project, this idea, this media and the would work exactly the same way.
Students worked to use
Tinkercad to complete the design and refine it based around the table which it is working in conjunction with. They were seven and eight year olds designing independently using
Tinkercad for the design and creation.
Level of Difficulty: Medium - this is a basic design but is has required precision otherwise it won't meet its purpose. The students have refined the design already several times to ensure that it fits perfectly.
Size: The present prototype is 130mm long 110mm wide and has a 5mm base. The centrepiece of the design is a further 10mm high. This will need to be extremely snug around the feet of the table to ensure that it works as intended.
Cost/Price: The print as it stands is using 44g of PLA filament and this has a cost price of $1.12.
Timeframe: Using the regular (default) settings for a Bambu H2D Machine this print took exactly one hour to complete.
What we would do differently/Next steps for the students: The students are going to refine the design with the teacher concerned to ensure that they meet the brief successfully.
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