ENGR 2192 Introduction to Making Spring 2025

Process:   I decided to make something a little unconventional for my laser cutter project. I lost my glasses case a few months ago and wanted to replace it, but felt that a rectangular prism wouldn't make a good fit. I elected to make a "living hinge" box from a single piece of wood with two small wall cutouts. I am notoriously bad at press fitting parts together, so I wanted to minimize that as much as possible. I learned the method from two different tutorials, with the links provided below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLjHWRs-iiI&t=1622s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt-44j15xeI   To begin with, I made a few sketches around the rough shape of an eyeglasses fusion360 file to get a rough feel for the dimensions. I then worked on correctly constraining the wall geometries like shown below.  I then extruded these into wall segments that I anchored down. It was here that I used the Fusion360 Sheet Metal tool. This section of the software allows you to create ...

Process Much like Project 1, I started by referring to the tutorial videos provided. I created the floor and four walls, but changed their dimensions, opted to not include the legs and slanted top that the tutorial box had (to make it stackable), and changed the number of teeth used to connect the pieces. I struggled a bit on working with the different sketches, of which there was one for each piece, but managed to get a good layout of the box. For the lid, I planned on making it hinged, following a couple of photos from the internet and later a tutorial video on Youtube, but scrapped the idea. Instead, I decided to make a lid that fit into four holes on top of each of the four walls, with a piece sticking out as a handle. This is where I began to feel more or less comfortable with Fusion, and I was able to accomplish the needed modifications to the lid without referencing tutorials or the internet. I exported my four DXFs to Illustrator, and with help from a student worker, was able t...

Process      For this project, I had no issues coming up with the idea of a tissue box holder. I actually saw one in my family's Amazon cart and thought "oh I can make that", so that's exactly what I did! Coming up with the ideas was so much easier than bringing it to life. The first time I tried to watch the Fusion tutorial, I got confused, messed up, stopped about half way through the video. My second attempt went a lot smoother, but made me nervous about recreating and editing my own container.       Once I had my Fusion drawing done, the rest of the process was fun and less stressful. Watching the laser cutter cut out the pieces of my tissue box was really cool, but what was really impressive was the Epilog engraver! Seeing how quick and detailed the laser was copping the design was really cool! It was fun to try new designs and play around with different styles.  Trial and error: this was one of my attempts to engrave my design on the side of...

Process Using Fusion 360, I started creating my box based on a paint brush holder that I found online. I decided to use simple dimensions for my box so I wouldn't take too long in Fusion. Creating the box was pretty easy, but then I needed to add the holes for the brushes which was the most difficult part. With some help in class, I was able to create the holes and extrude that side of the box without failure. Once my drawing was done, I was able to move over my sketches to Adobe Illustrator to print them out. I got help doing this part so it went pretty smoothly. I loosely fit all my pieces together to make sure it worked. Then I had to decide on an image to put on the side of the box. For this I kept it simple and chose some paint brushes so people know what it is for. Once I uploaded the image to Illustrator, I used the machine to etch the photo on my box. First we did a test run to make sure the photo and settings would create a good image. When I was done with this, I glued my...

Process I began by creating a digital sketch in Fusion 360 to design one side of a plant pot. I then mirrored this design to generate the opposite side. Next, I constructed a second distinct side of the pot, mirrored it as well, and confirmed that all four sides would align properly when assembled. After finalizing the walls, I designed the base, cutting a large central drainage hole along with four smaller holes to facilitate water flow. Each unique side of the pot was then saved as a DXF file and imported into Adobe Illustrator, where I applied a red color to the cut lines to ensure they would be recognized by the laser cutter. Additionally, I engraved an image of Cacnea, the cactus Pokémon, onto one of the faces of the pot because this pot would probably only be for a dryer plant so I thought it would be funny. Following the cutting process, I assembled the structure by using a mallet to attach two of the sides to the base, then secured the remaining sides with wood glue Result I ch...

 1) Process:     - The first thing that I wanted to do in this project was make sure I had an idea that would be useful to me. I ultimately decided to make a deck box for the card game I play called Magic the Gathering. While mine would not look nearly as good as this, this was the basic purpose of the box I was trying to make.      The next thing I did was work through the tutorial for the fusion design, changing the dimensions and shape of the walls and floor to suit my own design. Once I had the fusion design completed, most of the work was already done. I found an online image that I wanted to laser imprint on the front face of the box to label it as a Magic the Gathering deck box. Here is the image I found.  After imprinting the image, the only thing left to do was take my fusion designs and put them in Adobe illustrator, and from there directly to the last cutter. After everything was cut, I fit all the pieces together, glued a few loose sections...

Process:  To build the tool tote, I designed the machine drawing in Fusion360, and made significant changes to the original template. My goal was to have different sized box partitions for varying tool lengths. I also wanted to include rounded edges, which proved to be very challenging later on. The final machine drawing is provided below!    One mistake I made along the process was using inconsistent metric units at first, which resulted in some unconventional values for some of the dimensions. Regardless, I had to make adjustments to the finished copy since we were limited by the types of holes we could drill with the hole saw. I started by measuring and cutting my stock into the rectangular shapes necessary for the walls and middle partitions. I used the miter saw for most of this, and the band saw for some of the smaller cuts.   I then made a makeshift compass to mark out the curved cuts I wanted to make, and cut increasingly smaller straight tangent cuts to mak...

Process      The process was for creating my tool tote was interesting and fun, but not without its hurdles. I have never worked with Fusion 360 before and it was quite challenging. While I was excited to learn how to use this new program, it took a lot longer for me to complete the walkthrough than just the 18 minute video. Despite the learning curve, I did have fun playing around with the walkthrough model and incorporating my own ideas into the design.      When trying to bring my tool tote drawing to life, I had some minor snags with measurements and cutting. Some of my measurements weren't precise or were a weird number (the sides being 10.12 inches tall), and all my cuts were defiantly not straight. Instead of trying to be a perfectionist, I improvised, adapted, and overcame my mistakes and used them as learning tools.  Result     Throughout the making process, I ran into several walls and had to ask lots of questions. I even had to ask...

Process: I started by designing a dice tray in Fusion 360, ensuring it had a large central compartment, two smaller side compartments, and handles on each side. I wanted to make a dice tray instead of a tool tote because I already have enough totes at home, but still made sure to meet the assignment's requirements. Using my Fusion sketch, I marked measurements on wood and made initial cuts with a miter saw. To refine these cuts, I used a band saw for more precision. Most cuts were simple, but creating the handles was challenging. I drilled circular holes and then used a jigsaw to connect them, forming the handles. After cutting all the pieces, I assembled the tray by drilling them together. The final step was sanding the sides and corners to ensure smooth edges for comfortable handling. This process required attention to detail, especially when shaping the handles, but finished, functional tray. Result: During the process, I conferred with Dawson to determine which pieces should at...

Process This project was unique because it actually began with my grandfather and I working together in Houston to come up with a design for this tote. He's a retired architect, and when he heard I was assigned this project, he was excited to help me. After we came up with a cursory sketch with basic measurements, I translated it over to Fusion 360 and corrected any mistakes (mainly the fact that the wood we're using is 3/4 in. thick, not 1 in. like we assumed). Then, I ported the model into an "engineering drawing" in Fusion and printed it out. The next step was to trace the size of the pieces I needed to cut on a large slab of wood, which I did (and probably took way too much time on). Once I had finished tracing and labelling each piece, I took it to the table saw and roughly separated each piece, having left about an inch of space between each, from the big slab. Afterwards, I used the band saw to carefully cut along the traced lines until I had all six of my piec...