Monday, January 25Today Scott showed the kids who are working on CAD and Machining for the starter project how to use the Lathe. A Lathe is a machine used for shaping wood, metal or other materials by means of a rotating drive that turns the piece being worked on against different cutting tools. After we learned how to use it, and tried it out a little, Rachel and I started to work on the Nut again but this time, on the Lathe. Making a cylinder to start it out. Tuesday, January 26On the 26th Rachel and I continued to work on the nut. I know we've been working on it longer then expected, but it is our first time using the machines so not only do we want to use them correctly, but we also want to make our work good quality. So the main thing we did today was shave off the sides of the nut, so the nut was a cylinder, it now has the shape of a polygon. Wednesday, January 27Today we finished the nut. We made the hole in the middle of the Polygon shape(nut), and from there Rachel and I made the grooves inside of the hole so it can attach to the Bolt when you twist it on. After finishing the nut, I started to work on the bolt. Again we used AutoDesk Inventor to create a virtual bolt I will be creating. I finished making it online, but didn't have time to go farther with it. Thursday, January 28On Thursday I was kind of distracted. I was working on this blog, but was really tired so it was hard for me to focus. I ended up working on the blog the entire time, which I could have also worked on the bolt for part of the time. I've been really on task for the past two weeks and I think this was just a one day kind of hiccup. I know this won't happen often, I just was really tired which caused my distraction. Friday, January 29Today I started up with the bolt again, trying to turn the virtual example into a drawing of it, but couldn't figure it out. Before I could fix it, Scott asked me to help Ivan make his bolt on the Mill, so I did. I helped show Ivan how to get set up (me remembering and learning along the way again) and also got him started on making the head of the bolt a polygon shape. This took up the entire time, since we only had one period due to the rest of the time we were outside at the bay.
I took photos of my progress but they are all on Ivan's phone. I will update my blog when I get them to show my work.
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Tuesday-Jan, 19The 19th was our first day back from Intersession and Winter Break. Since it was our first real day back this semester, we mainly just went over what Scott is expecting from us this semester, and what we will be working on. We explored the Starter packet and our Main project options. Wednesday-Jan, 20 The 20th we worked on our first blog. You can find my first blog below this entire blog. I also had to fill out my proposal and get it signed, which is down below with a section of my first blog. Thursday-Jan, 21Thursday I worked on making a virtual Nut on Autodesk Inventor. Both Rachel and I were figuring Autodesk Inventor while we were making her Nut. We also got some help from Scott, and other classmates, but mostly from this video- Here is the Nut I worked on with Rachel. Friday-Jan, 22On the 22nd, I worked on making the Bolt design. Using what I learned on Thursday and this video as a helper. I also have the start to my Bolt design next to the video. Along with starting to make my Bolt design, Scott showed the kids who were working on the CAD and Machining Starter Project the basic ways on how to use the Mill.
From this past day or two this new class structure isn't what I would prefer. It's not that I mind doing work or learning, it's that at the start of the year we were laid back, and free to do what we needed to do to finish our project. I feel like right when this new semester started it's almost as if my teachers handed me a stack of heavy books to study tonight. I feel a whole bunch of weight pulling me down and it's starting to stress me out. Last semester we had to do a blog post once a week for math, and I feel like a lot of the students struggled with it, and now having to do it in physics, I feel like we would lose time when doing our blogs, when we could be working on our project. Especially since it is due each Friday when school gets out. I think the project themselves are great fun ideas, which gives the students a nice variety to choose from. At first I was nervous that this project would be boring, but now I am looking forward to getting started.
CAD and Machining isn't my first choice, but I would love to do the starter pack to see if I like it more then my other choice. I'm really interested in using the Lathe, and making things. I feel like having these types of skills at this age is really awesome and will most likely be helpful for my future. Other then CAD and Machining, Programming is my first choice. I would love to do Programming because once I saw the little demo video I immediately thought of what I could do. I'm really interested in making a video to a song or two. I don't know that much about programming, but I am excited to learn about it. I imagine doing something cool to a song that is similar to a waterspeaker- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fScV97JzycM I want to work in groups, I also believe we should choose whoever we want (friends, or people we normally work with included). I say this because me personally, I feel really comfortable with my friends, both trusting them with my project, and working with them on a project. I feel comfortable enough to tell them what I like and don't like when they do something, which is something I don't feel comfortable doing with other classmates. I know who I work well with, like Rachel and I make a great team, I also know who I don't work well with, so I won't put myself in that kind situation. I know what I can do and handle, so I feel like we should be able to choose who we get to have in our groups, to a certain extent. I think if we work in groups we can produce more great quality work (with the right person), then if we did it individually. For the Starter Project I would love to make a nut and/or a bolt. I think starting to get to know new tools would be really helpful, and I am interested in learning how to make these kinds of things. |
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