Maker Quals

What Went Well:

The aspects of these projects that went well for me were time management, ability to use the machines, and creating useful objects. By creating a timeline, I never felt rushed to finish any of my projects. I did not create the timeline until after I had finished the laser cut portion of my silverware holder and the tinkercad part of my button presser. In the future, I will definitely continue to make detailed timelines before projects. My ability to use the machines is another thing that went well. I had used the laser cutter before, and with the help of Mr. Ruddy, Mr. Mush and other classmates, I figured out how to use the vinyl machine, 3D printer, and soldering iron. For example, Robert and Mr. Mush helped me learn how to solder and by the end I was making perfect “hershey kiss.” I now feel very stronge in my abilities to use these machines. The third thing that went well is that most of my projects are useful in real life, for example we are using the silverware holder in advisory, and the napkin holder could also be used once I cut it out.

What Didn’t Go Well:

Something that did not go well for me was the 3D printing. My button presser design was good and printing it out went fine, but when I tried to take it off the bottom and it broke. I am not sure what I could have done to prevent this maybe if I tried it again it would come off easier. Another thing that did not go well for me is my sewing. It is a little flimsy and the stitching was falling apart some. While I think the hand sanitizer holder could have been better, I know how to sew now and could use it on a project. Even though those things did not go very well, I learned from it.

What To Improve:

I would improve my projects by cutting out the napkin holder, redoing my button presser, and doing a more difficult soldering project. I made the napkin holder on easel but because I was online for the final week I could not actually cut it out on the wood. Like I said earlier, my button presser broke when I was taking it off the 3D print stuff. I think that if I tried it again it would come off easier and I could attatch it to my phone. When I chose my soldering project I picked a random one and it turned out to be really easy. I learned how to do it pretty quickly and I think it would have been really fun if I chose one of the more difficult projects.

Materials:
Laser Cutter- Wood, Laser Cutter and Software
Silhouette- Vinyl and Vinyl cutter
CNC- Wood, Easel, and X-Carve
Sewing- Felt, String, and Sewing Machine
Soldering- Iron, Flux, and Lights
3D Print- 3D Printer, Plastic, and Tinkercad

Standards Met:

Innovate/Explore- I met the innovate standard by finding sewing projects online and then using them as inspiration to create my hand sanitizer holder. I met the explore standard while doing the soldering by figuring out how to do it from the instructions and videos online. At first I was just trying to get it on there but by the end I was making them the perfect shape and size.

Make/Craft- I met the make standard because I did not waste time or materials at any moment. For example, when I did my 3D printing it said it was going to take 20 minutes so during that time I helped Shritan with his vinyl cutting. An example of me demonstarting the craft standard was when I built my plasticware holder, I decided to burn “Arthurs Room” into it rather than vinyl because it would look better and work better.

Standards Not Met:

Plan/Design- I do not think I met this standard because the plans I created were not extremely detailed and the timeline I made was not very detailed. However, they were detailed enough for these projects because I did not run into time problems. For future projects I will make sure that my plans are more detailed and could even be used by someone ese to make the exact same thing. For the design standard, I think I did that pretty well because this is similar to craft, the only thing I think that I could improve here is my material choice for the sewing project.