Adam Edelbi Final Project: Mixed Techniques

 Process:

    - The first part of my process was to determine my idea on what I was going to make. I went online on Pinterest for inspiration and found two potential things I was interested in making. One of the ideas was a creative 3D printed phone stand/holder, and the other was a play aid for a card game I play called Magic the Gathering. Here are pictures of the inspiration for my project.

    - I ultimately decided to go with the Magic the Gathering play aid because I thought it would be more useful to me, so my next step was to draw out a rough plan on paper. I knew I wanted a space to store your deck, your graveyard, and some dice, so I made sure to draw those in. I also measured how large a MtG card is and the dimensions of the dice I play with are so I could ensure everything fit. Here is what my rough sketch looked like:

    - My next step was to get into fusion, design the thing, and make the toolpaths for the CNC machine. At this point in the year after having used fusion so much, this step was not very challenging at all. And since the last project we did was the CNC machine, the manufacture tab in fusion was still fresh on my mind and I had no trouble making the toolpaths for the CNC. Here's how my fusion design looked:


    - I thought the CNC would be a smooth process, because it was last project, however this time there were many complications with the CNC. I'm not exactly sure what was wrong with the machine (I don't think even Dawson and Ryan knew either) but we spent a lot of time trying to figure it out before I eventually moved to the other CNC machine. This one was the largest one in the makers space, and luckily didn't give me any problems. Here's a few pictures of my project being printed by the CNC:


    - Once my project came off the CNC I had to do a lot of hand sanding to get into the nooks of the project. After sanding everything down, my last step was to laser engrave a Magic the Gathering related design on the middle of the project. I did a few practice runs on the laser engraver with random pieces of wood so that I could experiment with the settings, and ultimately had no issues when I engraved my own project. Here is a picture of what I engraved on my project:


Result:

    - Overall, I think my result came out really well; it was similar to my inspiration for the project, however slightly different and unique. I added another slot to hold your graveyard as well as a space for laser engraving an image of your choice as well as a lot more dice storage. I tested how everything fit and it worked well with my cards and dice. I realized that the dice holder storage space only fits a certain type of very small dice that I play with, so perhaps that is something I can improve upon in the future; a storage that can fit any and all types of dice. Something that was included in my inspiration for this project was a space on the play aid that held a life counter. I opted not to include that in my project because I often count life on my phone when I play, but I see a lot of other people using the physical life counters to count their life, so I think that is something I can also add onto my play aid in the future. Overall, I am very happy with the results. Here's how the final product looks!

Reflection:

    - Overall, I think I learned a lot from this project. It was the first project where I felt like I had complete freedom to take it wherever I wanted. I also felt like I was relying most on my skills I learned throughout the year since there were no set tutorials for this project. The CNC trouble was unfortunate, and I noticed that the CNC kind of chipped the edge of the wood on the left side of the project, so for future projects I could edit the toolpaths and make them less aggressive in order to avoid this. I also did not properly test the laser engraver, as I tested it on a different piece of wood, which made the final product look different. On the piece of wood I was using, the grain of the wood shows after the laser engraving, which makes it harder to make out the image engraved. This was something I was unaware of and something I can improve upon in the future. Other than that, I think the project went very smoothly, and I was very happy with the final product! Here's a picture of what it would look like when I use my project when I'm playing Magic (the dice aren't included because I don't have them with me!):
    

 
    




    












































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